Frank Dufour
Most Recent Affiliation:
- University of Texas at Dallas
Location:
- Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Bio:
Frank Dufour has been a sound designer and hypermedia designer for over 25 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in film, a master’s degree in hypermedia design, and a PhD in digital audiovisual. His current research is in psycho-acoustics on the development of a system of phenomenological/ecological units to describe the perception of changes and movements in time-based arts. A recent outcome of this research is the exploration of Acoustic Shadows: the auditory perception of the movements of silent objects in noisy environments. He is currently teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in sound design and sound art in the Arts and Technology {ATEC) program in the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas, and serves as an advisor for the PhD students in Arts and Technology.
