jihui Digital Salon presents Don Ritter -- Friday Dec. 19, 7PM

jihui - Digital Salon presents Don Ritter
Friday, Dec. 19, 2003 7 PM
Parsons Design Lab
55 West 13th Street, 9th Fl.
New York, NY 10011

"My Finger's Getting Tired: Interactive works for the Mind and Body"

Don Ritter presents documentation and the conceptual background of his large-scale installations and performances, which use digital video, digital audio, human sensing, telecommunication, and interactive technologies. Since 1986, Ritter has created custom hardware and software systems that permit interactive control of video and audio through body motion, body position, and live music. His work typically uses interactivity as a conceptual component where multiple users control their experiences without any technology attached to their bodies. A documentary web site of his work is available at:
http://aesthetic-machinery.com

Since 1986, Don Ritter's large scale interactive installations, performances and video tapes have been exhibited in 16 countries in North America, East and West Europe, and Asia, including Ars Electronica(Austria), Sonambiente Festival (Berlin), STEIM (Amsterdam), European Media Art Festival (Germany), Art Institute of Chicago, Kitchen (New York City), Siggraph (LA), Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada), Museum of Contemporary Art Montreal, and ArtFuture 2000 (Taiwan). His work has received recognition and support from Prix Ars Electronica, ZKM Media Art Award (Germany), Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Canada Council. His interactive sound installation "Intersection" has been experienced by over 500,000 viewers in 7 countries. He is currently writing a book on the aesthetics of new media.

jihui (the meeting point), a self-regulated digital salon, invites all interested people to send ideas for discussion/performance/etc.
jihui is where your voice is heard and your vision shared.
jihui is made possible through the generous support from the Digital Design Department and Parsons Design Lab of Parsons School of Design and from the Rockefeller Foundation
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