13.01.10: Paul DeMarinis (USA), 10:30 Paul DeMarinis presented documentation of selected installation and sound works from over three decades along with
a discussion of their historical sources and their relation to
current media practices.
Paul DeMarinis has been making noises with wires, batteries
and household appliances since the age of four. The electro-
nic media artist studied film with Paul Sharits and electronic
music with Robert Ashley at the Center for Contemporary
Music at Mills College and later worked with David Tudor.
One of the first artists to use microcomputers, DeMarinis has
worked since the 1970's in the areas of interactive software,
synthetic speech, noise and obsolete or impossible media. He
has created installations, performances and public artworks
throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. He
is currently a Professor of Art at Stanford University.