Kirk Pearson

Kirk Pearson is a composer, sound designer, educator and multimedia artist based in Berkeley, California, and the founder and creative director of the audio studio Dogbotic. Their music and sound design have appeared at Sundance, SXSW and Cannes and in projects for clients such as Adult Swim, Google and Meta, and they have designed installations and experiences for the New Museum, the American Museum of Natural History and Museum für Kommunikation Bern. Pearson wrote the book Electronic Music From Scratch (Make:), holds a BMus in composition and a BA from Oberlin College and Conservatory, and received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship in 2017 to research experimental musical instruments.