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Gerry Burnett

I’m just a wandering minstrel in
the key of life.

I enjoy any kind of aural or visual

stimulus that helps me live in a
zen-like state.

I’ve had the good fortune to work

on a variety of diverse projects,
either on my own, or with others.

I’m always looking for new ideas,

new thinking, and dif erent processes to push my creativity.

When a koan knocks on your door, answer it.

Gerry worked as a studio musician, developed sound libraries
and interactive software for children, was a guest artist at the
CSU Summer Arts program teaching live electronic percussion
in multi-media performance, and taught several interactive

multimedia workshops. He also taught video compositing, 3D
modeling, and movie making at a liberal arts college.

Gerry composed music and designed sound ef ects for

Housecats, a 4-minute animation by cartoonist Peg McClure.
The film won 28 awards from 9 countries, including a Student
Academy Award; Best Sound Recording, Eighth International
Youth Festival, Cork, Ireland; Cine Eagle, Award of Excellence,

and FOCUS, Best Animation.

In 2019, he had four interactive digital installations featured in

Tech-Tacular Superstions, a San Luis Obispo Museum of Art
digital art happening.

You can view Gerry’s work at

www.southofharmony.com/artwork-digital

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