Tamiko Thiel/p, who is based in Munich, has for 30+ years created media artworks exploring the interplay of place, space, the body and cultural identity in political and socially critical artworks. She was also the Lead product designer for Connection Machine CM1/CM2 A.I. supercomputer (1989) which was the world’s fastest computer. Her first virtual reality […]
Jaron Laniertoo is an old acquaintance of Meet the Media Guru. The first meeting with this brilliant composer, performer, scientist, philosopher, in fact, dates back to 1990, when Jaron – at that time the visionary paladin of Virtual Reality – participated in the first conference on Virtual Worlds in Italy , in Venice, together with […]
Mr. Miao lives between Beijing and Berlin and has been one of the more influential new media artists of his generation.The video was made between 2008 and 2010. Mr.Miao explores the passage of time in human existence with the score of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. As Mr. Miao references the canon of western art history, he […]
“The Loving Ones” is a deeply personal piece that addresses the enduring nature of love despite the physical changes that occur with terminal illness in the body. The work celebrates the resilience of the spirit even as the body deteriorates. Documentary filmmaker Biljana Garvanlieva and her husband Manuel Zimmer’s brave artwork documents how Biljana chose […]