Art & Technology interviews
sound and visual artists
Host Daniel Durning
First broadcast September 26, 2005
A panel discussion with some of the LA artists featured in the retrospective
exhibition SYNAPSE
at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. As part of the Digilantes
these artists talk about their work and the development of the organization
that mounted computer art exhibitions throughout Southern California in the
1990s. Artists Michael Wright, Victor Acevedo and Michael Masucci are interviewed
by host Daniel Durning from the floor of the Exhibition Hall at the LA Convention
Center, August 3rd, 2005 during ACM/SIGGRAPH
2005 the 32nd International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive
Techniques.
Michael Wright
is a painter who began to explore Digital Media in the mid 1980s and exhibited
his first Digital Prints in 1989 and continues to work in both traditional
and electronic mediums. Wright is featured in "Going Digital: The Practice
and Vision of Digital Artists" by Joseph Nalven, and JD. Jarvis which appeared
on book stands this past summer.
Victor Acevedo is an artist, best
known for his digital work involving printmaking and photography. He has shown
his work in over 80 exhibitions worldwide. He is now based in New York where
he teaches at the School of Visual Arts, in the MFA Computer Art program.
Michael Masucci is an award-winning
video, stage and multimedia producer, director and artist. Throughout his
full-time career as an artist, Masucci has also curated and produced hundreds
of exhibitions, live performance events, lectures and film and video screenings.
He is the Artistic Director of EZTV,
Los Angeles' 26 year old media art institution.