James Hoff (born 1975, lives and works in Brooklyn, NYC) is an American artist. His work encompasses
painting,
sound,
performance, and
publishing (with the organisation Primary Information, of which he is co-founder and editor) among other media. He has maintained a strong focus on distributed forms and experiments with language, including cross-disciplinary investigations that address orally-transmitted syndromes, computer viruses, and ear worms. Hoff has released several records on PAN and has performed and exhibited his art work extensively throughout the United States and Europe.