Andrea Steves is a Graduate Student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Digtial Arts and New Media Department at University of California Santa Cruz.As an artist, designer, and ecologist she is interested in sound, art, tech, the environment, and how these things intersect. Since 2010, she has worked collaboratively with Timothy Furstnau as FICTILIS. They ran an experimental studio/gallery space in Seattle from 2010-2012 and now work on projects and installations in Oakland.