1.30.2012

TRIMPIN ON DVD

the acclaimed documentary film
TRIMPIN: THE SOUND OF INVENTION
is available on DVD!
Purchase it at the following websites:

The Trimpin film has been broadcast in the U.S.,
and still screens at museums, universities, and festivals
around the planet.

To keep informed about Trimpin and his ongoing work,
please join the Facebook page for
Trimpin: the sound of invention.

"open your ears and your mind will follow"

3.01.2008

some artists + composers
who have inspired Trimpin:

george antheil

robert ashley

henry brant

anthony braxton

john cage

merce cunningham

jimi hendrix

leonardo da vinci

meredith monk

conlon nancarrow

harry partch

archie shepp

morton subotnick

cecil taylor

jean tinguely

david tudor

frank zappa

2.29.2008

everyday objects
Trimpin has used to make music:

whistles

duck calls

toy guitars

toy violins

gramophones

hair bands

Tupperware

toy monkeys

wooden shoes

dip-tip chickens

bunsen burners

beer glasses

typewriters

office lamps

juice dispensers

cathode ray tubes

electrical fan blades

slide projectors

vacuum cleaner

pottery wheels

aircraft cable

turkey basters

steel chains

saw blades

10,000-volt neon transformer

2.27.2008

announcing a new film . . .

TRIMPIN
THE SOUND OF INVENTION

a documentary by peter esmonde
featuring
The Kronos Quartet
"A genius at circuitry and machinery
as well as acoustics and musical structure,
he manufactures orchestras that play themselves!"
-- kyle gann, the village voice
"Trimpin is a composer / sound artist / engineer / god . . . and truly a treasure."

a film about

Trimpin
--
an extraordinary
artist / engineer / inventor / composer
who combines wild musical invention and kinetics
with homegrown computer technology.


Recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" award,
a Guggenheim fellowship,
an Artist Trust grant,
a Creative Capital
grant,
etc., etc., etc.,

Trimpin
has no dealer, no gallery, no website, and no cellphone.

He dislikes recorded music, disdains loudspeakers,
and agreed to be the subject of this film only reluctantly.


We look forward to opening your eyes and ears.