hugo flores garcía

Hugo Flores García (he/him) is a computer musician, improviser, composer, programmer, and scientist.

His creative practice includes improvised music for guitars, found sound objects and electronics, electroacoustic compositions, live coding, interactive art installations, and bespoke musical instruments.

Hugo’s work is inspired by the appreciation of and interaction with the natural and human-made processes and ecologies around him. His approach to art and science (and the fuzzy spaces between the two) is led by a sense of curiosity and a desire to illustrate his explorations to those around him.

Hugo is a PhD candidate at Northwestern University, doing research at the intersection of applied machine learning, music, and human-computer interaction. His research centers around designing new interfaces for creative expression, with a focus on the sound arts. Specifically, he's interested in building controllable, artist-centered machine learning interfaces for sound.

Hugo was born and raised in the heart of Central America: Honduras. He now lives in Chicago, IL with his partner and his two cats, pipi and pixel.