Daniel Sabio AKA The Glad Scientist (b. Augusta, GA, USA, 1988) is a Puerto Rican conceptual media artist living and working in Barcelona, ES. Most well-known for their live audiovisual performances, where they perform onstage with a VR headset, their poetic work ranges from these virtual reality modular synth performances and multichannel sound installations to brain/heart/emotion controlled artworks and video game experiences, with the chosen medium being a reflection of the concept at hand. Their career has taken a non-linear path, with their mix of programming, poetry, music, and visual work starting its fusion in 2011 in Atlanta while studying at Georgia Tech. Over the last decade, its circling around these different artforms solidified through time spent living the music and media art cultures in Berlin, Tokyo, Osaka, Chicago, Accra, and again in Atlanta, where the artist co-founded the independent label VLSC. Throughout this time, the artist’s solo work and collaborations have been consistently welcomed at diverse festivals and events worldwide including Ars Electronica, Venice Biennale, ISEA, SXSW, Bass Coast Festival, VRHAM!, FILE, LEV, and DreamHack, among others. It has been awarded placement in Art Omi:Music Fellowship, UNCSA METL Immersive Storytelling Residency, Zoo Labs Music Accelerator, and shown in galleries in Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, and Berlin. Commercially, they have worked both independently and with innovative creative studios (Envoy/Leviathan (US), Cosmic Lab (JP), Ommatidium (CA)) to create immersive experiences and installations for numerous high-profile musicians, Under Armour, and Super Nintendo World.