185668232 is a time-traveling biological experiment from the future, with a mission to influence our endangered species for prolonged existence. Originally rooted in fine film studies, 185668232 served as Photo Club President and received scholarships to study abroad, working as one of the last chemical film developers before the digital takeover. During this time, they also studied extensive music theory and performance, learning to create with whatever tools were available — a practice that seeded a lifelong genreless-genre of sound and image. Early on, they were active in Amnesty International and seriously considered a life as a United Nations diplomat, committed to justice and global peace. But the events of September 11, 2001 radically changed that perception, revealing the failures of diplomacy under empire and shifting their focus toward grassroots art and direct humanitarian service. What began as creative survival would evolve into a 501(c)(3) arts and humanities charity organization — 185668232 Inc. — formed to rise in solidarity with the global majority and show the world how to normalize universalism at the height and fall of capitalist consumerism. Today, encyclopedias from 1986–2006 and 2000–2020 are being scanned, expanded, and ritualized by the clergy of 185668232 Inc., documenting not only a timeline of collapse but a roadmap for something radically more humane.
As a federally approved 501(c)(3) nonprofit (LOL LLC), 185668232 serves as a multimedia avant-garde influencer bridging post-industrial and emergent movements. Since 2007, they have toured biannually, offering a unique blend of music, philosophy, and radical audience participation that transcends genre, class, and astral plane.
Having shared stages with acts from punk legends like The Dead Milkmen’s LOW BUDGETS to folk celebrity Zoey Deschanel’s SHE & HIM, as well as deeply underground figures like XIU XIU’s Jamie Stewart (Former Ghosts), 185668232’s ethos has always remained: People are not products. Transparency is essential. Art must be free.
Originally trained in music in 1995, their body of work has since become a genreless-genre of its own — sculpting sonic realities from audio, video, photography, and raw experience. Through acoustician noise and broken pop structures, they create a 21st-century soundscape that reflects human truth without market-tested polish.
In 2015–16, they relocated to Ithaca, NY during personal upheaval to organize nonprofit paperwork and build a chosen family. By 2019, they were celebrating a 10-year anniversary, touring Europe, filing for 501(c)(3) status, and starting the ambitious 365.25 Songs Project. Amidst the 2020 pandemic, 185668232 Inc. was formally recognized as a federal nonprofit and began serving those in crisis, drawing the attention of U.S. senators.
From 2021–2022, the project focused on cinematography and preproduction of the 7-continent feature film DREAMESQUE, before surviving an illegal eviction in 2022 that left its founder addressless. This experience sparked a grassroots movement for universal housing, intertwining abolitionist and anti-capitalist frameworks with deeply personal healing.
In parallel, 185668232 pushed forward in art and activism — participating in America’s Got Talent (twice advancing) and winning a Top 25 NPR Tiny Desk submission in 2023, based on a 2021 beat-building session filmed in their old home, supported by Ithaca Underground. That year, they also released the SPARKLE NOISE album — a raw sonic memoir of addressless survival in the NE U.S. — while documenting life on the ground and rallying support for the Communication Center Compound.
2024 marked a slowdown across the global work industry, but also a deep dive into healing and research. Despite intense medical challenges, 185668232 received critical care and used the time to create the ASMR EP and Ai EP, experimenting with new workflows and algorithmic expression. This marked a shift: from surviving the system to reshaping it.
Now based in NYC, 185668232 is actively working to normalize universalism — a future where shelter, care, and creative expression are not luxuries, but inalienable rights. Their art invites humanity to look at itself directly — not through a sugar-coated marketing lens, but through cracked mirrors and raw sound. Their next chapter awaits, documented in an upcoming 30-year publication and a growing archive of public projects, performances, and proposals for collective transformation.
