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ANTARCTICA
2000
(Curator's
note:in looking to see if TTLG could find technological art
from every continent, we found Douglas Quin. Although he is
not a native Antarctican [he seems to lack the requisite flippers
and beak] he does use technology to explore the natural phenomena
of Antarctica and distribute that information aroudn the world
via the Internet.)
"Much
of my recent work in electronic and concrete music has focused
on the cultural perception of natural phenomena. I have sought
to explore how technology has influenced and altered our relationship
to nature and her attendant mythologies. Working with bioacoustic
material, computers and samplers has allowed me to examine new
potentials of musical structure, sonic gesture and a broader
palette of timbres. I seek to define an artistic posture towards
life which embraces all sound and conditions of listening."
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Bio
Douglas
Quin was born in 1956 and grew up in Algeria, Sweden, Canada, Iceland
and Great Britain. After graduating from Gordonstoun School in Scotland,
he went on to receive a BA in Art from Oberlin College and an MFA
in Sculpture and Performance Art from Tufts University and The School
of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He holds a Ph.D. in Acoustic Ecology
from the Union Institute. Quin's music and soundscape projects have
been performed at festivals and venues and for radio broadcast internationally.
He has been commissioned to compose and perform music for diverse
media and genres including film, video and dance. His latest recording,
"Forests: A Book of Hours" is available on the Earth Ear label. In
a decade of recording wildlife, Quin's field work has taken him from
the mountain rainforests of Madagascar to the Brazilian Amazon and
from Antarctica to the Alaskan Arctic. His recordings have been used
by scientists and zoos internationally for research and education.
Quin has received numerous awards including 2 Fellowships in Music
Composition from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Media Arts
Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for Radio Production,
National Science Foundation's Antarctic Artist and Writers' Program,
an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Maryland State Arts Council,
a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and 8 awards from Meet
the Composer.
doug@dqmedia.com