Matt Marble in York, Maine (2026)
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Matt Marble (b. Meridian, Mississippi, 1979) is an artist, media producer, and the director of the American Museum of Paramusicology (“brilliant and humbling,” The Paris Review). He is the author of Buddhist Bubblegum: Esotericism in the Creative Process of Arthur Russell hailed by the New York Times as “groundbreaking work.” His creative practice and archival research explore the intersections of music and metaphysics in American history. He is the creator of the podcasts Secret Sound and The Hidden Present, the editor of the AMP Journal, and the curator of the archival exhibition I Hear Strange Music at NYU's Occult Humanities Conference. Featured by Warp Records, Mississippi Records, Dublab Radio, and the Philosophical Research Society, his work has been presented internationally and supported by a research fellowship at Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music. He holds a PhD from Princeton University, a B.A. in Speech & Hearing Science from Portland State University, and a black rattlesnake from his dreams.
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Matt Marble (b. Meridian, Mississippi, 1979) is an artist, author, and media producer, and the director of the American Museum of Paramusicology (“brilliant and humbling,” The Paris Review; “soothingly scholarly yet offbeat,” New York Magazine). His work explores art, metaphysics, and liminal aspects of American culture through research-driven archival collection and multimedia creative practice. Guided by dreams, divination, and animist inquiry, he engages historical materials and creative ancestors as active collaborators and living teachers--approaching archivism as a devotional practice. Central to his approach is biographical storytelling, often focused on American music and the lives of historically marginalized or misunderstood spiritual traditions and artists who have found personal agency through creative spiritual inquiry. Bridging scholarship with public engagement, his projects translate esoteric research and neglected histories into accessible, experiential forms—lectures, exhibitions, recordings, and publications that invite participatory encounters with the unseen dimensions of American culture. These materials and offerings together form the American Museum of Paramusicology, an evolving platform for this work.
His visual art and music have been presented at Roulette and Judson Church (New York City); the Jersey City Museum (New Jersey); the Philosophical Research Society (L.A.); Greensboro Project Space (North Carolina); the Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona (Spain); and the MoKS art residency (Estonia). His album The Living Mirror (2021), an LP of solo guitar improvisations, was released by the Crystal Cabinet label (UK).
Marble is the author of Buddhist Bubblegum: Esotericism in the Creative Process of Arthur Russell (“groundbreaking work,” The New York Times) and the creator of the podcasts Secret Sound (“obsession-worthy,” In Sheep’s Clothing) and The Hidden Present, which examine spiritual biography and intuitive disciplines in music and beyond. This work continues through the AMP Journal, a monthly online publication featuring long-form essays and interviews with contemporary artists. His work has been featured by Warp Records, Mississippi Records, Dublab Radio, the California Festival, and the Philosophical Research Society. He has held a short-term research fellowship at Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music and curated the archival exhibition I Hear Strange Music for NYU’s Occult Humanities Conference. Materials from his archive have also appeared in Alistair McDowell’s play The Glow (2022) and George C. Wolfe’s film Rustin (2023). He holds a PhD in Music Composition from Princeton University, a BA in Speech & Hearing Science from Portland State University, and a black rattlesnake from his dreams.
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