Friday, May 16, 2014

Special Topic in Interactive Media: Class 3 Presentation

Dimitri
  • Bill Vorn
  • Montreal Artist
  • Active since 1992
  • Vorn has a PhD, acquired at communication studios UQAM in Electronic Arts.
  • Known for projects such as Red Lights - robots that reacts to sound and light, Hysterical Machines, Mega Hysterical Machines, Partie de Chase ibn 2009, Inferno 2014 - a project where people wear a robot chest piece and they are forced to move its will.
Lianne:
  • Heather kelly
  • Born in 1969 (US)
  • Media Artist and video game designer. 
  • One of the most influential women in technology. 
  • Founded two companies; Perfect Plum & Kokoromi.
  • Also Known for Star Wars Identities
  Wesley:
  • Francois Quevillon
  • Installation and Media Artist, Born and raised in Montreal. 
  • Has a M.A Degree in visual arts from UQAM university 
  • known for Deriver shown at Electrochoc9 in France and Points de Repere.
Danilo:
  • Jason Rohrer
  • Born in Nov. 14, 1977
  • Writer, Programmer, Game designer and musician
  • known for projects like Chain World a Minecraft Mod, Transcend, Inside a Star Filled Sky, Diamond Trust of London & The Castle Doctrine.
Raphael:
  • Ying Gao
  • Fashion Designer based in Montreal.
  • Currently working as a professor at UQAM's fashion school.
  • Works with a combination of fashion and technology
  • Known for projects like Walking City, The Show Still Goes On, Play Time, Living Pod.
Patrick:
  • Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau
  • Globally renowned interactive artists who have been collaborating on projects since 1992.
  • Christa studied at the university of Vienna and Laurent studied Modern Art and Video Art at the L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts.
  • Interactivity is one of their biggest and most  vital elements of their art work.
  • Known for art works like Interactive Plant Art, A-Volve & TransPlant
  Katelyn:
  • Dan Roosengarde
  • Born in 1979
  • Studied in the institute for arts in Arnhem from 1997-1999.
  • Founded the Studio Roosengarde and a second one in Shanghai
  • Known for projects such as Crystal, Dune, Lotus Dome & Marbles.

Special Topic in Interactive Media: Class 2 Presentation

Sherman Fong:

  • Danny Rozin
  • Born in Jerusalem, Israel
  • Artist, developer and educator
  • Has a background in Industrial Design and went to ITP in New York University 
  • Some of his well known art work - Mechanical Mirrors which was a series of installation that included a "Wave Mirror" in 2007, Trash Mirror which was used with actual trash 
  • Created Video Painting-Paint-Cam
Philippe Frank:
  • Greyworld
  • Group of artist that created public art. Founded by Andrew Shoben, Paris 1993.
  • Andrew Shoben is a professor of public art and computation at Goldsmiths University of London.
  • Famous installation is The Source (2004)
  • Other art work such as Trace (2005), Public Toilet (2012)
Paulo Gois:

  • Camille Utterback
Questions & Answers:
  •  Camile is a Interactive Installation Artist.
  • How does Camille engage participants to interact with her art? She uses digital Technologies and Kinesthetics.
  • What does Camille use to sense a users entire body to create a visceral connection between the real world and the virtual world. Video tracking software.
  • Why does Camille write her own software and design her own interfaces? She frees her work of commercially based on products.
  • By creating Poetic Relationships. she hopes to engage people both emotionally and viscerally. 
  • Most people know Camille for her most famous artwork known as Text Rain.
  • What is the significance between the cave drawings and her artwork? Inspiration.
Rose: 
  • Sester
  • American artist, works in the media Arts and she focuses her art on Social Awareness. 
  • She is known for her art works like Tell me the truth in 2010, Access in 2003 and BEAM Narrative in 2009.
Alex Kozina:
  • Christopher Janney
  • Born in 1950, grew  up in Washington DC
  • Known for Soundstair in 1978, Harmonic Runway in 1995, Turn  up the heat in 2000.