Craig Anthony Perkins
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Craig Anthony Perkins is a musician, composer, record label owner and producer, photographer, filmmaker, author and designer from Los Angeles
who is most known for his designer toy
figure the Broken Heart Robot and his music project jido-genshi
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Perkins is an autodidact who is self taught in music, design and photography. His father Gary Perkins
, a popular Radio DJ and a drummer himself, started Craig on the drums when he was only 4 years old. By the age of 8 he had picked up guitar and by 13 was already playing in bands with members twice his age.
Starting his own company in 1995 known as Genshi Media Group
he has been able to work in a variety of fields successfully with the launch of his various music projects such as jido-genshi
and cell:burn
which he distributes through his independent record label ZERO:GENSHI Records
, and his popular designer toy
the Broken Heart Robot whose images have been ubiquitously used in popular culture and in articles seemingly unrelated to the actual toy.
As a composer, Perkins won the 2002 Telly Award for best Jingle for a commercial produced and directed by the non-profit organization Women In Film for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s technology-based educational program, GetTech.org. In 2006, he worked with Grammy Award winning artist Duncan Sheik
to create a re-mixable version of Sheik's album "White Limousine" in the Ableton Live format. Perkins also wrote the built-in "Live" lesson guide to remixing the tracks on the album. He was also the author of the music education CD-ROM entitled "Ableton Live 4 CSi Master" which was published by the educational and technology publishing house Thomson Course Technology in 2004. He has since worked composing music for numerous video games and independent films.
In 2006 there was mention of Perkins' Broken Heart Robot character receiving its own Animated TV Show in the U.S., though it is not known if this is still in the works or not.
As a photographer, Perkins is known for both his digital street photography
as well as his Holga
images which have been published in magazines such as Light Leaks and JPG Magazine. As an architectural photographer, he was commissioned in 2009 to shoot the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Caltech. During this time, Perkins also taught Principles of Digital Photography at Rio Hondo College in Whittier, California. As one of the leading iPhone Photographers, Perkins has also been a part of the exhibition "Pixels: The Art of iPhone Photography" which showed at the Orange County Center For Contemporary Art in Santa Ana, California.
Craig has also explored filmmaking as Director, Cinematographer, Editor and Composer winning second place grand prize at the 2011 iPhone Film Festival for his short film "Remembrance (a ghost story)" as well as being invited to world premier a short film and participate as part of a discussion panel of iPhone Filmmakers at the 2012 Macworld | iWorld expo.
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who is most known for his designer toy
Designer toys
Designer toys is a term used to describe toys and other collectibles that are produced in limited editions and created by artists and designers. Designer toys are made of variety of materials; ABS plastic and vinyl are most common, although wood, metal, and resin are occasionally used. The term...
figure the Broken Heart Robot and his music project jido-genshi
Jido-genshi
jido-genshi is an experimental electronic music project and pseudonym of musician and music-technologist Craig Anthony Perkins...
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Perkins is an autodidact who is self taught in music, design and photography. His father Gary Perkins
Gary Perkins
Born in 1937 in Abilene, Texas, USA, Gary Perkins was a radio DJ who began his radio career in 1957 at Midland Texas' KCRS where Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly used to drop their records off...
, a popular Radio DJ and a drummer himself, started Craig on the drums when he was only 4 years old. By the age of 8 he had picked up guitar and by 13 was already playing in bands with members twice his age.
Starting his own company in 1995 known as Genshi Media Group
Genshi Media Group
Genshi Media Group / Zero:Genshi Records is an independent record label and "New Media Design Haus", founded in 1995 by musician, designer, photographer Craig Anthony Perkins.-External links:* * * * , a web research division of Genshi Media Group...
he has been able to work in a variety of fields successfully with the launch of his various music projects such as jido-genshi
Jido-genshi
jido-genshi is an experimental electronic music project and pseudonym of musician and music-technologist Craig Anthony Perkins...
and cell:burn
Cell:burn
cell:burn is an industrial music project started in 1984 by Craig Anthony Perkins. The original band name was Cybertek until a few years later when members of Front 242 started using the name as a side project By the early 1990s Cybertek changed its name to cell:burn as to not be associated with...
which he distributes through his independent record label ZERO:GENSHI Records
Genshi Media Group
Genshi Media Group / Zero:Genshi Records is an independent record label and "New Media Design Haus", founded in 1995 by musician, designer, photographer Craig Anthony Perkins.-External links:* * * * , a web research division of Genshi Media Group...
, and his popular designer toy
Designer toys
Designer toys is a term used to describe toys and other collectibles that are produced in limited editions and created by artists and designers. Designer toys are made of variety of materials; ABS plastic and vinyl are most common, although wood, metal, and resin are occasionally used. The term...
the Broken Heart Robot whose images have been ubiquitously used in popular culture and in articles seemingly unrelated to the actual toy.
As a composer, Perkins won the 2002 Telly Award for best Jingle for a commercial produced and directed by the non-profit organization Women In Film for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s technology-based educational program, GetTech.org. In 2006, he worked with Grammy Award winning artist Duncan Sheik
Duncan Sheik
Duncan Scott Sheik is an American singer-songwriter and composer. Sheik initially found success as a singer, most notably for his 1996 debut single "Barely Breathing". He later expanded his work to include compositions for motion pictures and the Broadway stage, leading him to involvement in the...
to create a re-mixable version of Sheik's album "White Limousine" in the Ableton Live format. Perkins also wrote the built-in "Live" lesson guide to remixing the tracks on the album. He was also the author of the music education CD-ROM entitled "Ableton Live 4 CSi Master" which was published by the educational and technology publishing house Thomson Course Technology in 2004. He has since worked composing music for numerous video games and independent films.
In 2006 there was mention of Perkins' Broken Heart Robot character receiving its own Animated TV Show in the U.S., though it is not known if this is still in the works or not.
As a photographer, Perkins is known for both his digital street photography
Street photography
Street photography is a type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches, malls, political conventions and other settings....
as well as his Holga
Holga
The Holga is a medium format 120 film toy camera, made in China, known for its low-fidelity aesthetic.The Holga's low-cost construction and simple meniscus lens often yields pictures that display vignetting, blur, light leaks, and other distortions...
images which have been published in magazines such as Light Leaks and JPG Magazine. As an architectural photographer, he was commissioned in 2009 to shoot the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Caltech. During this time, Perkins also taught Principles of Digital Photography at Rio Hondo College in Whittier, California. As one of the leading iPhone Photographers, Perkins has also been a part of the exhibition "Pixels: The Art of iPhone Photography" which showed at the Orange County Center For Contemporary Art in Santa Ana, California.
Craig has also explored filmmaking as Director, Cinematographer, Editor and Composer winning second place grand prize at the 2011 iPhone Film Festival for his short film "Remembrance (a ghost story)" as well as being invited to world premier a short film and participate as part of a discussion panel of iPhone Filmmakers at the 2012 Macworld | iWorld expo.