Visiting Artist Trimpin

Trimpin is a Seattle, Washington-based kinetic sculptor, sound artist, and musician. Trimpin’s work integrates sculpture and sound across a variety of media including fixed installation and live music, theater, and dance performance. His works are known to be electromechanically actuated by embedded microcontrollers that communicate MIDI. Trimpin is a recipient of numerous honors. In 1994, he was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award. Trimpin was also the recipient of a 1997 MacArthur “Genius” Award. He is the subject of Peter Esmonde’s documentary film “Trimpin: The Sound of Invention”, featuring music by the Kronos Quartet. In May 2010, he was the honorary recipient of a Doctor of Musical Arts from California Institute of the Arts. Since Fall 2010, Trimpin has been working with students and faculty at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) to create the multimedia installation “The Gurs Zyklus”, in collaboration with composer/director/performer Rinde Eckert.

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Trimpin is a Seattle, Washington-based kinetic sculptor, sound artist, and musician. Trimpin’s work integrates sculpture and sound across a variety of media including fixed installation and live music, theater, and dance performance. His works are known to be electromechanically actuated by embedded microcontrollers that communicate MIDI. Trimpin is a recipient of numerous honors. In 1994, he was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award. Trimpin was also the recipient of a 1997 MacArthur “Genius” Award. He is the subject of Peter Esmonde’s documentary film “Trimpin: The Sound of Invention”, featuring music by the Kronos Quartet. In May 2010, he was the honorary recipient of a Doctor of Musical Arts from California Institute of the Arts. Since Fall 2010, Trimpin has been working with students and faculty at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) to create the multimedia installation “The Gurs Zyklus,” in collaboration with composer/director/performer Rinde Eckert.

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