The online artist talks of department of DIGITAL
ARTS are automatically activated for the students of the DIGITAL ARTS program to participate. Students from other departments
and other interested parties are cordially invited to register by sending an e-mail to
info@digitalekunst.ac.at at
least 2 hours before the event begins. (Platform ZOOM).
„What if the design of the spaces we
inhabit was the work of algorithms? In computer and information science, the definition in a database of categories,
properties and relations between elements forms a model of the world, or an ontology. When displayed in immersive experience
apparatuses such as Intelligent screens, XR headsets, domes, architectural projections…, ontologies expose explorable architectures
of information, terrains inviting us in and confronting us to novel experiences of reality.“
In his talk Luc Courchesne
will speak about his work and the potential and shortfalls of algorithmic generation of explorable worlds and of how they
may reframe the idea we have of ourselves and of the world we live in.
Luc Courchesne is a pioneer in media art
and design. From interactive portraiture to immersive experience systems, he has developed innovative approaches which have
earned him prestigious awards such as the Prix Paul-Émile Borduas (2019), Quebec’s highest award in visual arts, the Grand
Prix of the ICC Biennale 1997 in Tokyo, an Award of Distinction (1999) and several Honorary Mentions (1994, 1996, 2002) at
Prix Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria, an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (1994), an invitation by Nam
June Paik to present at the Gwangju Biennale (1995), and participations in Wired’s NextFest in Chicago (2006) and New York
City (2007). His work is part of major public and private collections in North America, Europe and Asia including the ZKM
(Karlsruhe), the ICC (Tokyo), the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa) and the Canadian Center for Architecture (Montreal).
A graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1974) and of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1984), Courchesne
was a student of Toni Mann, Michael Snow and Otto Piene. Luc Courchesne [courchel.net] is a founding member of the Society
for Art and Technology [sat.qc.ca], honorary professor at Université de Montréal [umontreal.ca] and member of the Royal Canadian
Academy of Arts.
In April 2020 Luc Courchesne is artist in residence at the Museumsquartier in Vienna and exhibites
one of his works in the Schauraum of the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the MQ21 Museumsquartier Vienna."
http://courchel.nethttp://nakedinparadise.net