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Trimpin in Discussion with Gary Faigin
The Sound of Invention
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Note: Town Hall events are approximately 75 minutes long.
Combining digital technology with everyday salvaged materials, sculptor and composer Trimpin has invented ways of playing everything from giant marimbas to a 60-foot stack of guitars using MIDI commands. Taking inspiration equally from junkyards, museums, and concert halls, Trimpin creates eccentric and interactive instruments from found materials, including saw blades, toy monkeys, duck calls, beer bottles, Bunsen burners, slide projectors, turkey basters, and pottery wheels. Trimpin’s computer-driven musical contraptions defy the constraints of traditional instruments.
In conversation with Gage’s Gary Faigin, Trimpin will discuss specific projects from his career and share short videos that highlight his unique approach and philosophy.
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Trimpin is a German born kinetic sculptor, sound artist, and musician currently living in Seattle and Tieton, Washington.
Trimpin’s work integrates sculpture and sound across a variety of media including fixed installation and live music, theater, and dance performance. Beginning in July 2005, several Washington museums engaged in a year-long survey of his work. A feature documentary film about the artist/inventor/composer’s life and work, TRIMPIN: The Sound of Invention, was produced and directed by Peter Esmonde.
Painter, critic, and author Gary Faigin is cofounder and Artistic Director of Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, as well as the school’s Still Life Atelier instructor. He has taught in art schools across the country including the National Academy of Design and the Parsons School of Design.
Presented by Town Hall Seattle and Gage Academy of Art.
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