Lusen Mendel is an audio visual technician and narrative sound artist. They currently work on-call for SFMOMA and BATS / Bayfront Theater, in addition to seasonal sound and lighting gigs with Backyard Theater SF (at The Faight Collective), Damato Performance School (at BATS), and Broadway Your Way (at Little Boxes Theater).
Lusen also makes narrative audio art, such as One Chest of Breasts, which was an Audio Flux Circuit 06 finalist, and The Other Side, which won the Columbia School of Journalism's 2026 Radio Race. Lusen is part of Audio Flux, and contributes to the Audio Flux Substack and podcast. Some of Lusen's previous projects include: Audio Pals, a collaboration with sound artists across the US; and Audio Potlucks, a local salon for experimental sound artists and journalists.
Lusen's previous work includes: reporting & producing for KQED's The California Report Magazine; filing features and newspots for KALW's Crosscurrents; editing and engineering KALW's Out in the Bay; and running KFOG Ocean Beach.
Lusen is actively looking for full-time staff AV Tech work, but is available for short-term or on-call contracts until then, including:
- Audio/visual/network system maintenance, problem solving and upgrading
- Tape syncs and field recording/production
- Live event sound and/or lighting
- Post-production editing and engineering