Paul D Miller (aka DJ Spooky)
Founder & Design Principal
Paul D. Miller aka DJ SPOOKY is a composer, multimedia artist and writer. His written work has appeared in The Village Voice, The Source, Artforum and The Wire amongst other publications. Miller’s work as a media artist has appeared in a wide variety of contexts such as the Whitney Biennial; The Venice Biennial for Architecture (2000); the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; Kunsthalle, Vienna; The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and many other museums and galleries. His work New York Is Now has been exhibited in the Africa Pavilion of the 52 Venice Biennial 2007, and the Miami/Art Basel fair of 2007. Miller’s first collection of essays, entitled Rhythm Science came out on MIT Press 2004. His book Sound Unbound, an anthology of writings on electronic music and digital media was recently released by MIT Press. Miller’s deep interest in reggae and dub has resulted in a series of compilations, remixes and collections of material from the vaults of the legendary Jamaican label, Trojan Records. Other releases include Optometry (2002), a jazz project featuring some of the best players in the downtown NYC jazz scene, and Dubtometry (2003) featuring Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Mad Professor. Miller’s latest collaborative release, Drums of Death, features Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Chuck D of Public Enemy among others. He also produced material on Yoko Ono’s recent album Yes, I’m a Witch.
DJ Spooky’s Rebirth of a Nation was commissioned in 2004 by the Lincoln Center Festival; Spoleto Festival USA; Weiner Festwochen; and the Festival d’Automne a Paris. It was the artist’s first large-scale multimedia performance piece, and has been performed in venues around the world, from the Sydney Festival to the Herod Atticus Amphitheater, more than fifty times. The DVD version of Rebirth of a Nation was released by Anchor Bay Films/Starz Media in late 2008.
DJ Spooky’s multimedia performance piece Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica was commissioned by BAM for the 2009 Next Wave Festival; The Hopkins Center/Dartmouth College; UCSB Arts & Lectures; Melbourne International Arts Festival; and the Festival dei 2 Mondi in Spoleto, Italy. With video projections and a score composed by DJ Spooky, performed by a piano quartet, Terra Nova: Sinfornia Antarctica is a portrait of a rapidly transforming continent.
In August 2009, DJ Spooky visited the Republic of Nauru in the Micronesian South Pacific to do research and gather material for a project in development, with a working title of The Nauru Elegies: A Portrait in Sound and Hypsographic Architecture.
DJ Spooky’s CD The Secret Song was released on October 6, 2009 on Thirsty Ear Records. With guest appearances by Thurston Moore, The Coup, Mike G. of the Jungle Brothers, Rob Swift of the X-Ecutioners, Mike Ladd, Vijay Iyer, and many others, The Secret Song is a manifesto about our overloaded digital culture.
Jordan Schachter
Founding Project Manager & Community Needs Coordinator
Jordan was Director of Interactive Communications for Wunderman, the world’s largest direct marketing agency, and for Interbrand the world’s largest branding agency. He has served many Fortune 500 brands, innovated the use of hypertext prior to the world wide web, started his own boutique internet agency and his work garnered The New York Times millions of dollars in new subscriber revenue.
He has written, directed, produced and acted in several feature films, television pilots and theater in New York City. His educational films have been seen by over a million students nationwide. He has also worked with major news corporations including The New York Times, RNN-TV and was an on-air commentator for The Oxygen Network.
This position with The Vanuatu Pacifica Foundation is an extension of his past work:
• Pioneering programs to empower people (He founded The Time Interchange of New York a complementary currency based on time rather than dollars.)
• Using bold examples to make a green statement (He bought a bus to run on veggie oil to initiate www.greenbustour.com)
• Employing innovative marketing projects (He is working with Evolver.net and Reality Sandwich to use social networking and internet content to foster the raising of human consciousness and positive action in the real world.)
He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a Master’s from New York University.
R. David Gibbs
Renewables Feasibility Study Engineer
Adam Marelli
Built Environment Consultant
Project Advisors
Terreform ONE
On-Site Whole Systems Design
Pacifica Foundation
Operational Mentoring
Islands First, 501(c)3
Fiscal Sponsor
Tanna Cultural & Stakeholder Council
Chief Kapúm
Naihné Village
Chief Niynguarong
Hawiap’nup Village
Chief Tes
Namas Mitané Village
Chief Yarix
Imanir Ilis Village
Chief Jimmy Tom Lumé
Racadné Village
New York Advisory Board
Jimmy Wales
Founder of Wikipedia
RoseLee Goldberg
Founder of Performa, The Kitchen
Bill Moggridge
Founder IDEO, Laptop Inventor
John S Johnson
Founder of Eyebeam Gallery
Majora Carter
Founder of Sustainable South Bronx
Annie Nocenti
Filmmaker & Arts NGO Counsel
Barbara Hoffman
International Art and Heritage Counsel
Vanuatu Pacifica Foundation