CV
    

Madelyn Byrd  /  
Slowfoam

they/them ~ b.1992
madelynbyrd.com




Education


Goldsmiths, University of London, MSc. Neuroaesthetics, 2022 - 2023
Evergreen State College, B.A. Psychology & Interdisciplinary Art, 2020 - 2022
Creative Academy of Seattle Central, A.A. Graphic/UX Design, 2017-2018



Affiliations

Mold Collective - Berlin, DE - Founding Member
Internet Public Radio - Guadalajara, MX - Resident
Lillerne Tapes - Chicago, IL - Represented Artist
Theory Therapy - Sydney, AU - Represented Artist
secondnature - Seattle, WA - Represented Artist
Of Paradise Records - Berlin, DE - Represented Artist
TUF -  Seattle, WA - Member
Jungle Gym Records - Los Angeles, CA - Represented Artist
Love Temple Collective - Seattle, WA - Founding Member 



Grants & Residencies

AADK, Artist in Residence, Blanca, Spain, March 2021
CAMP w/ Julia Holter, Artist in Residence, Remote, June 2020
Kickstarter, Recording Grant, March 2020
CAMP AIR Grant, January 2020
REWA Creative Publishing Grant, January 2016



Albums & Releases

Transcorporeal Portal (Forthcoming EP) 2023/2024

Worlding with Earth (Forthcoming EP, Mappa) 2023

...it wasn’t really me (VA Compilation, Kneckelhuis) December 2022

Kindly (EP, Lillerne Tapes) November 2022

Synthesis <2 (VA Compilation, Ambient Flux) January 2022
Out of Season (VA Compilation, Theory Therapy) August 2021
Bouquet (VA Compilation, Cry Like Donna) May 2021
~.~*~.~ (Spring) (EP, Self-Released) March 2021
secondnature & friends
(VA, secondnature) February 2021
Vol. 3 (VA Compilation, Of Paradise Records) June 2020
Inflorescence (EP, Self-Released) May 2020
Scenes From A Dream (EP, Jungle Gym Records) November 2019
Important Bodies (EP, Co-Released w/ Painter) December 2018
Lust + Boredom (EP, Jungle Gym Records) November 2018



Selected Commissions

i quit smoking, music video for Frances Chang, June 2022
NEONYT at Frankfurt Fashion Week, runway score, June 2022
202030 Berlin Fashion Summit,
sound installation, March 2022
NEONYT at Frankfurt Fashion Week,
sound installation, January 2022
Transitions ~ La lenteur by Solène Milcent, sound composition, June 2020
Body x(n) by Imogen Mansfield, sound design & composition, January 2020



Selected Projects

In an Invisible Feeling - Shoreditch Arts Club, London, GB, 2023
Gravity Pleasure 
- Kwia, Berlin, DE, February 2023

How Do You Talk Across Distance? - Cross Attic, Prague, CZ, October 2021
Sky, AI - Plan Expositivo (Group Show) - Artist - Blanca, Spain, March 2021
Output Ritual - Künstler Künstlerin, Berlin, DE, February 2021
Output Ritual 24 hr. residency- Kottbusser Damm 68, Berlin, DE, December 2020
The Window - curated by Shaghayegh Cyrous, San Francisco, USA, July 2020
What Shape is the Future? - Sprawl Mag, Tucson, AZ, April 2020
I’m Worried About The Future - January 2020
Spring Prefunk w/ Flora FM & Nice Touch - Love Temple, Seattle, WA, May 2019
Slowfoam Live Visuals - 2018 - 2019
To Know Your Tone - Hoop official music video - Seattle, WA, May 2018
Cantelope - Artist - Air Resort, Seattle, WA, August 2017
Folding Reverberation - Generations, Seattle, WA, January 2016
Beam Zine (print of 500) - Seattle, WA, January 2016
shhh (solo show) - Firecreek, Flagstaff, AZ, July 2015
MOCAF (group show) - Flagstaff,  AZ, June 2015
IDIO Magazine (print of 200) - Flagstaff, AZ 2015



Selected Performances

Eamon Evri, JQ, Cloak of Kings, Slowfoam, Iklectic, London, GB, March 2023

Index Records @ Shoreditch Arts Club, London, GB, March 2023

Slowfoam on Hör, Hör Radio, Berlin, DE, February 2023

Gravity Pleasure: Earth Bonding Night, Kwia, Berlin, DE, February 2023

Nueen, Nexcyia, Slowfoam, Soup Kitchen, Manchester, GB, November 2022
Nueen, Nexcyia, Slowfoam, pipe factory, Glasgow, GB, November 2022
Patricia Wolf, Crysanth, Katharina Schmidt, Slowfoam, DJ Bricks, kwia, Berlin, DE, November 2022
Nick Malkin, Perila, TIBSLC, Slowfoam, Diane Barbé, kwia, Berlin, DE, September 2022
Pablo Diserens Album Release, kwia, Berlin, DE, July 2022
Weich, kwia, Berlin, DE, March 2022
Sentient Lands | Instants for Sonic Ecologies, Arkaoda, Berlin, DE, February 2022
Rausch Drone Sleepover, Backsteinboot, Berlin, DE, February 2022
False Prophet Presents: HTRK, Kremwerk, Seattle, WA, October 2019
TUF Fundraiser, Timbre Room, Seattle, WA, July 2019
AP Presents: Kedr Livanskiy, Timbre Room, Seattle, WA, June 2019
Magda & The Aliens, Love Temple, Seattle, WA, June 2019
Versing “10000” Album Release, Chop Suey, Seattle, WA, May 2019
Headspace, Los Angeles, CA, December 2018
PAM, Los Angeles, CA, December 2018
Slowfoam Lust + Boredom Album Release, Timbre Room, Seattle, WA, November 2018
TUF x TR Presents: Carla dal Forno, Seattle, WA, May 2018
Chastity Belt & Hoop (w/ Hoop), Woodland Theater, Seattle, WA, February 2018



Selected Radio Shows & Mixes

co:clear, Glasgow, January 2023

Paijata on Netil Radio, London, September 2022

Kinesis, Naarm (Melbourne), August 2022

Deep Breakfast Series, Italy, July 2022

Music Is Records, Paris/Guadalajara, March 2022

Our Tomorrow on Internet Public Radio, Resident, October 2021 - 2022
Music Is Records, Paris/Guadalajara, March 2022
Living ≋ Room, Lisbon, Portugal, November 2021
.apart, Barcelona, Spain, September 2021
Theory Therapy on Balamii, Sydney, Australia, August 2021
Fake Rolex, Santiago, Chile, July 2021
NTS Field Recording Mix Tapes, June 2021
Expansions on KEXP, Seattle, USA, May 2021
Animalia Mix Series, Melbourne, Australia, March 2021
Mitamine Lab, Mexico City, Mexico, February 2021
Cashmere Radio, Berlin, Germany, September 2020
Rinse France, April 2020