Curriculum Vitae: James Rouvelle
186 Pinehurst Ave, apt. 5-B
New York, NY 10033
James_rouvelle@hotmail.com

I consider myself to be an artist, inventor, and tinkerer. Earlier in life I was a composer and performer in the classical music world, but found the atmosphere toxic, and moved into the sound installation genre. While there, I learned basic electronics and became interested in micro-controllers, networks, and robotics. This is where I am today. I exhibit my work in galleries, lecture on my process and inventions, collaborate with others, teach, and continue to learn. I believe that we humans are all, essentially, technological artificers. We observe our surroundings, analyze our needs, make things that change our environments, observe, adapt, then make more things, observe, adapt, and so on. The more I work and learn, the less interested I am in categorizing the things that I build, or, the things you might build, and the more interested I am in creating and experiencing works that come from a genuine, personal interest. As an instructor, my intention is to provide tools to my students with which they can both locate their own sensibilities, and then create along their own lines. I encourage those I meet to experiment, to work to understand things from other perspectives, to discover patterns, and to play seriously. - January ‘04
Role in Simultaneous Translation:
James will work with Joe Reinsel in Baltimore. Together they will implement James' robotic sensors and stream their output to Madrid. During the performance these devices will consider the hardware of the computer itself, picking up frequencies from the guts of the computer as it processes its data. The resulting information will be cross processed with the audio streaming in from Spain to create something wholly different.

EDUCATION :
 
Milton Avery School of the Arts, Bard College, MFA.
 
Juilliard School of Music. Graduate Studies in Composition with Charles Jones, Eric Ewazon, Milton Babbit and Vincent Persichetti.
 
Aspen Music Festival School, Graduate Studies in Performance, Composition.
 
Skidmore College, B.A. Music.
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS :
 

“Re:purpose”.  Manifold-Chrystie, NYC. November ‘03
 
"Endangered Species of the 22nd Century", Schmucker Art Center, Gettysburg, PA. January - Februrary 2002
 
"Play", Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA. December-January ‘00-’01
 
"justhere/thereforenow", Free University, Berlin, Germany December ’99
 
"Gera Indices", L’Orangerie, Gera, Germany ‘98

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS :
 

 

e-motion, Post, LA,CA July 6 - August 3, 2002
 
Sound & Complexity, Plan B, Santa Fe NM, July ‘01
 
Window Project, Santa Fe, NM, April-May, ‘00
 
Subject to Sound, Rotunda gallery, Bklyn, NY March – May ,’00
 
CAA, NYC Feb-March’00
 
Thinking the next Millenium, Invencao, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August ‘99
 
Santa Fe International Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music, SF,NM May ‘99
 
Center For Art and Technology Biennial, Connecticut College, March ‘99
 
NoName Exhibitions at the Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN. Two person show with Environmental artist Wells Emerson. September 26 – October 28,’98.
 
Transdiciplinary Art Festival, NoMoore, New York, NY August 29, ’98.

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES


 
R.I.P.L.T.R.A.N.E.  (Presently)
http://a.parsons.edu/~ripltrane
http://www.a.tu-berlin.de/ubicomp
 
UBISaC (Spring, 2004)
http://www.ubisac.org
 

PUBLICATIONS
 

Positionen, German Language New Art/Music Journal, Fall, '02
 
THE magazine, review, Jon Carver, Sept. 2001, SF, NM
 
Sound and Complexity, review, Craig smith, The New Mexican, SF,NM. July 2001
 
CD-ROM, Ein Electroakoustiches Gedactnistheater, Dr. Peter Matussek, Humboldt U., Berlin, Germany, Dr. Christa Brustle, Free University, Berlin. 2001
http://www.sfb-performativ.de/EaGt
 
playing with yourself,
Review, OCWeekly, December 18, 2000.

GUEST-VISITING ARTIST/LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS :
 

Frei Universitat, Berlin Germany. Januay ‘04
 
University of Colorado at Boulder, November, ’03.
 
Berliner Gesellschaft fur Neue Musik, Berlin, Germany. June 2002
 
Technische Universitat, Berlin, Germany. June 2002
 
Parsons School of Art and Design, New York, NY. May 2002
 
Siena College, Loudonville, NY. April, 2002
 
Art Academy of Cincinatti, March 2002
 
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA. January, 2002
 
Plan B, SF, NM, July 13, '01
 
UC Irvine, January 17-18,’01
 
CRCA, UCSD, January 15,’01
 
Cal State Fullerton, Artist-in-Residence, Fall Semester, '00. Various lectures/presentations/studio visits throughout semester.
 
Bard College, September 20-21‘00
 
Free University, Berlin, Germany, December ’99
 
Art Science Collaborations, Inc. September 28,’99
 
DeCordova Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA. September 17,‘99
 
CAT, Connecticut College, Center for Art/Tech, March 5, '99
 
Guest Composer-in-Residence, Pitea Festspelen, Piteq, Sweden. Summer ’94.
 
Guest Composer-in-Residence, Skidmore College, Fall ’93

MUSIC


 
Memini, Electro-Acoustic work/Sound Installation, various dates ‘99-’00.
 
Gera Indices, Electroacoustic work with Peter Gustav Nelson, Principal Bassist, Gera-Altenberg
Staatskapelle, Germany. ’97. Site specific work for L’Orangerie, Gera, Germany.
 
Kinetaestasis, flute and piano for Ashildur Haraldsdottir, Flutist, Paris, France. ’97
 
Five Abstrusiosities, Flute, Viola and Harp, for Trio Nausicaa, Paris, France. ’97
 
Itinctorus, Trumpet, Voice and Tape for Mary Hastings, Trumpet, New York, ’97.
 
Triptich Decollage, Flute, Violin, ‘Cello and Piano, for Partor For Svin, Stockholm, Sweden. ‘96
 
Chamber Concerto, West Helsinki Chamber Orchestra, Riitta Poutannen, cond. Helsinki, Finland. ’95
 
Symphony, Skidmore College Orchestra, Anthony Holland, Cond. Saratoga Springs, NY ’94
 
Nocturne for Strings, Chamber Orchestra Bothnia, Stockholm, Sweden ’94
 
Interludes, Detroit Chamber Winds, Detroint, MI. ’92
 
Five Movements for Wind Quintet, Satori Wind Quintet. New York, NY ’92
 
Electronic Music for Dance, for Loyce Houlton/Minnesota Dance Theatre. Minneapolis, MN. ’91
 
Trombone Concerto, for Pertti Hostikka, Principle Trombone, Finnish Radio Symphony, Helsinki, Finland. ’91
 
Sinfonium, Y. S. Symphony, Helsinki, Finland. Michael Adelson, Cond. ’90.

GRANTS AND AWARDS
 

Fellowship, Bard College, Summer, '01
 
Fellowship, Bard College, Summer, ’00.
 
Free University, Berlin, Germany, December ’00. Guest Lecturer in Performance and Robotics, see above.
 
Center for Experimental Television, with John Roach, "RoachRouvelle", Finishing grant for "Theoretically Yours". ’99
 
Support Grant, NoName Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Mn. November ’98.
 
Meet the Composer Grant, ’97
 
Meet the Composer Grant, ’92
 
USIA/Arts America Cultural Specialist, Finland and UK, ’91.
 
Milhaud Scholarship to Aspen Music Festival, ’87
 
ASCAP/ASPEN Prize in composition ’86.
 
Skidmore College, Periclean Scholar Award ’85.
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE


 
Summer Institute for Interactive Media and Architecture
 “>>IMAB” ,Summer 2004, Technische Universitat, Department of Architecture, Berlin, Germany .Co-Director.
 
Fall 2002-Present
Parsons School of Design, NYC .Adjunct.
MFA Design Technologies Department (MFA DT). 

Classes taught
1.  Physical Computing, Intro/Advanced, [Major Studio],
2.  Collaborative Studios:
XXXX a) small robots,
  b) Cyborg Studio,
  c) RIPLTRANE
  d) UBISaC,
3. Workshops in Advanced Physical Computing.
4. Thesis Advisor.

Syllabi here: http://a.parsons.edu/~rouvelle
 
FALL ’03 - Present
 Technische Universitat (Technical University)
Department of Architecture, Berlin Germany.  Technical Specialist . Ubiquitous Computing and Architecture, for the classes of Dr. Judith Geisler. http://www.a.tu-berlin.de/ubicomp
 
Spring 2003
University of Chicago
Visiting Artist /Committee for the Visual Arts, Midway Studios. 
Classes taught:
1.     Robotics [Physical Sciences and Humanities Division],
2.     Visual Language [lecture/Humanities].
Syllabi here: http://a.parsons.edu/~rouvelle
 
Summer ’02.
Technische Universitat (Technical University)
Berlin, Germany .Guest Artist/Instructor , in the class in Electronic Sound Art, with David Behrman.
 
Spring ’98
Connecticut College, New London, CT
Music Department, Visiting Lecturer – one semester fill in, classes taught:
1.     Intro to 20 th C. Music,
2.     Analysis for Conductors,
3.     Music Pedagogy.
 
Numerous workshops/studio visits/ private instruction in micro-electronics/sensors/programming/sound in conjunction with Visiting Artist residencies, see below. '00 - Present.

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