Catalog#: -
Format: CD, Album
Released: 2012
DISCOGS
1 A Hall is All (1986) 12:34
2 A gift für den Geist (1986) 9:18
3 Stall (1981) 23:03
4 Wafer Flats (1985) 24:03
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bio
John Driscoll is a founding member of Composers Inside Electronics and collaborated on and managed the Rainforest IV project since its inception in 1973. He has toured extensively in the US and Europe with: Composers Inside Electronics, Douglas Dunn & Dancers, David Tudor, and also as a solo performer. His work involves robotic instruments, compositions and sound installations for unique architectural spaces, rotating loudspeakers, and music for dance. He has received dance commissions for his music including: the Merce Cunningham Dance Co., Douglas Dunn & Dancers, and the Dance Construction Company. He has received numerous awards including a Berlin Residency from the DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogam. Driscoll was Manager of Arts & Technologies at the New York Hall of Science where he created an innovative Artist-in-Residence program. He also developed the first interactive computer-based exhibits in science museums titled "Science Links" and managed the development of "Sound Sensations" (an interactive exhibition on Audio Technologies) for the NYHOS. He founded Shadow Interactive Inc. which developed educational software for Classroom Inc., Shedd Aquarium, NY State Dept. of Health, and others. He worked for over 15 years with Slingo Inc. developing one of the most popular online games on AOL titled "Slingo", slot machines, lottery tickets, and TV game shows. Driscoll has lectured extensively on interactive media, sound installations, online game development, and Rainforest IV. He co-authored a paper on Rainforest with Matt Rogalsky for presentation at the Getty Museum. He holds an MFA (Sculpture) from Tyler School of Art and an MFA (interdisciplinary arts) from SUNY Buffalo. His work is available on Edition Block/Gramavision "Rainforest IV", Orange Mountain Music's "Composers Inside Electronics" - from the Kitchen Archives No. 4, "20 jahre Inventionen II" - Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, "Soundings" - Neuberger Museum (video), and he is currently preparing a CD of his Berlin works "Fishing for Sound". He is currently working on the dissemination of a self-running Rainforest V - installation version with installations in Mexico City and Governors Island, NY, and is creating a new set of performance and installation works using ultrasonic instruments. - Composers Inside Electronics ▲
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