{"identifier":"PES-Trimpin_6312234897112","browse_author":"Peter Esmonde (Director), The Kronos Quartet (Performed by (orchestra, band, ensemble)) and Peter Esmonde (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video))","subscription_list":["bvl_musicsch"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350896819,"description":"Trimpin: The Sound of Invention is an amusing exploration of the sonic world of an eccentric creative genius. Artist/inventor/engineer/composer Trimpin shuns the hype and hyperbole of the commercial art world \u2013 yet his freewheeling sculptures and outrageous musical experiments are cherished by museums all over the planet. Filmed over two years, this documentary feature follows the artist/inventor as he designs a 60-foot tower of more than 500 automatic electric guitars; builds an ensemble of huge marimbas that converts real-time earthquake data into music; and collaborates with the Kronos Quartet on an outrageous world premiere featuring toy instruments. Trimpin: The Sound of Invention will delight anyone interested in the mysteries, pitfalls, and sheer joy of creative experiment. Trimpin is a sound sculptor, composer, engineer, and inventor. A specialist in interfacing computers with traditional instruments, he has developed ways of playing instruments ranging from giant marimbas to stacks of electric guitars via computer. His work integrates sculpture sound, and live performance. Born in Germany, Trimpin spent several years living and studying in Berlin. His work has been performed and exhibited at shows, performances, new music festivals, museums, and galleries around the world including Seattle Art Museum, International Jazz Festival in Vancouver, Missoula Museum of Art in Montana, Tacoma Art Museum, Washington State University Museum of Art, Ojai Music Festival, and Other Minds Festival. From 2005 through 2007, museums and galleries throughout the Pacific Northwest mounted an extensive retrospective of Trimpin's work. His sound sculptures, installations, and set designs have been developed in collaboration with artists such as Merce Cunningham, Samuel Beckett, Conlon Nancarrow, and the Kronos Quartet. Subsequent to receiving his 1994 Grants to Artists award, Trimpin received a MacArthur \u201cGenius\" Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for his investigations of acoustic music in spatial relationship, both in 1997. He holds an Honorary Doctorate in Musical Arts from California Institute of the Arts, which he was awarded in 2010. Language - English","videoId":6312234897112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","subscription":"bvl_musicsch","title":"Trimpin: The Sound of Invention","xml_source":"bvl_musicsch_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"PES-Trimpin","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/83c8a122-62e5-4d92-be71-6cabd79a796e/879af0ec-5972-4ea2-b5b1-c282f0416d8c/1280x720/match/image.jpg","facets":"video , Video ,","contenttypeorder":3,"date_of_publication":2011,"publisher":"The Kronos Quartet","productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"PES-Trimpin","facet":["video"],"contentType":"video","authors":"Peter Esmonde~The Kronos Quartet~Peter Esmonde"}