MarkDavid Hosale (b. 1971) is a media artist and composer. A Ph.D. in Media Arts and Technology at U.C. Santa Barbara (2008), his academic history includes an MM in Music-Composition and Theory from UIUC, and a BA in Music Composition from the College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara.
MarkDavid's interests are interdisciplinary, but the connecting tissue comes from thinking of art and music as a narrative. Particularly, the kinds of narrative that are structured using non-linear representations of information, time and space.
In addition to non-linear narrative, MarkDavid’s interdisciplinary interest in art and music comes from the exploration of the connection between the physical and the virtual world. Whether as part of an installation work or performance work, the virtual spaces he creates are technologically transparent, sophisticated and virtuosic, as well as intuitive to experience and use.
MarkDavid has been active in the creation and promoting of electronic art. Significant works from his varied output include: After-Life on the Bardo Plane of Existence, an immersive performance piece based on The Tibetan Book Of The Dead; DEFENDEX-ESPGX, a politically charged interactive art object; Assail the Neoteric Discourse, an electro-acoustic composition from voice; and, An Uncommon Affair in Tooting Bec Common, a cinematic immersive interactive installation work that unfolds on four screens.