John Gurrin is an artist, sound engineer, designer, filmmaker, and teacher. His work has been shown internationally and reviewed in The New Yorker and The New York Times. Starting initially as a painter and musician, he turned to film and sound while attending McGill University. His first exhibited work used interactive distributed computer systems, namely Telidon, for which he wrote and programmed stories and visual poems. During this period he presented One Hour of Love at the Arsenale in the 1986 Venice Biennale. Gurrin currently teaches Sound Image and Studio Recording at New York University. He has worked as a sound person for various directors, artists, and musicians including Martin Scorcese, David Byrne, Sean Penn, U2, Madonna, David Bowie, Ray Charles, and Lou Reed. Gurrin is a founding member of Men Without Hats who released the song Safety Dance in 1982.
