selwa abd is a multi-disciplinary artist, musician, UI designer & community organizer living in NYC.
she composes, produces and performs under the alias: Bergsonist and curates:
- the NY music blog (since 2010) Bizaarbazaar,
- Pick Up The Flow, an online resource to promote congregation and exchange between peers living as an online resource & forum (worldwide audience) Co-run with Stephen Decker.
- 3afak, a project currently co-run with Sanna Almajedi.
she holds a BFA degree in Communication Design from Parsons / The New School. Thesis here.
she has performed at spaces such as Basilica Hudson, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Parsons The New School For Design, Flux Factory, Issue Project Room, Spectacle Theater, Brown University, Brooklyn College and Boston Museum Of Fine Arts to name a few. she has performed at festivals such as Moogfest, Sonic Acts, Basilica Hudson Drone Festival and By Larm.
she has given talks at: The New School (invited by Dafna Naphtali), Moogfest (on a panel with Debit), RA Exchange(curated by Working Women) and MOMA Ps1 (virtually).
her work has been covered by The Washington Post, Bandcamp Daily RA (breaking through), The Wire, RA, Fact Mag, DJ Mag, AQNB, Zweikommasieben, Spin Mag, Inverted Audio, Juno Plus, The Standard Hotel, The Vinyl Factory, Mixmag Turkey, Trax Mag, Totokaelo, Bomb Magazine, Love Injection, Shure X Mixcloud and Borshch to name a few.
selected press links: The Washington Post, Bandcamp Guide nov 2020, RA Breaking Through, February 2020 - Trax Magazine 229, Interview "Bergsonist quand la techno ne paye pas le loyer" by Maxime Jacob, March 2020 (print) - Love Injection 55 Interview by Ruth Saxelby, March 2020 (print) - Shure x Mixcloud Interview, November 2019 - Borshch Interview, January 2019 - Bomb Magazine Interview, September 2018
Music for an art piece/installation commissioned by artist Janell Langford (Meo Wolf), 2020.
website designed by Selwa Abd, 2020