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Bio

Barry Threw is a technologist working to enable digital media artwork. He develops systems and tools for rich immersive and interactive media experience; combining sound, video, network, and audience interactions.

His education was spent studying the intersection of music and media technology. He holds dual majors in Music Engineering and Music Synthesis from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA; and an MFA in Electronic Music & Recording Media from Mills College in Oakland, CA.

Threw works with a variety of organizations stationed at the crossroads of art and technology — as the Software Director for Keith McMillen Instruments, a Berkeley CA based company developing advanced technology to bridge traditional musical instruments with the computer; as technician and software designer with Recombinant Media Labs, an organization presenting multichannel surround cinema at installations and festivals around the world; on the Board of Directors for the BEAM Foundation, a Berkeley, CA non-profit foundation seeking to spark a new Western classical music movement based on the technologies and aesthetics of the 21st century; and as a technical advisor with the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, a San Francisco non-profit and digital arts gallery dedicated to building social consciousness through digital culture. He also does freelance consulting for institutions and artists exploring digital mediums through installation or performance, and has worked on pieces shown internationally.

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