Lorin Edwin Parker
(Born 1877, Idledale Colorado)

Recent Activities: Teaching Sound Design at the Art Institute of California, Los Angeles in the Digital Cinema and Video Production Department. Working on public art installations in Los Angeles -- more to be announced. Steam Synthesizer works!! See the video on my steam synth page! Resident Artist: M&DE music and dance project at Dartington College of the Arts - Devon, England. "Child Real Eyes" featuring Andre Vida and Anthony Braxton released on VidaTone Records - Audio Engineering by Lorin E. Parker. Member of Pe-eL with David B.C. Leikam. Electronic music performance duo. "Brain Recoil" - Video dance collaboration with E. Kim. Ongoing performances. Insanium II.0 abstract speech synthesizer. UFO installation with artist Jay Stuckey. Featuring 10 custom theremins designed and built by LEP embedded in sculptural spaceships. Each theremin has a unique tone and behavior and interacts with people, as well as other spaceships. Features 10 channel sound and the aesthetic genius and design of Jay Stuckey. Stupid Blue Thing - A wireless music controller designed with Clay Chaplin.  Integrated bluetooth technology can communicate with any bluetooth device. Prototype currently used to interface Max/MSP. Recent Press: Make Magazine - Parker Steam Synthesizer Make Magazine - Insanium Abstract Vocal Synthesizer On YouTube - Documentary Excerpt from Harvestworks in NYC featuring performance and interview... Wired Magazine - Wired News: Circuit Benders Flock to Midtown

BIO: Lorin Edwin Parker currently resides and works in the Los Angeles, CA area.  He works as an artist, audio engineer and instructor in sound and audio. Parker is currently a faculty member at the Art Institute of California, Los Angeles.  Parker specializes in the creation of sound , performance art, music composition, sculpture and interdisciplinary arts. He is also renown as an instrument builder and designer of interactive technology. Lorin has a background as a professional sound designer, audio engineer, bassist (contrabass and electric), synthesist and thereminist. He also is an avid DIY enthusiast and knows his way around a workshop. Parker has worked with a variety of artists including, Andre Vida, Clay Chaplin, Mark Trayle, Gregory T.S. Walker, Rich O'Donell, Jay Stuckey, Cooper Baker, Sarah Seelig, F. Lewis Keller, Jacob Feinburg, David B.C. Leikam, Lewis Keller, E. Kim and Phillip Stearns. He also has worked on a number of Television, Film and Theater productions creating sound design, original music, foley and post production audio for film.  Parker's aesthetic is an anachronistic confluence of the cultural and technological past, present and future. He draws extensively from Victorian and Edwardian culture and design, blending his historical tilt to re-contextualize modern technology and arts. Parker has studied with Gregory T.S. Walker, Mark Trayle, Sara Roberts, David Rosenboom, Nicolas Collins and Pauline Oliveros. He also wishes to thank Paul DeMarinis and Michael Pissaro for their critical contributions. Lorin holds a B.Sc. from the University of Colorado and an MFA in sound art from the California Institute of the Arts. "21st century art should be progressive, fun, accessible, even humorous. My art is not meant to be selective or exclusive -- it is viable conceptually and as pure entertainment." NEW! -- Customize Lorin Edwin Parker's Mustache Drag and Drop Game! (requires flash) Lorin Edwin Parker's CV. -- .PDF A full CV in a format consistent with academic applications and jobs. For other submissions, I often use a shorter format with only salient information presented.