WORK ZONE
New Monthly Series Showcases Digital/Multimedia Artists
On Tuesday, October 8, from 6:30-8 pm, SIGGRAPH NYC presents WORK ZONE, an informal, free monthly show-and-tell series in which digital artists will present and discuss recent work or work-in-progress. The series is being hosted by SVA's Computer Art Department at 141 West 21st Street in Room 301-C.
October 8 guests include:
video/interactive artist Don Ritter who will discuss the recent web project http://every-thing.net and interacive installations
music/video performer Ben Neill
animator Lucien Harriot
animation/music collaborators Ye Won Cho & Justine Chen
Every-thing.net was created by Don Ritter, a New York based Canadian artist whose work has used interactive and network technologies since 1979. His large scale interactive video and sound installations and performances have been exhibited in 15 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia, including Ars Electronica (Austria), Sonambiente Festival (Berlin), European Media Art Festival, Art Institute of Chicago, Musee d'art Contemporain de Montreal, Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada) and ArtFuture 2000(Taipei). His widely exhibited sound installation "Intersection" has been experienced by over 500,000 visitors in 7 countries. He is on the faculty of Pratt Institute in the Department of Computer Graphics and Interactive Media. A web site documenting his work is available at: http://aesthetic-machinery.com
Edwin VanGorder