David Rokeby

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David Rokeby at the unveilling of his recent work Cloud, which is one of three pieces selected for the Ontario Science Centre's Project Art
David Rokeby at the unveilling of his recent work Cloud, which is one of three pieces selected for the Ontario Science Centre's Project Art

David Rokeby (born 1960 in Tillsonburg, Ontario) is an artist who has been making works of electronic, video and installation art since 1982.

[edit] Awards

For his installation n-cha(n)t, he was awarded the Prix Ars Electronica (Golden Nica for Interactive Art) in 2002. In 2002 he was awarded the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, one of Canada's highest honours.

[edit] Installations

His largest sculptural piece, entitled Cloud, is one of three permanent art installations in the Ontario Science Centre's Project Art. Cloud consists of an array of blue and transparent squares that rotate in various ways to simulate the three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.

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