Selected Cultural Projects


LAX Presents x dublab
Bi-weekly from 2024 - Present

Photography by
@daniel__everett
@sam_lee.jpg
@linneastephan
Lead Producer & Authorized Signer
Lead producer for a multi-year, airport-wide public arts and music program delivered in partnership with Los Angeles World Airports. Responsible for production planning, technical execution, and institutional compliance across multiple secure environments.

Key Contributions
  • Led production for a $1MM programming contract, delivering bi-weekly concerts across LAX terminals
  • Served as Authorized Signer, ensuring compliance with airport security, badging, and access protocols
  • Coordinated artists, technical vendors, airport operations, and security teams
  • Oversaw schedules, documentation, and on-site execution within a high-risk public infrastructure context

Outcomes
  • Sustained public cultural programming across one of the world’s busiest airports
  • Successfully delivered recurring programs within strict security and operational constrain1ts




dublab’s 26th Anniversary Fundraiser
Oct 11, 2025

Photos by @jaylavizion, @bosskie, @chriswelchphotography
Lead Production & Creative Execution
  • Scouted and contracted venue, managed permitting (LAPD, ABC), and technical production across three stages.
  • Curated line-up of 21 artist contributors donating performances.
  • Recruited and coordinated 70 volunteers to support operations and hospitality.
  • Secured in-kind support for production infrastructure and bar service.
  • Produced promotional short-form artist interviews used across channels



A Juneteenth Cookout
June 19, 2025

Partners:
Magdalena O’Neal
Bre Jackson
Youth To The People
Ten to One Rum
Topo Chico

Photos by @harpdigitalmedia
Co-Producer (Public Program + Culture Event)
  • Co-produced a free community Juneteenth Cookout at dublab studios that drew 1,000+ attendees with 8 hrs of DJ programming.
  • Integrated food, beverage, and DJ performance to create a culturally resonant, collective celebration.
  •  Event generated significant press and visibility during dublab’s Membership Drive, including a feature in The LA Times




AAPI Heritage Month
June 29, 2025

Partners:
Grand Central Market

Photos by @pixostrangers
Curator & Event Producer
  • Produced a live, multi-artist showcase celebrating AAPI heritage.
  • Featuring performances by Patrick Shiroishi, Dustin Wong, and Dylan Fujioka, alongside DJ sets from T-Kay and Mary Nagakawa
  • Produced promotional short-form artist interviews used across channels




dublab Creative Cultivation Salon 2025
April 27, 2025

Photos by @byrachelkupfer, @nagakawaii

Curator & Event Producer

  • Produced annual salon featuring performances, video installations, talks, and curated cuisine.
  • Headlined by musicians Claire Rousay and Sharada Shashidhar with immersive visual work by Alex Pelly and Clayton McCracken and live dialogue featuring Guadalupe Rosales, Noah Klein, Dwight Trible, and Josephine Shetty
  • In partnership with Japanese American Cultural Community Center, realized a 180+ attendee evening, generating $5,000+ profit.



Night at the Library: Building Stories February 15, 2025

Partners:
LAist
LA Phil Insight
Los Angeles Public Library
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Library Foundation of Los Angeles

Photos by @sam_lee.jpg
Producer & Technical Lead
Produced a large-scale, multi-partner cultural takeover of the Los Angeles Central Library, integrating live performance, broadcast media, and installation across a historic civic site.

Key Contributions
  • Successfuly proposed 2 live performances, 4 DJ sets, and an immersive multimedia installation
  • Managed technical execution, artist logistics, and site-wide production planning
  • Supported programming across multiple spaces with distinct technical and operational needs

Outcomes
  • Sold out (3,000 capacity)
  • Expanded cultural activation of a major public institution




dublab Artists-in-Residence 
Spring 2025

Collaborators:
Nina Keith
Whisper

Photos by @sam_lee.jpg
Curator & Program Designer
Designed and launched dublab’s first formal Artists-in-Residence program, supporting sustained creative research and public presentation.

Key Contributions
  • Developed residency structure, timelines, and deliverables
  • Coordinated artist support, collaborators, and production resources
  • Integrated exhibition and performance outcomes


Outcomes
  • Two-month residency culminating in a 100+ audience public program
  • Established a replicable institutional model for future residencies





Memory in Motion
February 15, 2025 

Partners:
Getty Research Institute

Photos by @sam_lee.jpg
Co-Curator & Producer
Co-produced a site-specific multimedia performance at the Getty Center responding to Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), integrating research-driven interpretation with public programming.

Key Contributions
  • Collaborated with Getty Research Institute staff on curatorial framing and production planning
  • Commissioned and coordinated experimental sound and video works, including a 162-foot audio tape installation
  • Managed technical planning, artist coordination, and rehearsal logistics
  • Prepared documentation and supported on-site execution at the Harold Williams Auditorium

Outcomes
  • Program generated 1,000+ RSVPs and fully activated a 400-seat auditorium
  • Expanded public engagement with archival research through live performance





    Fire Relief Record Sale
    February 2, 2025

    Partners:
    In Sheep’s Clothing

    Photos by @byrachelkupfer
    Producer
    • Organized a fundraiser for Eaton & Palisades fire relief, raising $28,000+ in direct aid.
    • Coordinated intake and management of donations from 100+ labels, vendors, and partners.
    • Recruited and directed 50 volunteers across 5 shifts; programmed 8 DJ performances.



    Sonic Activations of Fathomers’ Emergence: Art from Life’
    October 12 & 14, 2024

    Partners:
    Fathomers

    Photos courtesy of Fathomers 
    Curator (Sound Interpretation Series)
    • Curated 3 distinct musical interpretations for Fathomers’ Emergence exhibition at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center.
    • Collaborated with musicians Jeremiah Chiu, Callie Ryan, and Dustin Wong to interpret visual works through sound.





    PST Art & Science Family Festival at The Getty Center
    October 19 & 20, 2024

    Partners:

    Living Earth
    CARS
    Getty Museum

    Photos by @earth__poems and May Rose Smeback
    Curator & Event Producer
    • Collaborated with Community Arts Resources (CARS) to produce musical activations for the Getty Center festival.
    • Curated and co-produced performances in the Robert Irwin Central Gardens by Low Leaf and Alexey Seliverstov via Living Earth.
    • Programmed dublab DJs T-Kay and Maalbea to soundtrack festival activities in the courtyard.
    • Managed artist logistics, production coordination, and on-site execution



    dublab 25th Anniversary Fundraiser     September 28, 2024

    Photos by @sam_lee.jpg
    Producer / Curator
    • Planned and executed Zebulon takeover featuring 25 DJs, 9 live performances, 2 visual artists, and visual identity by Studio Koto.
    • Launched a capsule collection in collaboration with Carhartt WIP.
    • Co-curated 40 contributing artists and produced with A/V Coordinator Melody Scallion.
    • Drew ~1,000 attendees and raised over $11,000 for the organization.




    Gloria Molina Grand Park’s Sunday Sessions 
    September 15, 2024

    Partners:
    Gloria Molina Grand Park (The Music Center)
    Salon Recordings

    Photos by Will Tee Yang courtesy of Gloria Molina Grand Park
    Producer / Curator
    • Collaborated with Damar Davis (Salon Recordings) and Gloria Molina Grand Park to produce a multigenerational dance party.
    • Featured DJ sets by Chloëdees, Damar Davis, Joaqu.n, Donis, and Sevyn; MCed by Grandfather.
    • Celebrated Salon Recordings’ impact connecting global dance scenes from LA to NYC, London, and beyond.
    • Engaged a diverse community audience, fostering cross-generational and cross-cultural musical exchange.



    Grand Performances: Listen to Music Outside at Sunset in Downtown Los Angeles
    August 10, 2024

    Partners:
    Grand Performances
    Leaving Records

    Photos by @farahstop courtesy of Grand Performances
    Curator / Producer
    • Curated an installment of Grand Performances’ free summer concert series with Leaving Records.
    • Featured live performances by Laraaji & Arji OceAnanda, Low Leaf, and Sharada Shashidhar; music selections by Bae Bae.
    • Highlighted Los Angeles public art and community collaboration, making live music accessible to a diverse audience.
    • Promoted multi-generational, genre-defying experiences, fostering unity and musical transcendence.




    Floating (now Living Earth)
    2021 through 2023

    Photos by @sam_lee.jpg and @glenjamn
    Creative Ops & Partnerships, Locations Manager, Greeter Manager
    Floating was a weekly all-ages arts series that explored the harmony between sound & setting through intimate outdoor musical gatherings.

    In addition to weekly gatherings that encouraged people to contemplate what it means to belong to an ecosystem, our programming supported a funded seasonal artist residency that explored the relationship between process and environment, as well as land residencies produced in reciprocity with local conservationists and arts communities that fostered a deeper connection between people and land.

    Over 400 gatherings in 2 years.
    Over 300 musicians.
    Over 10,000 attendees.
    Managed partnerships with The MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Hollyhock House, The Audubon Center at Debs Park, Arlington Garden, and more. 

    In early 2024, our team parted ways with Floating to found a worker-owned collective called Living Earth.

    Teammates included Noah Klein, May Rose Smeback, Massima Bell, Nina Keith, Sam Lee, and Light Liu



    Floating: The Front Range
    Summer through winter 2023

    Photos by @matthewjsage
    Operations & Partnerships
    • Laid groundwork for a new branch of Floating in the Front Range.
    • Secured venue partnerships with Sunset Amphitheater, Inspiration Farm, Rocky Mountain Botanical Gardens.
    • Supported operational planning and promotion for site-specific performances directed by Matt Sage.



    Floating: Portland    
    Summer through winter 2023

    Photos by Jack Badler
    Operations & Partnerships
    • Established Floating’s Pacific Northwest branch, securing Leach Botanical Garden as a primary venue partner
    • Supported curatorial direction, operations, and promotion for events programmed by Ajay Ravi.
    • Series later relaunched as Moment following LA team’s departure to Living Earth.





    Listen to Music Outside in the Daylight Under a Tree
    2022 through 2023

    Video by Erren Franklin
    Permitting & City Partnerships
    • Secured permitting and insurance for monthly all-ages outdoor concert series
    • Negotiated agreements with LA Recreation and Parks
    • Liaised with city staff on site



    Compositions and Music Projects


    Echoes, Whispers, and Memories 
    2025

    Collaborators:
    Media Art Nexus
    Echoes, Whispers and Memories premiered at the 2024 City Digital Skin Art Festival (CDSA) on large-scale urban screens in Singapore, Hangzhou, and Beijing. In January 2025, it was reinstalled in Los Angeles at LACDA. In September 2025, it was presented as a spatial projection in Deep Space 8K for Ars Electronica Fesitval. In October, it was installed at MEET Digital Culture Center in Milan. 

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     The Lot Radio—Guest Session
    May 3, 2025

    Tracklist:
    I (Wings) - Tate EC
    11 - Horse Vision
    Head - Claire Rousay
    Floorless Room - Fuubutsushi
    Ep.11: With My Heart Open - Brian Hargrove
    Mourning Dove - Gia Margaret
    A Clearing - M.A. Tiesenga (from Leaving Records fire relief comp)
    In Light Of That Learnt Later (Purelink Remix) - Corker Conboy
    Another 9 Days (feat. Ethan P. Flynn) - Vegyn
    bellboy - Harry the Nightgown
    Earth / Fire - Celia Hollander
    Innersound Oddity - Low Leaf
    Nation Rising - Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra
    Lap of Luxury (feat. Qur’an Shaheed, Kintaro) - The Koreatown Oddity
    Specials - Lifted
    Washed Up - Walt McClements
    For Jannis - CTM
    90 - Oliver Coates

    (Listen on Soundcloud...)



    Staying: Leaving Records Aid to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires
    January 17, 2025
    PURCHASE & SUPPORT WILDFIRE RELIEF

    “Staying” is an initiative by Leaving Records to raise funds for Angelenos impacted by the recent wildfires.

    Glad to have contributed track 97 - “Wings” to this compilation of many friends and community members. 

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    Cup of Storm | JIGNA
    November 18, 2024
    A four-chapter immersive film by experimental filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist Leah Solomon, JIGNA premiered at the REDCAT Theater accompanied by Cup of Storm, a live musical performance of the film’s score that saw Leah joined by pianist, poet, and vocalist Qur’an Shaheed, and bassist/composer Tate EC.

    Listen to the live recording on dublab






    Moirai - Thread of Life
    2023

    Collaborators:
    Media Art Nexus
    CraveFX

    Moirai - Thread of Life, by Media Art Nexus & CraveFX, premiered at Ars Electronica Festival 2023 at Deep Space 8K. The film was awarded “Best in Show” at SIGGRAPH Asia 2023

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    Quantum Logos (Vision Serpent)
    2019

    Collaborators:
    Media Art Nexus
    Bianka Hofman
    Bob Kastner
    Robert Ursin
    Quantum Logos is an immersive audio-visual experience that premiered at Ars Electronica Festival 2019 in the 8k Deep Space theater. 

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    Nocturne
    2020

    Collaborators:
    Media Art Nexus
    Nocturne is a multimedia artwork featuring choreography and dance by Victoria Primus. Premiered at Ars Electronica Festival 2021. 

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    Quantonium
    2016   

    Collaborators:
    Media Art Nexus
    Quantonium is an audio reactive animation of mechanical reflections on matter and space by Mark Chavez (Media Art Nexus) that premiered at Ars Electronica Festival 2016.



    Gooms
    2022    

    Collaborators:
    Ana Chavez
    Webisode by Ana Chavez from an original web series created by Nate Memba: Backseat that premiered at Independent FIlmmakers Showcase at the Regal Theater in 2022.





    Slovenia

    Collaborators:
    Ana Chavez
    A three-part audiovisual diary.



    isabeltate—carpool

    Collaborators:
    Isabel Damiani
    isabeltate is an alt-pop project recorded, produced, written, and mixed in collaboration with Isabel Damiani. 

    dublab guest session




    Made in 2020 

    Collaborators:
    Melina Paulli
    Ana Chavez (filmmaker)
    A 4-track mixtape inspired by collage art by Melina Paulli. This project was released as a fundraiser for Anahuacalmecac IB School and The Transgender District, raising a total of $575.


























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    Tate Egon Chavez is a Los Angeles–based project manager and cultural programmer working across music, public programming, and institutional partnerships. Over the past five years, he has planned and coordinated more than 500 programs and collaborated with over 400 artists, supporting projects with organizations including dublab, the Getty Research Institute, and Los Angeles International Airport.

    He is a co-founder of Living Earth (formerly Floating) and currently serves as Events Director at dublab, where he oversees large-scale, multi-stakeholder cultural projects from planning through execution. Tate holds a B.A. in Music and Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied composition at CNMAT. His creative work has been presented at Ars Electronica, City Digital Skin Art Festival, and international film festivals.


    Education
    University of California, Berkeley
    B.A. Economics (honors) & Music
    2014 - 2018

    Singapore American School
    High School Diploma
    2010 - 2014


    Employment dublab
    Events Director
    2024 - Present

    floating
    Manager, Creative Ops & Partnerships
    2023 - 2024

    Operations Lead
    2022 - 2023

    Greeter Manager
    2022

    Greeter
    2021 - 2022

    UC Berkeley & Self Employed
    Economics Tutor
    2017 - 2023

    Infamous PR
    Intern, Hip Hop PR
    2018


    Skills
    Cultural Programming & Public Programs · Performing Arts & Community Events · Artist & Guest Relations · Institutional Partnerships · End-to-End Event Production · Multi-Stage Operations · Budgeting, Grants & Financial Oversight · Contracting & Vendor Management · A/V Crew Management · Permits, Insurance & Compliance · Audience Experience & Accessibility · Cross-Department Collaboration · Calendar & Resource Planning · Stakeholder & Donor Relations · Revenue-Generating Programs · Educational & Civic Programming · Operational Systems Design · Airtable · Excel · Google Workspace · Microsoft Office · Current RMS · Live Sound & A/V Coordination


    AwardsEconomics Honors UC Berkeley
    Thesis: Bay Area Rapid Transit and its Effect on Urban Income Segregation
    2018

    Film awards


    Press
    dublab Kicks off Juneteenth...’, by Elisha Wiliams, The Los Angeles Times 
    2025

    A Joint Effort...’, by Laura Latzko, Los Angeles Downtown News
    2025

    At 25, dublab is still the gold standard..., by Sandra Song, The Fader
    2024

    After the death of the Airliner..., by Jeff Weiss, The Los Angeles Times
    2023

    Text a Cloud Emoji..., by Steffie Nelson, The Los Angeles Times
    2022

    This Sound Event Series..., by Liz Ohanesian, The Los Angeles Times
    2022            



    Photos by @sam_lee.jpg

    Last Updated  January 4, 2026

    Currently listening to: Disiniblud by Disiniblud, Pulse by Qur’an Shaheed, Vind by CTM, In / Out by Violeta Garcia, Human Error Club at Kenny’s House by Human Error Club, How You Been by SML, Remain Calm by Mica Levi and Oliver Coates, Another Life by Horse Vision / Send recommendations to tate.egon.chavez@gmail.com