School of Creative Arts

PAUL STAPLETON is a sound artist, improviser and writer originally from Southern California. Paul joined SARC in 2007, where he has been teaching and supervising MA & PhD research in performance technologies, interaction design and site-specific art. 

Paul also designs and performs with a variety of modular metallic sound sculptures, custom made electronics, found objects and electric guitars in locations ranging from experimental music clubs in Berlin to remote beaches on Vancouver Island. He is involved in a diverse range of artistic collaborations including: improvisation duos with saxophonist Simon Rose & percussionist Michael Speers, networked installation design and performance with Tom Davis, Eric Lyon's Noise Quartet, and the co-direction of QUBe experimental music ensemble with Steve Davis. 

FAUNA (Stapleton & Rose, 2013) is available from pfMENTUM or as a digital download on Bandcamp or Amazon.

For additional extracts from recent sound recordings, visit: http://soundcloud.com/paul-stapleton