Bill Viola                   Bill Viola is one of today’s leading artists, who received his BFA in Experimental Studios in 1973. After graduating from Syracruse University he worked in Italy as a video/tape artist in one of the first video art studios in Europe. In 1979 Bill and Perov traveled…

by Carlos Cuevas For our Artist Presentation assignment, I chose to research Janet Cardiff. Upon researching this new media artist, I discovered that a lot of her work/installations have been in collaboration with George Bures Miller. This new media duo, originally from Ontario, Canada, have a broad range of installations spanning over two decades. Cardiff’s…

Name: Ashley Villagrana Teacher: Sabrina Raaf An artist and a game designer Eddo Stern was chosen by me. He has such interesting projects that are violent, fun and interactive in the world of video games and real life. To combine the two he loves to use in his projects electronic stimulation to give the game…

I have chosen Amy Youngs as the artist I want to present in class. Amy Youngs creates biological art, interactive sculptures and digital media. Her works explore a variety of subjects. She mainly explores the “complex relationship between technology and our changing concept of nature and self”. Youngs uses electronics, kinetics, sounds, insects, plants and…

The artist I choose for my artist presentation is Usman Haque. Usman is a London based artist, architect, and director of the Haque Design + Research. Within the world of architecture, he creates interactive installations in which people are active participants in their environments. In certain spaces, he has digital projections that function to the…

I have chosen to present information on the New Media Artist David Rokeby and his works. David Rokeby is an artist based in Toronto, Canada; since 1982 he has been exhibiting and creating art that has been displayed throughout the world, including Canada, United States, Europe, and Asia.  In the beginning of this career, Rokeby…

The first artist I found was Marti Ruiz de Azura. He is the creator of the bio urns. They are human remains mixed with seeds, in a biodegradable container. The objective is to plant the bio urn and reintroduce the deceased to the circle of life. When I first read about this I thought it…

Leonardo Ulian has some beautiful artwork using electronic components and another piece that uses Arduinos, speakers and junk electronics

Art with solenoids and light

Slow Design Principle After looking into some information, there is a product that I think is interesting. Karoto which is like a pencil sharpener is a tool for peeling carrots. It is a vegetable peeler and curler though it looks like a pencil sharpener. This can refer to the “slow design principle 1: reveal.” A…

by Carlos Cuevas Upon researching projects that incorporated slow design principles, I came across artist Julian Bleecker. Bleecker is known for his considerable achievement in developing innovative mobile technology and art. I found two of his projects that include principles of slow design: WiFi.ArtCache and WiFi.Bedouin. WiFi.ArtCache is simply a small-range network that brings people…

Colour Chaser- Yuri Suzuki Reveal and participate are two principles of ‘Slow Design’ which Yuri Suzuki incorporates in his project “Colour Chaser”. Suzuki is a sound artist, designer and electronic musician who produces work that explores the realms of of sound through exquisetly designed pieces. Most of Suzuki’s projects combine both visual and sound concepts…