Christopher Janney

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Christopher Janney (1950- ) is an American installation artist and musician known for his work on the interrelation of architecture and sound and for creating "sound sculptures," interactive sound/art installations. Much of Janney's work has sought to create "permanent participatory soundworks for public spaces," including interactive sound and light installations for airports in Dallas, Boston, Miami and Sacramento. He currently lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.


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Janney grew up in Washington, D.C.. He received a B.A. degree (1973) from Princeton University (where he studied with Michael Graves and James Seawright). After graduation, he studied percussion and music at the Dalcroze School of Music (see Eurhythmics) and Mannes College of Music in New York, performed jazz and worked with various artists and dance troops (including Merce Cunningham Dance). He received an MS (1978) from the newly created Masters program in Environmental Art at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; his thesis (under Otto Piene) was titled SOUNDSTAIR: Tha Nature of Environmental/Participatory Art. Since 1978, he has worked with his studio PhenomenArts, Inc. He is a visiting professor at the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, The Cooper Union, New York, NY, and teaches a course in "Sound as a Visual Medium".

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  • Christopher Janney, Ellen Lampert-Greaux, Beth Dunlop, Sir George Martin (Foreword); Architecture of the Air: The Sound and Light Environments of Christopher Janney; New York: Sideshow Media, 1997. ISBN 978-0978814304


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