Peter Gena
Professor Emerit
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Professor Emeritus, Art and Technology; Sound; Liberal Arts; Art History (1983). Education: BA, 1969, MA, 1972, PhD, 1976, SUNY, Buffalo. Exhibitions/Performances: Le Cube & Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Festival Acces-s, Pau, France; Museo de Arte Moderno de Mexico; Alte Schmiede Wien 2; ENS d’architecture de Nantes ; Cité internationale des Arts, Paris; Villa Bombrini, Genoa; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires; Chinese National Museum of Fine Art; Festival d’Automne, Paris; NYC Ballet; Roulette (NYC). Publications: Apropos Sonification; A Physiological Approach to DNA Music; Cage and Rauschenberg: Purposeful Purposelessness Meets Found Order; A John Cage Reader; in Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Recordings: Nonesuch, Lovely Music, Edition bianchi-neri. Awards: Rockefeller Foundation, NEA, IL Arts Council, Meet the Composer; decorated by the French government—rank of Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques.