Born in New York City, Simon Morris (US/France) is a new media artist whose

work explores urban landscapes, sounds and skateboarding. Investigating new

forms of musical expression, Musique Concrete examines technology

and its role as a socially engaged art practice. He has conducted live

performances at Eyebeam, NYC, the Article Biennale 2006 in Stavanger, Norway,

the Kiasma
Museum in Helsinki, Finland and the Barker Theatre in Turku, Finland.

 





EXHIBITS/PERFORMANCES:

Lemur; Brooklyn, NY. May 2008. Lemur ReSiDeNt show; Live skate performance with Eric Singer's musical robots.

Third Rail Studio; New Rochelle, NY. October 2007 Urbane Sense Exhibition;skate performance+live percussion.

International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) 2007
; New York City, USA.
June 2007.Musique Concrete installation at Eyebeam

Article Biennale 2006; Stavanger, Norway. November 2006. Musique Concrete performance in conjuntion with Session.

Kiasma Musuem; Helsinki, Finland August 2006. Urban Arts Festival; skate performance/demo.

Theatre Bridge; Turku, Finland. June 2006. Ode to Fibonacci; outdoor skate performance.

Barker-Theatre; Turku, Finland. June 2006. Musique Concrete; skateboard performance.


WORKSHOPS:


Paris France; Ars Longa/Interface Z. Sensor building workshop. April 2006.

Oslo,Norwary; Atelier Nord Making Sense VIII ,' Tangible Code.'
Generative art and design with code and microntrollers using Processing and Arduino. February 2006.

Oslo, Norway; Atelier Nord "Making Sense VII, "Tangible Dream." Sensor-building workshop using microcontroller devices to communicate between computers and the physical environment. November 2005.


RESDENCIES:

New York, NY; Lemurplex; April-May 2008

Koli, Finland; Art and Culture Center Kolin Ryynänen. March-May 2007.

Turku, Finland; Gallery Titanik. May - June 2006.

EDUCATION:

Paris, France; Universite de Paris IV/Sorbonne.French Literature. October 2001-2003.

Purchase, New York; State University of New York at Purchase. Bachelor of Arts/Foreign Language and Culture. September 1995- May 1999.

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