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Alex Beim
Alex Beim’s career has been a diverse journey, from graphic designer to digital creative to interactive artist. His interest in moving interactivity away from the screen and into the physical world led to the launch of Tangible Interaction Design Inc. in 2006. Since then, he has focused on developing interactive experiences that engage people in public and commercial spaces. His artworks have been seen by millions worldwide.
Graffiti Wall
Digital Graffiti Wall by Tangible Interaction lets people paint on a huge digital canvas - ten feet wide and seven feet tall - and get as close as possible to the feeling of creating real graffiti art. The system lets you pick the perfect sized nozzle, find the exact hues you want to paint with, add drips and splatters, and complete your piece with stencils and stickers. It’s designed to be intuitive to use; so, anyone can pick up a can and create their own mural, tag, or freestyle art. Tangible’s Digital Graffiti Wall is the original, invented by the company back in 2007. Since then, it has made its way around the world for hundreds of large events and festivals.
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Ben Jones
Ben Jones is a director and an artist. He is the creator of the television shows Neon Knome (Adult Swim), Problem Solverz (Cartoon Network), and Stone Quackers (FOX, FXX). Jones has exhibited his art internationally at MOMA, Tate Britain, and Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, and in solo shows at MOCA, and The Modern of Fort Worth. Jones has directed and animated music videos for Beck, MIA, Battles, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, The Islands, and Yacht.
Road Trip II
Roadtrip II is rooted in the digital idea of Z space, which Ben Jones describes as a “concept not present in all other inferior, outmoded, simple forms of art, like messy painting or clunky sculpture. Z space (the functional usage of the dimension of depth) swiftly renders all contemporary art faulty in its absence.”
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Kate Parsons & Ben Vance
Kate Parsons and Ben Vance co-founded FLOAT as the collaborative arm of their two practices: Art and Interactivity. Together, the artists work with musicians, animators and filmmakers to form immersive visual music pieces. Kate Parsons is a video artist and educator. She obtained her M.F.A. in Media Arts from UCLA, where she researched the myriad ways humans mourn and express grief. Parson’s work has been featured by SFMOMA, MOCA.tv, VICE’s The Creators Project, TIFF, and Slamdance. She has collaborated with director Mark Pellington and musicians, including Kid606 and RYAT. Ben Vance is a VR veteran and director. He has worked with Electronic Arts, independent game studios, galleries, and VR startups. Sundance, Slamdance, SFMOMA, OMCA, and IndieCade have presented his past work. He is the co-founder of Glitch City, a Los Angeles-based art/tech/game collective and Buffalo Vision, his company specializing in games and interactive VR.
FLOAT 3VR Liminal Realities
3VR: Liminal Realities is a colorful experiment in visual music and optical illusion where viewers physically walk and explore virtual, interactive forms. Organic textures flicker along orbs and floating shapes, dissolving into lush amorphous glitches and beautiful unknown vistas. 3VR: Liminal Realities is the premiere piece for the FLOAT Museum, a curated platform for the best in virtual reality art and immersive experiences. No longer limited by the constraints of physical reality, the FLOAT Museum reinvents the gallery and museum experience by transforming our relationship to art and architecture.
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Ara Peterson & Jim Drain
Ara Peterson and Jim Drain have worked together since 2003. Their primary creative focus has been to explore a visual phenomenon not only as an optical experience, but one that is sublime and comprehensive. The artists have exhibited their individual and collective work throughout the United States and the world. Prior to their partnership, they were part of the four-person collaborative, Forcefield, a music, performance, and video group founded in 1996. Drain/Peterson were included in the Lyon de Biennale in Lyon (2003); Bizarre Love Triangle at the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh (2003); Wiggin Village at the Moore Space, Miami (2004–2005); Hypnogoogia at Deitch Projects, New York (2005–2006); The New York Minute, curated by Kathy Greyson at MACRO Future, Rome (2009) and the Garage, Moscow (2011); and Transmission LA: AV Club, curated by Mike Diamond at MOCA, Los Angeles (2012).
Large Video Kaleidoscope
This piece was one of the first artworks that Ara Peterson and Jim Drain produced together following their involvement with the group Forcefield. Building their own version of a tapered kaleidoscope from oversized sheet glass mirror, provided the opportunity to prepare and view video in a new phenomenological way. The result is a virtual, eighteen-foot diameter, triangulated globe shaped object with a constantly morphing and mesmerizing skin of video.
Installation courtesy of Jeffrey Deitch, Ara Peterson and Jim Drain
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James Turrell
James Turrell uses light and indeterminate space—not objects or images—to extend and enhance perception. His work has been the subject of over 160 solo exhibitions worldwide since 1967, including the three-venue museum exhibition presented concurrently at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 2013. In addition to permanent installations at institutions such as Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas; MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Turrell’s work can be seen in over 70 international collections. Since 1968, when Turrell received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the artist has been the recipient of numerous awards including a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (1984); Chevalier, L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France (1991); Commandeur, L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2006); and National Medal of Arts, Washington, D.C. (2014).
Untitled (XIX B) Untitled (XXXI H)
A hologram is a recording of light waves on a thin layer of transparent gelatin emulsion. In the emulsion, is an image that has full parallax. In other words, it appears to have depth from every vantage point. Unlike traditional holograms that depict objects, the Turrell holograms aim to make a hologram of light itself.
Installation courtesy of Beth and Josh Friedman
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Jiangmei Wu
Jiangmei Wu is an interdisciplinary scholar, making art and design projects involving mathematics, science, and engineering. Recently, she has been investigating the relationship between geometry, surface texture, computational algorithms, and making techniques in the art and science of paper folding. Her origami-inspired, large-scale installations have been exhibited all over the United States, as well as in Italy, Japan, and Thailand, funded through New Frontiers, the IU College Arts and Humanities Institute, and the National Science Foundation. In 2017, she won the American Mathematical Society’s award for best artwork in the category of textile, sculpture, or other medium. She also holds three United States patents for her innovative design techniques. In addition to more than ten years of experience teaching art and design, Wu has a decade of professional experience in graphic design, architecture, and interior design.
Ruga Lumina
Ruga Lumina is part of Folded Light Art, a series of diversely-scaled works, in which light is projected onto intricately creased and bent surfaces, to create ephemeral interplays of illumination and darkness. This installation’s physical form is composed of thin, translucent, corrugated plastic board that becomes nearly invisible when augmented with colored light sequences created with projection mapping technologies. The materialized light actively engages viewers’ perceptions of the radiant hues and dramatic shadows that are folded in space.
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Akiko Yamashita
Akiko Yamashita is a visual and light artist from Japan. She works as a lead animator at VT PRO DESIGN, a full service creative design firm with a focus on the latest technology and techniques in Los Angeles. Yamashita has created artworks for Warner Brothers and DC Entertainment, United Nations, LinkedIn commercial, the New Year’s Eve Countdown at Los Angeles City Hall, Greystone Mansion and more. Her recent light installation, Portal, is available for viewing in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Into the Light
Into the Light is an animated experience that constantly changes its state and the viewer’s perspective. Lights are choreographed to challenge one’s sense of scale. Every individual must decide how to interact with this installation in search of unique and favored moments.
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