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Student Showcase Archive

Michael Buffington

MA work

MA work

Can music creation be sculptural, like choosing specific tools to carve away from a solid block of material to make a form? If sound could be physically moved, mixed, arranged and ordered, maybe music creation can be understood in a new way. This project allows music creation be made simpler, to a point where the creator is actively creating sound and not choosing options.

Info

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Design

    Programme

    MA Innovation Design Engineering, 2010

  • Can music creation be sculptural, like choosing specific tools to carve away from a solid block of material to make a form? If sound could be physically moved, mixed, arranged and ordered, maybe music creation can be understood in a new way. This project allows music creation be made simpler, to a point where the creator is actively creating sound and not choosing options.

  • Degrees

  • BAFA (Hons), Studio Art: Visual Communication, University of Arizona, 2005
  • Experience

  • Graphic designer, Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA), Tucson, AZ, USA, 2005-8
  • Exhibitions

  • NaturArte, SIGGRAPH, San Diego, CA, USA, 2007; Society of Illustrators National Student Scholarship Exhibition, Society of Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY, USA, 2003
  • Awards

  • Commended, Deutsche Bank Awards, 2010; Dick Blick Art Materials Award, Society of Illustrators National Student Scholarship, 2003