John F. Simon, Jr. and Laurie Spiegel, Part One
In this, the first of an introductory two-part special, 3D animator and Web designer Daniel Durning talks to artist John F. Simon, Jr. about new developments in his computer-based paintings, recently exhibited in the Guggenheim Museum's Seeing Double exhibition. Simon also gets into the subject of writing creative computer code and the development of Emergence and other systems involved in his work. He is represented by the Gering and Lopez Gallery in New York. Durning's co-host, the composer and digital audio expert Lefferts Brown, draws out Laurie Spiegel on the subject of her early experiments with electronics and music, as well as her work with the video artist Nam Jun Paik. A pioneer in computer-generated music, she is also the person who designed Music Mouse, a program that allows music listeners to become music-makers with their computers at home.
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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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