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Qubais Reed Ghazala (born 1953), is an American author, photographer, composer, musician and experimental instrument builder, was described by Motherboard as the "father of circuit bending", having discovered the technique in 1966, pioneered it, named it, and taught it ever since.
Ghazala, who is from Cincinnati, Ohio,[1] has built experimental instruments and/or consulted for many prominent musicians including Tom Waits, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, and the Rolling Stones.[2] Ghazala's work has been covered globally in the press including the New York Times's declaration of circuit-bending as part of the fine arts movement (April 8, 2004, Technology Section, Matthew Mirapaul)[citation needed], and can be found being taught world-wide.[citation needed]
Ghazala's work is held in various galleries internationally including the permanent collections of New York City's Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim and the Whitney Museum of American Art as part of the Fusion Arts compendium.[citation needed]
Ghazala's influence upon creative electronic design is global, having originated the planet's first "grassroots electronic art movement" (while Ghazala has noted that he was not the lone, or first, experimenter in the field, it should be recognized that his contemporaries' work, regardless of date, did not spawn an international and specific art movement replete with original terminology, processes and an ever-increasing fellowship).[citation needed]
Ghazala's practice with chance art (the root of circuit-bending) also involves studies in dye migration materials [1][failed verification] and Japanese suminagashi [2][failed verification], as well as liquid, gel and smoke chambers, mobiles and pyrotechnics.
- ^ Anderson, Brian (August 7, 2014). "Meet Reed Ghazala, the Father of Circuit Bending". vice.com. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
- ^ Yeaton, Sean (June 22, 2011). "Inside the psychedelic workshop of circuit bending founder Reed Ghazala". cnn.com. Retrieved June 14, 2022.