David Rokeby
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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.
[edit] External links
- David Rokeby - home page
- Horizon Zero 3 - Invent issue with information about Rokeby's works
- AudioHyperspace - Interview with David Rokeby
- Review of David Rokeby in a group exhibition at Interaccess in Toronto, written by Mark Schilling.