Diana Burgoyne
Sessional Faculty
Department of of Design and Dynamic Media
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Canada
Biography
Diana Burgoyne refers to herself as an electronic folk artist. Her performances and installations have been exhibited in Montreal, Toronto, New York, France, Holland, and Estonia. She was commissioned by Telus Science World to collaborate on a permanent piece which is exhibited as part of Contraption Corner. She has been the artist in residence at the Surrey Art Gallery's Tech Lab, participated in SCANZ in New Zealand and has just finished working on a work entitled "Audio Quilt" as artist in residence at the Roundhouse Community Centre. "Audio Quilt" is an interactive installation that reflects the sounds and voices of the Roundhouse community by utilizing one hundred audio chips, each recording 10 seconds of sound. Burgoyne has also worked with elementary school students doing workshops entitled "Get Wired with Electronics" and has taught a class entitled "Creative Electronics" at Emily Carr University of Art + Design since 1998.
Research Interest
Design in Animation and Sound Design
