Amanda Gutiérrez wasborn in Mexico City and is currently based in Montreal. Gutiérrez explores theexperience of political listening and gender studies by bringing into focussoundwalking practices. Trained and graduated as a stage designer from TheNational School of Theater, Gutiérrez uses a range of digital media tools toinvestigate everyday life aural agencies and collective identities. Gutiérrezcompleted her MFA in Media and Performance Studies at the School of the ArtInstitute of Chicago. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Arts and Humanitiesat Concordia University in the Arts and Humanities Doctoral program. Gutiérrezhas held numerous international art residencies such as FACT, Liverpool in theUK, ZKM in Germany, TAV in Taiwan, Bolit Art Center in Spain, and her artworkhas been exhibited internationally in venues such as The Liverpool Biennale in2012, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Harvestworks in NYC, SBC Gallery,Undefined Radio in Montreal, Errant Bodies Studio Press in Berlin, among others.