David Weinstein

David Weinstein is composer and multimedia artist whose musical and site-specific installation works have been shown worldwide. His work juxtaposes sound effects, traditional and non-traditional instruments, synthetic sound, ancient and exotic tunings and noises. He has recorded and performed in collaboration with musicians including Shelley Hirsch, Elliott Sharp, John Zorn, Ned Rothenberg, Rhys Chatham, Arto Lindsay, Zeena Parkins amongst others. Weinstein also makes theatrical, installation and site-specific multimedia pieces. He participated in a long collaboration with the live video performance group, The Poool, and with the artist Doris Vila on animated, multi-user, multi-screen, responsive environment installations. Their 2002 work, FX Factory, received a jury prize at Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria. Born in Chicago in 1954, David Weinstein studied music composition at the University of Illinois with Ben Johnston and Salvatore Martirano. From 1979 to 1994 he co-directed the vigorous downtown New York experimental music space Roulette. He has taught music at Yale, the College of Staten Island and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He has worked as a consultant for MTV and many adventurous non-profit music organizations. He has lived in Brooklyn since 1979.