Public Lecture - Artist Talk , Abteilung Digitale Kunst

Mag. art. Max Moswitzer (Wien, Zürich)
“Die Ästhetik der Dekonstruktion”

anschließend 15:00-16:00
Jesse D. Zbikowski (San Francisco)
“Hacker as Artist”

“Hacker as Artist”
Abstract:
We will discuss the discipline and mindset necessary to be effective
in creating technical projects, and compare this with the way an
artist approaches the world. After a brief overview of the experiences
which led me to work in the field of embedded software, I will share
some of my thoughts on becoming a famous fartist, and invite comments from the audience.

Jesse D. Zbikowski was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts (USA) in
1977, year of the dragon. He taught himself computer programming by
typing random numbers into a Commodore 64 until he figured out how to
animate an ASCII decapitation scene. In the nineties he moved on to
coding x86 assembly language demos under the name of Zed, learning his
technique from such masters as Shifty (the gweep).

In 2007 Jesse contributed to his first large-scale machine art
project, “Orb SWARM” (M. Prados / J. Foote), developing embedded Linux
systems software to support autonomous navigation. Following this he
began a partnership with the San Francisco-based Flaming Lotus Girls
machine art group. With UX designer Erik Swedberg, he created visual
controls for fire and lighting effects on their “Angel of the
Apocalypse” and “Soma” installations. In his spare time, Jesse enjoys
drinking.

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Franziska Echtinger
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
Abteilung Digitale Kunst
Expositur Sterngasse 13, A-1010 Wien
Tel: +43-1-71133-2640
franziska.echtinger@uni-ak.ac.at
www.digitalekunst.ac.at