Bevin Kelley (Blevin Blectum) is an electronic musician and multimedia composer. Her performances are often loose narratives incorporating live interactive electronic sound, manipulated field recordings, film, action and costume. She holds degrees in English, Violin Performance, Electronic Music and Recording Media, and Veterinary Nursing. She has released four solo albums, and many more in collaboration with other musicians and filmmakers. Bevin is one half of the sonic/stage duo Blectum From Blechdom, recipients of the 2001 Ars Electronica Award of Distinction in Digital Music. She was one fourth of the audio/visual band Sagan. Her multimedia work is often text-based, including a series of pieces based on Philip K. Dick’s short story ‘The Preserving Machine’, in which sheet music is transformed into creatures and back again.