Fontana attended the New School for Social Research in New York and studied both music and philosophy. He traveled to Australia, and also stayed in Japan and Germany composing. Fontana began making sound sculptures in 1976. In a career spanning 40 years, Fontana's sound sculptures use the urban environment as a living source of musical information, all with the potential to conjure up visual imagery in the mind of the listener. He has made works all over the world and has presented his sound sculptures extensively, including at the Venice Biennale (1999), the Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid (1995), The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1991), Tate Modern, London (2006), Madison Square Park, New York (2007), and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1987, 1997, 2010). Some of his more famous works include Distant Trains,Satellite Ear Bridge Cologne-San Francisco,Journey Through My Sound Sculptures,The Sound of an Unblown Flute, Panoramic Echoes and "Acoustical Visions of the Golden Gate Bridge" In 2005, Fontana was an Artadia Awardee.[1] Fontana recently won the Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN Prize, 2012–2013 where is developing a sound sculpture at CERN in Geneva called "Acoustic Time Travel" to be realized in September 2014 for the 60th Anniversary of CERN.
References
^"Bill Fontana". Artadia. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
External links
Bill Fontana's website
San Jose Mercury article
Bill Fontana's musical sculptures
Bill Fontana biography on Media Art Net
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bill, fontana, born, april, 1947, cleveland, ohio, known, internationally, pioneering, experiments, sound, fontana, left, electronica, 2013bornapril, 1947, 1947, cleveland, ohio, occupationamerican, composerlife, career, editfontana, attended, school, social, . Bill Fontana born April 25 1947 in Cleveland Ohio is known internationally for his pioneering experiments in sound art Bill FontanaFontana left at Ars Electronica 2013BornApril 25 1947 1947 04 25 age 76 Cleveland Ohio U S OccupationAmerican composerLife and career EditFontana attended the New School for Social Research in New York and studied both music and philosophy He traveled to Australia and also stayed in Japan and Germany composing Fontana began making sound sculptures in 1976 In a career spanning 40 years Fontana s sound sculptures use the urban environment as a living source of musical information all with the potential to conjure up visual imagery in the mind of the listener He has made works all over the world and has presented his sound sculptures extensively including at the Venice Biennale 1999 the Museo Reina Sofia Madrid 1995 The Whitney Museum of American Art New York 1991 Tate Modern London 2006 Madison Square Park New York 2007 and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1987 1997 2010 Some of his more famous works include Distant Trains Satellite Ear Bridge Cologne San Francisco Journey Through My Sound Sculptures The Sound of an Unblown Flute Panoramic Echoes and Acoustical Visions of the Golden Gate Bridge In 2005 Fontana was an Artadia Awardee 1 Fontana recently won the Prix Ars Electronica Collide CERN Prize 2012 2013 where is developing a sound sculpture at CERN in Geneva called Acoustic Time Travel to be realized in September 2014 for the 60th Anniversary of CERN References Edit Bill Fontana Artadia 19 July 2016 Retrieved 2019 06 10 External links EditBill Fontana s website Work in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art collection SFMOMA Bay Area Treasure Award San Jose Mercury article Bill Fontana s musical sculptures Bill Fontana biography on Media Art Net This article about an American composer born in the 20th century is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bill Fontana amp oldid 1149445357, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
