Baker Artist Portfolios

McCoy Chance is an artist, musician, composer, and educator based in Baltimore, MD. His work focuses on revitalizing discarded analog technology, collaborating with local repair professionals, musicians, and Baltimore’s vibrant creative communities to reimagine how we consume, use, and understand contemporary technology.

Through his practice, McCoy delves into the complex relationship between humans and machines, transforming technological waste into evocative moving images, installations, and performative experiences. His work challenges conventional notions of obsolescence, decay, and care, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and repair in fostering sustainable relationships with the tools that shape our world.

McCoy’s work also highlights the environmental consequences of our reliance on disposable technology, drawing attention to the toxic materials in discarded electronics and their impact on global ecosystems. By repurposing and repairing e-waste, he underscores the urgency of sustainable practices in addressing the environmental legacy of consumer culture.

McCoy’s interactive and experimental CRT installations and films have been exhibited at the Peale Museum, Area 405, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Brown Center, and the Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) as part of the Americas Film Festival. His experimental films have also been screened internationally in Venezuela, Spain, Toronto, India, and at the Lviv Art Palace and Art Museum in Ukraine.