| Dates: | born 14-November-1960
| | Biography: | David Rokeby has won acclaim in both
artistic and technical fields for his
new media artworks. A pioneer in
interactive art and an acknowledged
innovator in interactive technologies,
Rokeby has achieved international
recognition as an artist and seen the
technologies which he develops for his
work given unique applications by a
broad range of arts practitioners and
medical scientists.
The Toronto artist, who was born in
Tillsonburg, Ontario in 1960 and studied
at the Ontario College of Art, uses
technology to reflect on human issues.
Rokeby's best known work, Very Nervous
System (1986-90) premiered at the Venice
Biennale in 1996, won the first
Petro-Canada Award for Media Arts (1988)
and is permanently installed in several
museums around the world. The work uses
video cameras, computers, and
synthesizers to create an interactive
space in which body movements are
translated into music. The technology
Rokeby developed for this work is widely
used by composers, choreographers,
musicians, and artists. It is also used
in music therapy applications and is
currently being tested as an activity
enabler for victims of Parkinson's Disease.
Several of his works have addressed
issues of digital surveillance. Watched
and Measured (2000) was awarded the
first BAFTA award for interactive art
from the British Academy of Film and
Television Arts. Guardian Angel (2001)
received the award for best installation
at the Images Festival in 2001.
Other works engage in a critical
examination of the differences between
human and artificial intelligence. The
Giver of Names (1991-) and n-cha(n)t
(2001) are artificial subjective
entities, provoked by objects or spoken
words in their immediate environment to
formulate sentences and speak them aloud.
Rokeby has twice been honored with
Austria's Prix Ars Electronica Award of
Distinction (1991 and 1997). He has been
an invited speaker at events around the
world, and has published two papers that
are required reading in the new media
arts faculties of many universities. He
recently received a Governor General's
Award in Visual and Media Arts. | | | Source: | http://homepage.mac.com/davidrokeby/cv.html | | | Date of source: | 11/7/07 |
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| | Principal Occupation: | Artist | | Web Page: | http://homepage.mac.com/davidrokeby/home.html | | Gender: | Male | | Type: | person |
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