hello, My name : Alex Olsen (aka Alex Ookpik)
http://www.alexookpik.com http://www.myspace.com/alexookpik http://www.myspace.com/alexookpik2 Okay, it’s not a short list, but I think that’s a good thing. ;-) *Inspiration from an early electronic music pioneer:* Laurie Spiegel (added to the list with Daphne Oram et al) http://www.kalvos.org/spiegel.html She has recently posted a number of very nice, archival video clips of herself on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzOJtZYsGSA&feature=related It’s so refreshing hearing her speak in such a no-nonsense way. She’s just so natural about it all (and such a good sport fielding all those awkward questions). Hearing her talk about music and computers so enthusiastically makes me swoon. *Mentorship & support:* To the sound-focused, studio-loving, women that I have met in recent years here in Toronto, who have extended encouragement for my own music & sound studio practice: Laurel Macdonald: http://www.improbablemusic.com/laurel/index.html Anne Bourne (a student of Oliveros): http://www.openears.ca/2005_site/2005/westerkamp.htm Wende Bartley: http://www.naisa.ca/deepwireless/2002/bartley.html *Camaraderie & Peers:* I am so thankful that it seems that I meet more and more women every day who are either pursuing or asking about electronic music, recording, film editing, programming, etc. I am especially thankful for my friends Eiyn Sof and Building Castles Out of Matchsticks, (did I really have to wait 30 years to find peers?): http://www.myspace.com/eiynsof http://www.myspace.com/buildingcastlesoutofmatchsticks *Current Inspiration:* To Juana Molina for stepping out of a successful acting career into a career making beautiful, unselfconscious, electronically manipulated folk music. To me she has re-defined to archetype of the mad-scientist electronic music ‘guy’, into a steady, feminine, force (especially with her elaborate one-woman live step-up!). http://www.myspace.com/juanamolina *Honorary mentions: * Brenda Laurel (an early role-model in my interest in human-computer interaction) http://tauzero.com/Brenda_Laurel/BrendaBio.html To the supportive men I’ve met along the way, who have treated me as equal, showed interest in my work and extended opportunities my way. (I have to put Pauline Oliveros and Laurie Andersen here in brackets as they have been mentioned already but always bear mentioning again! :-) ) Thanks, Alex
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