OLIVIA BLOCK

Chicago-based media artist and composer Olivia Block has spent nearly three decades cultivating a unique expertise in live experimental music and sound design, earning the 2026 Alvin Lucier Award for music/sound. Her discography, spanning labels like Sedimental and Room40, began with the 1998 release Pure Gaze, and her most recent album, The Mountains Pass, arrived in 2024 on Black Truffle. Block's compositions blend field recordings, amplified objects, and electronic textures with chamber and orchestral instruments, creating spatially-oriented and engrossing soundscapes. Her work is an experiential journey, subtle in its construction yet massive in its depth.