Frank Spigner
Bio: Frank Spigner is an artist, composer and technologist who has been actively creating an evolving array of works in the form of sculpture, installation, concert music and electronic media at the conservatory level, at music and art festivals, and at various concerts and exhibitions throughout the United States. His work has appeared at such venues as Pioneer Works Center for Art and Innovation, The Stone, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, Judith Charles Gallery, BronxArtSpace and Sweet Thunder Electro-Acoustic Music Festival, among others. He has worked with composer-performer Du Yun in performing the works of John Cage at the National Academy Museum and School, performed the work of composer Joel Thome at the International Music Therapy Conference, and is currently working with sound art pioneer Liz Phillips on several installations and multimedia works. His current work takes on an intermedia approach, often involving the melding of several different media, such as interactive audio-visual installations, welded metal sound sculpture, kinetic sculpture, homemade synthesizer circuitry, performance and socially mediated public works. He studied Music Composition and Visual Arts at SUNY Purchase and is currently an MFA candidate in Sound Arts at Columbia University.