Matt O'Hare, Ph.D. is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and event organizer whose research and creative practice focus on human-computer interaction, creativity, and critical making with audio-visual technologies. With a background in electronic music and the performing arts, his work foregrounds the development of interactive systems to support improvisation, collaboration, and meaningful exchange among artists and electronic performance environments.
In the city of Philadelphia, he has been responsible for the organization of numerous art events including the ongoing Sound Studio experimental music series from The Low Pass, collaborations with Fire Museum Presents, and free and donation-based electronic art workshops with Iffy Books. From 2021-2024 Matt served as the director of the Studio for Electronic Art at Haverford College, which pioneered the use of modular synthesizers as an educational tool for computational literacy. As an electronic musician and video artist, Matt has performed and exhibited work internationally. His musical scores and writings have been published by MIT Press and Johns Hopkins University Press. As a vocalist, he recently appeared on the Zillas on Acid Mars Hum EP released by NEUBEU Music. He has self-released several albums available here at mattohare.com.
Matt holds a Ph.D. in Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master's of Music Technology from New York University. He currently teaches sound studies and computer music at Haverford College.