They use their work as a lens through which to investigate the natural world, specifically focusing on time: how we experience it, how we have codified it, and how we exist within it. As a non-binary interdisciplinary artist, Hawthorn is most comfortable outside prescriptive boxes, allowing their research and intuition to shape the form and medium of their projects. They use their work as a lens through which to investigate the natural world, specifically focusing on time: how we experience it, how we have codified it, and how we exist within it. Hawthorn’s recent research has focused on geological timescales and the shifting tectonics of Los Angeles. Alex Hawthorn (b. 1986, Honolulu, Hawaii) received an MFA in Art and Technology & Composition and Experimental Sound Practices from the California Institute of the Arts and a BFA in theater from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. They have performed at sound art festivals nationally and internationally, most recently as part of the opening of the Floating Transmissions festival in Hamburg, Germany. Hawthorn’s work in theatrical sound design has garnered them an Obie award, LA Ovation Awards, and has been heard across North and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. Their work has been featured in Live Design Magazine, Stage Directions Magazine, and Performance Research Journal. Hawthorn has been a guest lecturer at Yale School of Drama and Emerson College and is currently adjunct faculty at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and special faculty at the California Institute of the Arts. Hawthorn lives and works in Berlin, New York, and Los Angeles.