Dan Wilcox

Dan Wilcox was born in Southern California and grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. His father is an aerospace engineer and he grew up around science, technology, and space craft. Wilcox initially studied to be a Computer Engineer but was diverted by punk rock and left to study Art & Technology in Sweden. There Wilcox encountered experimental music and performance resulting in his one man band cyborg performance project: robotcowboy. The project toured various music festivals in Europe and enjoyed a two-month tour around the US in spring 2008. Afterwards, Wilcox worked for two years at the Ars Electronica Futurelab in Linz, Austria creating interactive art installations and performances for museums and clients. In 2010, he was accepted to the Master of Fine Arts program at Carnegie Mellon University and is currently working on his thesis project, a concept album and live show around the theme of humanity going to the Red Planet, robotcowboy: Onward to Mars, which premiered in April 2013.