Noiseman433 is Jon Silpayamanant, a musician, performance artist, and visual artist.
As a musician, Silapayamanant has toured and performed nationally and internationally and has been a guest lecturer/instructor at DepPauw University. Recent projects saw him on tour with noise performance troupe Cock E.S.P. and power electronics group Think Machine, as well as organizing Indianapolis’ first festival of noise and performance art. He has performed in master classes for such musicians as Janos Starker, the Borromeo String Quartet, Gary Carr, Fritz Maag, Steven Kates, and the American String Quartet amongst others.
As a performance artist Silpayamanant has given performances or performance/installations at the Emison Art Center, the Peeler Art Gallery, Penn State University Conference Center, DePauw School of Music and others and was performance artist in residence at the Art Loft (Indianapolis). He has participated with workshops with such performance artists/troupes as Goat Island, William Pope L, Robbie McCauley, Rachel Rosenthal and Tim Miller. A recent project allowed Silpayamanant to perform Fluxus works for a Dick Higgins retrospective exhibition curated by Hannah Higgins.
In the past Silpayamanant has won several awards for his visual art and has had works published in carious publications. He has also participated in theater productions as director, musician, stage designer, and actor.
From Bivouac Archive 01 (2003)
