Discussions with Visual and Sound Artists
Host Daniel Durning speaks with digital sculptor Paul Higham who has been working with computer technology for over 20 years. Paul discusses Datasculpture [c] and other projects including tele-manufacturing shared by artists located across the globe. He also speaks about the tragic circumstances surrounding his visit to New York and the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina to his organization and studio at the International Sculpture Works in New Orleans this past September.
Paul Higham is a long time new media artist, born in the UK and living in the United States since the early 70's. While studying at Goldsmiths College of Art London University, his endeavor has remained to propagate a new form of sculpture based on self-organizing theories of artificial life. He is a pioneering advocate of computers in sculpture and Rapid Prototyping.
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Art & Technology is a radio program that investigates how advancements in new technologies are affecting artists and their work. The series consists of interviews with contemporary visual and audio artists discussing their work, influences, aesthetics and the technical issues they encounter in the creation of their art, relating their personal views about the uses and usages of new media in the art world today. The show opens a discourse with artists working in Interactive, Performance, Screen Based, and Audio and Sound Based media about the role that dynamic technologies play in contemporary art and their own artwork.
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