Peter D'Agostino
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Peter D'Agostino (b. 1945) is an American multimedia artist. His works include installations, performance pieces, interactive websites, and virtual reality.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life and education
Born in 1945, D'Agostino earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He went on to earn an M.A in California.
[edit] Career
D'Agostino began his work on artistic video in 1971 during the “Digital Video” movement. From the early 1970’s to the present, he has worked continuously with Video and experimentation with technology.
Peter currently works as a professor at Temple University in the Film and Media Arts department. He teaches the "New Tech Lab" class that is offered as an advanced level course available to communications majors.[1] In addition to his teaching job, Peter is a Fulbright scholar, and has been a visiting professor to numerous different universities across the globe, including Rome and Japan. Peter’s artistic work has been exhibited around the world in Brazil, France, and all over the United States.[2]
[edit] Published works
- Alpha, Trans, Chung, a photographic model : semiotics, film, and interpretation (NFS Press, 1978)
- Proposal for QUBE (video, 1979)
- Quarks (video, 1980)
- The Un/necessary Image (Tanam Press, 1982)
- Coming and Going (NFS Press, 1982)
- Double you (and X, Y, Z) (video, Electronic Arts Intermix, 1985)
- Transmission (Tanam Press, 1985)
- VR/RV a recreational vehicle in virtual reality (video, Electronic Arts Intermix, 1994)
