N. Scott Johnson

 Cellist/composer

N. Scott Johnson is an architect, artist, and musician whose work explores public space, performance and memory. In 2016, Johnson founded XDEA Architects, an interdisciplinary design studio based in New York. Prior to XDEA, Johnson was a Principal with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, working on projects such as The Shed, Museum of Modern Art expansion and the High Line. As a cellist and composer, Johnson explores the concepts of breath and harmonics to activate the vast space between 12 traditional tones, inspired by jam sessions with filmmaker Barbara Hammer while developing various realizations of Hammer’s Evidentiary Bodies. In 2018, Inpatient Press published his visual score of Hammer’s film, Nude Walk, written and performed for the Whitney Museum of American Art. The same year, Johnson’s Duet for Cello and Film was performed at the Berlin Film Festival as the only live performance at the festival. Subsequently, Johnson’s work has been featured at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.  xdea-studio.com