Shawn Pinchbeck - CV

 

Education

 

University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

     Master of Music, Electroacoustic Composition

- studies focused on computer interactive music software, gestural interfaces, and acousmatic composition

 

 

Installation Pieces

    Parthenogenesis (1994) - collaborative installation, with Eisert Hall-prints, Shawn Pinchbeck-music, and Bruce Fletcher/Neil Hawkins-video

    The Decay of Lying (1996) - Multimedia - video, sculpture, sound, computer interactive, collaboration with Tim Folkmann

    Talking Trees (1996) - Multimedia - Interactive Sound Sculptures, collaboration with Tim Folkmann and Gary Lee

    Electromagnetic Disturbance Redistributer (1998) - Computer Interactive Audio, radio

    I Sound - Helisen (2001) - Computer Interactive Audio, Video

    Sonic Spaces - the kinetics of sound (2003) - Motion Detection, Computer Interactive Audio

    ID Communication (2004) - Motion Detection, Computer Interactive Video, Collaboration with Ivika Kivi, Dagmar Kase, Shawn Pinchbeck (programming, hardware)

 

Audio Releases and Compilations

Wildcats!! (1987)

Tonepleromas (1989)

Penetration (1991)

Resonance (1995)

Dissonance (2000)

Resonus (2004)

An Alberta Compilation (1985)

Driven Element Compilation (1988)

A BEAMS Compilation (Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society, 1991)

DisContact II (Canadian Electroacoustic Community, 1995)

Soundland Alberta: Le Pays Sonore (Edmonton Concert Composers' Society, 1996)

The Final Solstice (World Serpent Records, 1999)

Unsound (Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society, 2001)

 

Film Credits and Multimedia

    Perennia - (1995, 10 min) - directed by Tim Folkmann, soundtrack and mix

    Healthy Human Specimen - (1995, 28 min) - directed by Jason Margolis, one piece on soundtrack

    Spirit Bear (1996, 30 sec) - directed by Velcrow Ripper/Heather Frise - TV commercial broadcast nationally in Canada

    Storms - (1999, 13 min) - directed by Tim Folkmann, soundtrack and mix

    The Rule of F.E.M.M.E. - (2000, 5 min) - animated/directed by Uma Viswanathan, score

    Man+Mouse=Meat - (2001, 3 min) - directed, filmed and written by Shawn Pinchbeck

    Ethyl Mermaid - (2002, 28 min) - directed by Michelle L, musical score + soundscapes

    The Corporation - (2003, 180 min) - directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott, two pieces on soundtrack

    Virbits - (2003) - Children's Educational CDROM, Estonian Academy of Arts, sound design and music composition

 

Audio Engineering Credits (excluding my own concerts and recordings)

    BEAMS (1991 - 2002) - Engineered sound for dozens of concerts and exhibits including multi-channel and specialized setups

    International Computer Music Conference (ICMC'95) - Assistant Director, Audio Production/Technical Production Assistant, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada

    The Sensualists - Mettle (1997) - CD Mastering

    Mike Ewanus - Ballet MŽchanique & Other Soundworks (1998) - CD Mastering

    Unsound - Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (2001) - CD Mastering

    Titania (2003) - CD Mastering

 

Awards

Simon Fraser University - Centre for the Performing Arts Bursary (1993, 1994)

Alberta Foundation for the Arts - Media Arts Grant (1996)

Telus - Arts of the Future Award (1997)

Canada Council Travel Grant (1998, 2000, 2001)

Edmonton Arts Council Travel Grant (1998, 2000, 2004)

Alberta Foundation for the Arts - Artist in the Community Residency (2000)

Alberta Foundation for the Arts - Multi-disciplinary Grant (2001, 2004)

Edmonton Artists' Trust Fund (2004)

 

Nominations

Alberta Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards

            1989 (Best Open Category)

            1990 (Best Open Category)

            1991 (Best Classical Recording and Performer of the Year Categories)

Telus - Arts of the Future Award (1999)

 

Performances

       Various Venues - in addition to the following, I have performed electronic music with multimedia extensively in night clubs, theatres and galleries in Edmonton from 1984 to the present.

       His Arm Was Her Leg - Chinook Theatre, October 1984, Edmonton, Alberta

       Sonic Sunday - Outdoor Electroacoustic Music Festival, July 1988, Edmonton, Alberta

       LatiDaDatude - Latitude 53 Gallery, December 1990, Edmonton, Alberta

       His Arm Was Her Leg - Multimedia Performance, City Media Club, February 1991, Edmonton, Alberta

       Perspectives Festival - Canadian Electroacoustic Community, June 1991, Montreal, Quebec

       Eye Music - Edmonton Art Gallery, November 1992, Edmonton, Alberta

       Cyberdada Tea Party - The Works Festival, June 1993 + 1995, Edmonton, Alberta

       (I Wanted to Know) The Exact Dimensions of Heaven - Brian Webb Dance Company,

         October 1993, Edmonton, Alberta

       Life is a New Works Cabaret - New Works Calgary, October 1993, Calgary, Alberta

       Edmonton New Music Festival - Edmonton Composers' Concert Society, May 1992, 93 and 94, Edmonton, Alberta

       Edmonton Electroacoustics - Concert, McGill University, October 1994, Montreal, Quebec

       Un Chien Andalou - silent film accompaniment, Metro Cinema, September 1994, Edmonton

       white bird dream burnt black by the sun - Mile Zero Dance, December 1994, Edmonton,

         Alberta

       Metropolis - silent film accompaniment, Metro Cinema, June 1995, Edmonton, Alberta

       International Computer Music Conference (ICMC'95) - Banff Centre, September 1995,

       The Audiles - with Steve Heimbecker, The New Gallery, December 1995, Calgary, Alberta

       Interaction/Reaction - Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society, April 1997, Edmonton, Alberta

       From Our Home To You, An Evening of Audio Marveling - with Steve Heimbecker/Ken Gregory, EMMedia, February 1998, Calgary, Alberta

       Sonic Waking Dream Time - with Steve Heimbecker/Ken Gregory, Video Pool, November 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba

       Ericeira - Performance, Crump Manor, November 1999, Calgary, Al berta

       Resonance/Dissonance - Independent Film and Video Alliance Conference, June 2000, Edmonton

       Discordia - The Works International Visual Arts Festival, June 2000, Edmonton, Alberta

       SonnenŸbergang - live FM radio/Internet streaming broadcast, Radio FRO, July 2000, Vienna, Austria

       Between Time - Estonian Academy of Music, October 2000, Tallinn, Estonia

       Expand, Media-Art Happening - Internet streamed performance, Meteori Cafe/Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta, May 2001, Helsinki, Finland/Edmonton, Alberta

       X Eye - Collaborative interactive video and audio performance with Ivika Kivi, The Works International Visual Arts Festival, August 2001, Edmonton, Alberta

       Vabad Improvisatsioonid Pinchbeck'i - Interactive Music Performance, Estonian Academy of Music, January 2002, Tallinn, Estonia

       Between Fields - Electroacoustic, interactive video, Latitude 53, April 2002, Edmonton, Alberta

       Fly By Wire - FAVA 20/20, Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta, October 2002, Edmonton

       Happy Birthday Concert - Interactive Multimedia, Estonian Academy of Music, May 2003, Tallinn, Estonia

       Maaparandus - Performance Art, Puhas R››m, PostzovkoZ City 2 Festival, Mooste, Estonia

       Ajulennuline - BEAST - De Natura Sonorum, CBSO Centre, March 2004, Birmingham, UK

       T-Kond/the Ecliptic - Interactive Video and Music, Kanuti Guildi Hall, April 2004, Tallinn, Estonia

       Dreamtime - Performance, The Works Festival of Art & Design, June 2004, Edmonton, Alberta

       Cinematic Sounds - Performance, Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta, July 2004, Edmonton, Alberta.

       Ambient - Anorg Electronic Music Festival, September 2004, Zurich, Switzerland

       Acousma - SŸgisfestival, October 2004, Tallinn, Estonia

 

Other Events and Exhibits

       L'Altra Musica in Canada - Fondazione Russolo-Pratella, September 1992, Varese, Italy

       ICMC'95 - Assistant Director of Audio/Technical Production Assistant, Banff Centre, September 1995, Banff, Alberta

       The Decay of Lying - installation, Ortona Gallery, September 1996, Edmonton, Alberta

       Talking Trees - installation, First Night Festival, December 1996, Edmonton, Alberta

       Electromagnetic Disturbance Redistributer - installation, Thin Limits, Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta, September 1998, Edmonton, Alberta

       Edmonton Intermedia Arts Festival² - Producer, Curator, August 1998, Edmonton, Alberta

       Electromagnetic Disturbance Redistributer - installation, Resound Festival, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, January 1999, Edmonton, Alberta

       Man + Mouse = Meat - Exhibition, CSIF $100 Film Festival, June 2001, Calgary, Alberta

       I Sound - Helisen - installation, Interstanding Media Art Festival, Art Museum of Estonia, November 2001, Tallinn, Estonia

       Unsound - Producer, CD compilation of Alberta Electroacoustic Composers, BEAMS, February 2002, Edmonton, Alberta

       Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society - Curated a regular concert season of electroacoustic music and interactive sound art (1991-2002), Edmonton, Alberta

       I Sound - Helisen - BEAST 20/20, March 2003, Birmingham, UK

       Sonic Spaces (the kinetics of sound) - Installation, The Works Arts & Design Festival,

June-July 2003, Edmonton, Alberta

       Sonic Spaces (the kinetics of sound) - BEAST Spacial Awareness, CBSO Centre,

December 2003, Birmingham, UK

       Sonic Spaces (the kinetics of sound) - EKA Gallery, International Symposium of Electronic Art, August 2004, Tallinn, Estonia

       ID Communications - Installation, Art Museum of Estonia, International Symposium of Electronic Art, August 2004, Tallinn, Estonia

       Where Are We Eating? - €Šniradio, International Symposium of Electronic Art, August 2004, Helsinki, Finland

       Sonic Spaces (the kinetics of sound) - Anorg Music Festival, September 2004, Zurich, Switzerland

 

Residencies & Professional Development

       "Computed Art Intensive" - Simon Fraser University, July 1993, Vancouver, BC

       "Radio Art Residency" - Banff Centre, April, 1994, Banff, Alberta

       "Computed Art Intensive" - Simon Fraser University, July 1994, Vancouver, BC

       "Fall Music Residency" - Banff Centre, September - December 1995, Banff, Alberta

       "The Audiles" - Collaborative Residency with Steve Heimbecker, The New Gallery,

December 1995, Calgary, Alberta

       "Flesh Eating Technologies Symposium" - Banff Centre, December 1997, Banff, Alberta

       "From Our Home To You, An Evening of Audio Marveling" - Collaborative Residency with

Steve Heimber and Ken Gregory, EMMedia, February 1998, Calgary, Alberta

       "Polar Circuit2" - Residency, College of Art and Media, July 1998, Tornio, Finland

       "Sonic Waking Dreamtime" - Collaborative Residency with Steve Heimber and Ken Gregory,

Video Pool, November 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba

       "Polar Circuit3" - Residency, University of Lapland, July 1998, Rovaniemi, Finland

       "Big Eye Residency" - STEIM, November 2000, Amsterdam, Netherlands

       "2001 Artist in Residence" - Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

       "Baltic Cyber-Corridor - Week of New Media Culture" - Rixc Centre, April 2001, Riga, Latvia

       "Human Voice/Computer Vox Conference" - Banff Centre, June 2001, Banff, Alberta

       "Artist in Residence" - Estonian Artists' Association, Oct - Dec 2001, Tallinn, Estonia

       "Interstanding New Media Conference" - Art Museum of Estonia, November 2001, Tallinn, Estonia

       "RAM3 - Re-approaching New Media Residency" - E-Media Centre, Estonian Academy of Arts, November 2003, Tallinn, Estonia


Workshops and Instruction

       "Digital Audio and Sound Art "- Lecturer, Interactive Multimedia Masters Programme, E-Media Centre, Estonian Academy of Arts, March/April 2001, Tallinn, Estonia

       "Methods of Sound Synthesis and Spectral Analysis" - Instructor, Workshop, Estonian Academy of Music, April 2001, Tallinn, Estonia

       "Introduction to Audio for Artists" - Instructor, Workshop, Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta, July 2001, Edmonton, Canada

       " Digital Audio and Sound Art " - Lecturer, Interactive Multimedia Masters Programme, E-Media Centre, Estonian Academy of Arts, Nov/Dec 2001, Tallinn, Estonia

       "Max/MSP for Musicians" - Instructor, Workshop, Estonian Academy of Music, January 2002, Tallinn, Estonia

       " Digital Audio and Sound Art " - Lecturer, Interactive Multimedia Masters Programme, E-Media Centre, Estonian Academy of Arts, March/April 2003, Tallinn, Estonia

       "Talking to the Machines - Introduction to Alternative Computer Interfaces" - Instructor, RAM3: Re-approaching New Media Conference, E-Media Centre, Estonian Academy of Arts, October 2003, Tallinn, Estonia

       " Digital Audio and Sound Art " - Lecturer, Interactive Multimedia Masters Programme, E-Media Centre, Estonian Academy of Arts, January/February 2004, Tallinn, Estonia

       "ProTools" - Instructor, Workshop, E-Media Centre, Estonian Academy of Arts, October 2004, Tallinn, Estonia

       "Max/MSP/Jitter" - Instructor, Workshop, E-Media Centre, Estonian Academy of Arts, October 2004, Tallinn, Estonia

       "Sensors and Max" - Tartu Art College, November 2004, Tartu, Estonia

 

Non-Profit Boards

Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS)

      -Member-at-Large (1989 - 1991)

-President (1991 - 2002, 2004 - present)

-Vice-President (2002 - 2003)

Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA) (96-98)

Metro Cinema Society (96 - 98)

Alberta Media Arts Alliance (2002) (2004)

 

Professional Affiliations

Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS)

Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA)

Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC)

Birmingham Electroacoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST)

Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)