Paul DeMarinis

Paul DeMarinis is an American electronic music composer, sound, performance, and computer-based artist.

Education

DeMarinis received a B.A. in Music and Filmmaking Interdisciplinary from Antioch College. At the college, DeMarinis studied film with Paul Sharits, music with John Ronsheim and philosophy with Keith McGary.[1]

DeMarinis received an M.F.A. in Electronic Music and the Recording Media from Mills College. At the college, DeMarinis studied music composition with Robert Ashley, Terry Riley video with Phillip Makanna.[1]

Career

DeMarinis' performance pieces and interactive installations have been featured in exhibitions and festivals.[2][3] DeMarinis received a 1996 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award. He received the Golden Nica Award for Interactive Art at the Ars Electronica Festival for his installation The Messenger (2003).[4]

In the late 1970s he was a member of the San Francisco Bay Area-based experimental music collective The League of Automatic Music Composers.[5][6]

DeMarinis has investigated abandoned technologies and the history of electronic inventions and telecommunications.[7] Some of his installation works have used optics and computers and featured processed and synthesized speech.[8]

DeMarinis taught computer, video and audio art at Mills College, Wesleyan University, San Francisco State University and the New York State College of Ceramics. He is currently a Professor of Art at Stanford University in California.[9]

Selected works

Discography

References

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