Ms Somaya Zoe Langley b. 12 December 1976

Also known as Critical Senses, IDi/o
  • Data Manager, Daao,
  • Digital Curation Specialist,
  • Production Manager,
  • Creative Producer,
  • Radio Presenter,
  • Radio Producer,
  • Curator Of Networked Media,
  • Business Analyst,
  • Interface Designer,
  • Digital Preservation Officer,
  • Digital Preservation Specialist,
  • Digital Collecting Specialist
Somaya Langley has a background in digital culture with a focus on sound and media arts, digital collections, festivals and events. She was Production Manager of the International Society of Contemporary Music 2010 World New Music Days festival and was a Co-Director of the 2008 and 2009 Electrofringe festivals. In 2009 she was Co-Curator of Transit Lounge, a partner project of Berlin’s transmediale festival.
Tags: Media, Sound, Media, Technology, Feminist, digital
Name
Ms Somaya Zoe Langley
Also known as:
  • Critical Senses (Also: criticalsenses)
  • IDi/o (Used for solo performances)
Gender
Female
Roles
Other Occupation
  • Data Manager, DAAO 2015 - UNSW Art & Design, Paddington, NSW
  • Digital Curation Specialist 2015 - State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Production Manager (ANZSIC code: 900) 2008 - Sydney, NSW
  • Creative Producer (ANZSIC code: 90) 2008 -
  • Radio Presenter (ANZSIC code: 561) 1997 - Community Radio 2XX FM, 98.3FM - Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • Radio Producer (ANZSIC code: 5610) 2010 - ABC Classic FM, across Australia, Australia
  • Curator of Networked Media (ANZSIC code: 9002) 2012 - 2013 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Australia
  • Business Analyst (ANZSIC code: 601) 2002 - 2005 National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Interface Designer (ANZSIC code: 6010) 2002 - 2005 National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Digital Preservation Officer (ANZSIC code: 601) 2005 - 2007 National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Digital Preservation Specialist (ANZSIC code: 6010) 2011 - 2012 National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Digital Collecting Specialist (ANZSIC code: 601) 2013 - 2015 National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Tags:
Media
Sound
Media
Technology
Feminist
digital
Birth date
12 December 1976
Birth place
Canberra, ACT
Birth note
Woden Valley Hospital
Death date
c.21st century
Active Period
  • c.1994 - August 2011
  • February 2013 - September 2013
  • 2015 -
Arrival
  • 2008
Residence
  • December 1976 - c.1977 Canberra, ACT
  • c.1977 - c.January 1996 Wallaroo Valley, Wallaroo, via Hall, NSW, Australia (near the Murrumbidgee river)
  • c.January 1996 - October 2001 Canberra, ACT (Various locations)
  • October 2001 - January 2002 Kyoto, Japan (Various residences)
  • January 2002 - June 2007 Canberra, ACT (Various places)
  • July 2007 - c.August 2007 Amsterdam, Netherlands (As part of a residency at STEIM)
  • August 2007 - July 2008 Berlin, Germany (Various international sharehouses)
  • c.January 2008 - c.February 2008 Berlin, Germany (At PROGRAM Gallery - as part of TRANSIT LOUNGE, a partner project of the transmediale festival)
  • c.April 2008 - c.June 2008 Berlin, Germany (As part of a Residency at Culturia (http://culturia.de/))
  • August 2008 - June 2010 Sydney, NSW (Various sharehouses)
  • June 2010 - September 2010 Berlin, Germany (with Christian Malejka)
  • September 2010 - July 2011 Sydney, NSW (The Prez & other places)
  • January 2015 - Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Bachelor of Communication (Honours) in Creative Communication, 2006 - 2007 University of Canberra, ACT (http://www.canberra.edu.au/)
  • Bachelor of Music (Composition), 1995 - 2001 Australian National University, Institute of the Arts, Canberra, ACT (http://music.anu.edu.au/)
  • Certificate IV in Information Technology (Multimedia – Digitisation), 2003 - 2004 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT (http://www.anuenterprise.com.au/)
Cultural Heritage
  • Macedonian
  • Greek-Australian background
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • Indonesian
Copyright
  • Somaya Langley
Website