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Paul demarinis kim portnoy saxquest july 20 2013
Paul DeMarinis is an American electronic music composer, sound, performance, and computer-based artist.
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- Paul demarinis kim portnoy saxquest july 20 2013
- FULL CONCERT Paul DeMarinis Saxquest July 20 2013
- Education
- Career
- Selected works
- Discography
- References
FULL CONCERT: Paul DeMarinis @ Saxquest - July 20, 2013
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.
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.
Career
DeMarinis' performance pieces and interactive installations have been featured in exhibitions and festivals. 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).
In the late 1970s he was a member of the San Francisco Bay Area-based experimental music collective The League of Automatic Music Composers.
DeMarinis has investigated abandoned technologies and the history of electronic inventions and telecommunications. Some of his installation works have used optics and computers and featured processed and synthesized speech.
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.