Joseph Latka is a New York metropolitan based multimedia composer, performer, sound artist, and educator with a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Music Technology, and is pursuing a PhD in Electronic Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His work contributes to the development of an experimental queer creative practice that infuses elements of real-time interactivity, ecoacoustics, and bioart, and builds on Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening practice through The Center for Deep Listening. His body of work fundamentally pulls from queer ecology and queer theory that examines the inherent queerness in nature to challenge socially constructed ways of being through artistic practice. Latka also has over a decade of experience as a music educator, choral director, and musical theater director and is equally dedicated to fostering a spirit of innovation and creativity in the next generation of artists.