Victor Gama, Instrument Inventor

By Jay Upshaw

Published November 27, 2023 at 5:01 PM EST

Victor Gama is a musician, composer, and instrument engineer. He also created an exhibition called INSTRMNTS, which is an collection of musical instruments that are uniquely crafted by Gama himself. He designs the instruments digitally, using 3D technology, and each instrument is not only on display but also available to touch and play. I spoke with Gama about the deeper meaning behind his exhibition and its connections to his PhD research.

Alex Chambers

Alex Chambers runs WFIU’s arts desk, and produces and hosts WFIU’s Inner States, a weekly podcast and radio show about arts, culture, and ideas from southern Indiana and beyond. He’s the co-creator of How to Survive the Future, a podcast about the present, produced in partnership with Indiana Humanities. He has a PhD in American Studies, with a dissertation called Climate Violence and the Poetics of Refuge, and a book of poems called Bindings: A Preparation, about domestic life and empire. In his spare time, he teaches audio storytelling at the IU Media School. When he’s not in the woods gathering sound, you might see him out for a run on the streets of Bloomington.

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