gun for hire
I am available for technical artistic consulting, collaborations and freelance work for builds and installation.
QualificationsBachelor of Visual Art (Hons) (Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney)
Diploma of Visual Art (Meadowbank TAFE)
Associate Diploma in Engineering (Electrical) (North Sydney TAFE)
Electrical Trades Certificate (North Sydney TAFE)
TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training & Assessment (HKCC, Hornsby)
Specialty
ARDUINO and other electric/electronic builds as well as sound/music and photographic/camera composer.
An allround manipulator of readymades
Some of my MP3 players with custom sensors and controls
Commissioned work
Arduino developer for Clara Cheong's "Nanny", Love Letter Exhibition, 541 Gallery, June 2018
Arduino developer for Clara Cheong's "The Lost Trumpet" and "Noodles" works, Post-Grad Show, SCA Galleries, Oct/Nov 2017
Adruino developer for Jan Guy and her exhibition of interactive ceramic works, Post-Grad Show SCA Galleries, June 2017
The Man Rolled A Stone Up A Hill by Rose Ann McGreevy, Survey, Articulate Gallery 2015. Click here for Articulate Website (working under Barbara Halnan). Click here for video clip
Install crew team member
Digital Forest by Tully Arnot, Underbelly Arts 2015
Becalmed Heart by Brienna Macnish, Robert Jordan & Clare McCracken, Underbelly Arts, 2015
The Village, Randi & Katrine, BOS19, Cockatoo Is, 2014
Corrridor of Rain by Ed Pien, BOS18 Cockatoo Is, 2012 Click for video of a section of Corridor of Rain
Gravitas Lite by Peter Robinson, BOS18 Cockatoo Is, 2012
My experience also extends to project management of commercial electrical & data projects and computer room builds for large corporate and government
My Bachelor major was in sculpture and I have over 5 years experience as a picture framer
Paul Cooper, trading as Silent Seven, ABN 50 458 316 949