Andrew Quinn via Deffenu 8 20133 Milano

Andrew Quinn
via Deffenu 8
20133 Milano
www.andrewquinn.org
[email protected]
Andrew Quinn is an Australian computer graphics artist and musician, living in Milan. He
has worked on digital effects for films such as “The Matrix” and “Tomb Raider”,
“Nirvana” and “Vajont”. In the last few years he specializes in video installations for multi
screen and immersive environments and also digital graphics for interactive dance
productions and contemporary music, including the series Koine' for Pomeriggi Musicale at
Teatro Dal Verme, Milano in 2011 and the 2012 Biennale of Music in Venice, and virtual
sets in 3D stereo for a production of Bartok's "Bluebeard's Castle" for the Budapest State
Opera in 2011. In 2013-2014 he is artistic adviser for the Multimedia Competition for
young composers and video artists at the San Fedele Cultural Institute in Milan. In 2013 he
created interactive visuals for a dance performance at the Melzo International film Festival
In 2014 he created live visuals for a performance of “Children’s Corner” by Debussy and
“Pictures at an Exhibition” in Lecce with the Tito Schipa Symphony orchestra followed by
a concert of contemporary music at the Meyerhold Cultural Center in Moscow , then in
august 2014 he created virtual sets utilizing projection and LED strips for a performance of
Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” in Canberra Australia. He has lectured and given workshops in
interactive visuals at NABA Milan, Quasar Institute of Design, Rome and the Australian
Film School, Sydney UIAV in Venice and for UCLA, plus numerous workshops for leading
realtime visuals software TouchDesigner.
Andrew Quinn è un artista Australiano di grafica digitale e musicista che risiede a Milano.
Ha curato gli effetti digitali di film quali “The Matrix” e “Tomb Raider”, “Nirvana” e
“Vajont”. Negli ultimi anni si dedica a video-installazioni per ambienti multischermo e
immersivi e alla grafica digitale interattiva per produzioni di spettacoli di danza e musica
contemporanea. In 2011 ha fatto sound reactive visuals per la serie Koine per Pommeriggi
Musicali, Teatro dal Verme Milano e in 2012 per la Biennale della Musica a Venezia. In
2011 ha fatto la scenografia virtuale in 3d stereo per una produzione di "il Castello di
Barbablu" di Bartok per l'Opera di Budapest. Sara' consulente artistica in 2013-2014 per il
concorso per giovani musicisti e videoartisti al Centro Culturale San Fedele a Milano. In
2013 ha curato interactive visuals per uno spettacolo di ballo per il Melzo International Film
Festival. In 2014 ha fatto dei live visuals per un performance con l’Orchestra Tito Schipa di
Lecce (“Children’s Corner” Debussy e “Pictures at an Exhibition” Mussorgsky) poi per uno
spetaccolo di musica contemporanea al Mereyhold a Mosca . In agosto 2014 ha creato la
scenografia viruale utilizando proiezione e strisce LED per uno spetaccolo di “L’Orfeo” di
Monteverdi a Canberra, Australia.
Ha dato lezioni alla NABA, Milano, Quasar Instituto di Design, Roma , IUAV Venezia ,al
Australian Film School, Sydney e per UCLA.
CURRICULUM
Tertiary Qualifications
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Post Graduate Diploma, Film & Television: Victorian College of Arts, Australia
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B.Science (mathematics, computers) Monash Universty, Australia
Multimedia/Performance/Art:
2014:
“L’Orfeo” by Monteverdi, digital sets, LED. Llewellyn Hall Canberra
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“Children’s Corner” - Debussy “Pictures at an Exhibition" - Mussorgsky, Teatro Politearma
Greco, Lecce. Stagione Simfonica di Primavera
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Meyerhold Theatre Centre, Moscow – sound reactive visuals
Music of Alex Nadzharov
Sound Reactive visuals, Venice Biennale della Music
http://andrewquinn.org/?portfolio=biennale-della-musica-venezia-2012 :
Stereoscopic Virtual sets, Bluebeard’s Castle, Hungarian State Opera
Sound reactive video, Koine’2011, Pomeriggi Musicali - teatro dal Verme
http://www.dalverme.org/pomeriggi_pagine.php?id=65
Press Conference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tesncukAh5U
Festival Della Scienca, Genova, Interactive Videowall, Telecom Pavillion
http://www.vimeo.com/7248404
Venice Biennale, Venice Pavillion. Gelatina Lux: video installation in collaboration with Maria
Grazia Rosin.
http://vimeo.com/5207377
Digital Scenography 6screen projection, Dance performance “Alagoana”, HZK Zurich
http://www.vimeo.com/5826369
Live performance, Ippodromo, Milano, International Furniture Fair, closing party.
http://www.vimeo.com/6530284
Video Installation, Carnegie Museum of Art,Pittsburgh, USA, Forum 62: Maria Grazia Rosin
3screen projection, Replay store Barcelona, New York – Houdini
Live Performance, MITO with Repertorio Zero
http://www.vimeo.com/2977793
Interactive installation Milan Furniture Fair. NABA, Masters: Digital Environment Design.
Touch/MaxMsp/Mocolo
http://www.vimeo.com/2893517
Video Installation, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, for exhibition of Maria Grazia Rosin, glass
sculptress.
Philips WOW 3d stereoscopic screen: demo material
http://www.business-sites.philips.com/3dsolutions/about/Index.html
CHICCO: 4 minute cgi visualisation of new shop concept.
http://it.test.chicco.fabbricadigitale.it/franchising/video.asp
GURU –“Bread and Butter” festival, Barcelona: multi screen wall projections,
Museum of Science, DaVinci, Milano. Supervisor, 3 minute video: DaVinci’s Flying Machines
with students of NABA.
AIEP, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano – interactive dance production
“Limit” - 4 minute sequence for current fulldome video production, Lucern Planetarium
http://www.verkehrshaus.ch
7x3min 9screen installations based on literature:, Tamatete Gallery,Rome, Divina
Commedia,Borges,Dick
Artists in Labs program, Lucerne Planetarium http://www.artistsinlabs.ch/
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3d animated film with 3d sound using 8 projector SkySkan system
Skyskan, USA: opening sequence for UPS conference Valencia, Spain - 3d sound,Demo for
Skyskan Realtime dome system
TaMatete gallery,Rome. 5 x 4 minute, 9 screen synchronised projection of 3d environment with
3d surround sound.
Arte-convention, interactive graphics, sound reactive, realtime 3d graphics
“Inkheart”, Rainmaker,London. ‘nymph lake seq.’ houdini
“Lazytown”, Reykjavik Iceland. Cg supervisor - Maya
“Andata Ritorno” Production Co. Lumiq, Torino
“Ghost Ship” – Production Co. Photon. Australia
“Don’t Peek” – Production Co:Animal Logic. Australia
“FearDotCom”-dir. Bill Malone,Production Co. Mediacube Milan
"Tomb Raider" – dir. Simon West, Production Co. CFC London
“Vajont” – dir Renzo Martinelli, Martinelli Film/Rai Cinema.
“Epicentter" dir. Rick Pepin, - Visual Effects Supervisor
"The Matrix" dir. Wachowsky bros. Animal Logic, Sydney
"Dark City" dir. Alex Proyas D-Film,Sydney
"Nirvana" dir. Gabriele Salvatores with Christopher Lambert
Quasar Institute Roma, IUAV Venice,
Public course: TouchDesigner, San Fedele Cultural Insitute, Milan.
QUASAR Institute of Design, Rome: 3d year Interaction Design
Workshop: interactive Art. AFTRS, Australian Film and Television School, Sydney
NABA, Milano. Masters in Digital Environment Design
teacing Derivative Touch Designer for interactive applications
http://www.master-naba-d3d.net
NABA, Milano. Houdini instructor, 3rd year, Triennio Media art and design.
University of Cinema, Babelsberg - interactive graphics workshop
State University, Milan, Interactive graphics, Derivative Touch Designer workshop.
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technonogy CG course supervisor
“L’Orfeo” Llewellyn Hall Canberra
teatro dal verme 2013
Forest Off: virtual set, interactive dance.