Marc Nimoy is a Composition-Experimental Sound Practices MFA student at CalArts and received his B.A. in Music Performance from UCLA. He is a working musician, teacher, and programmer and likes building things like electronic instruments and clean-looking software interfaces. He performs regularly in the Los Angeles area as a laptop rockstar and has only recently started focusing on sound sculptures and installations.
  contact: marc at digitanalog dot net


> april 14, 2009 - CSULB guest lecturer lecture for max/msp class

> december 18, 2008 - decay fest 2 @ pehrspace, 8pm. also performing - halish, khalija, sweat shop boys. event link

> september 18, 2008 - STEIM Residency in Amsterdam to work on GPS music collaboration with Clay Chaplin. CalArts exchange students - Beth McMullin, Ben Mayock, and Eric Lindley.

> july 31, 2008 - theporpoisecode perform decay fest @ pehrspace. also performing - matt setzer, kalish, and the sweat shop boys

> july 26, 2008 - accompanying music for Concrete Folk Variations. an epic urban folk puppet tale by susan simpson. @ The Santa Monica Museum

> july 17, 2008 - sound & space resort. 7 - 10pm, Eno meets Diazapham. Along with Clay Chaplin, Aaron Drake, Lewis Keller, and Cat Lamb.

> february 6 - 10, 2008 - constellation and autumn displayed at sound & space.

> august 16, 2007 - STEIM Residency in Amsterdam to do sound sculpture research. CalArts exchange program with Philip Stearns, Laura Steenberge, and Clay Chaplin.

> august 4, 2007 - laptop performance at the 2nd City Council Art Gallery for the Art & Science Exhibition. 7-9pm, event link

> july 7 - august 4, 2007 "boxsong and others" at dangerous curve. solo show of my work during the month of july. opening july 7, 7-10pm free. other gallery hours Wed-Sat 1pm-6pm or by appointment

> may 18, 2007 - calarts graduation, congratulations everyone!

> may 17, 2007 - Fowler Out Loud - the Los Angeles Electric 8 perform at the UCLA fowler museum. 6pm free

> may 8, 2007 - AV Improv performance, @ CalArts ROD, 8pm. Audio visual works written & performed by Cooper Baker, Aaron Drake, Caleb Epps, Clint Haycraft, Shane Hazelton, Marc Nimoy, Matt Setzer

> may 3, 2007 - F.A.T. - Future Assessment Testing class project (class T.A.) @ CalArts C113 7-10pm

> may 1, 2007 - sounding out, main gallery

> april 27, 2007 - TheNimoys perform at the Yahoo! brickhouse opening. San Francisco.

> april 16-20, 2007 - Electronic Sprawl - an interactive electronic installation in collaboration with Mike Chang. CalArts Wavecave (B300). Opening thursday 8pm. more info to come..





constellation

sound & light installation: flickering lights and recorded memories
video clip 1 - download.mov (1.1mb)
video clip 2 - download.mov (4.4mb)
larger image - download.jpg (192kb)
event flyer




box-song


sound installation: touch sensors and sinetones. a musical instrument of space and community
video clip 1 - download.mov (1.27mb)
video clip 2 - download.mov (3.27mb)
event flyer




flowers:orangegreenblue


sound sculpture: electronic flowers that require light to produce sounds. nature & technology



stillness (3 minutes)

sound installation: perceptions of time and patience



kumo

synthy cloud generator
sound clip coming soon




plexibox

home-made midi controller. 24 buttons & 2 knobs.



lasers

hand and light interaction. using laser pointers and photo cells. spring 04
hear a sample - download.mp3 (705 kb)






birds and powerlines II

for piano. performed by aaron drake & ryan tanaka at sounding out
download.mp3 (6.71mb)




fivesevenfive

timbral atmospheres. amplitude modulation. recorded live @ ESP night 1 - '05.
download.mp3 (11.9mb)




guitardelayer

electric guitar improvisation. recorded live @ zen sushi - summer '04
download.mp3 (4.65mb)




denim skirt

electric guitar and custom looping software. recorded live @ cole's - summer '04
download.mp3 (3.52mb)






stripe-dot

horizontally-reading tone sequencer. musicmaking software.
download (OSX only).zip (0.98mb)




fmdrumkit

a fun toolkit for making and sequencing FM (frequency modulation) sounds. musicmaking software.
hear a sample "owlyowly" - download.mp3 (704kb)
download (OSX only).zip (1.07mb)






pppinggg

networked laptops - recorded live @ Sounding Out (CalArts Main Gallery) - feb '07 .
download.mov (43.2mb)




boxsong_jam

video of an improvisation during box-song testing.
download.mov (4.4mb)




more website coming Soon...