Mark Stephen Meadows

Mark Stephen Meadows
Nationality American
Other names pighed
Known for Crutch
I, Avatar
Awards Ars Electronica Golden Nica:
Website
http://www.markmeadows.com

Mark Stephen Meadows is an American author and artist. In addition to his illustration, books, and travelogues he also develops software. He is the co-inventor of several US patents relating to artificial intelligence and avatars, and he lectures internationally on this work.[1][2][3][4][5]

Meadows is known for his hitchhiking adventures,[6] specifically for visiting Baghdad in 2003, and his interviews with terrorists in Sri Lanka. He holds a USCG captain's license.

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Career

Since 1987, Meadows has been selling his artwork to galleries and museums throughout the United States and Europe. He has received awards from Ars Electronica,[7] and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, among others.

In 1993 Meadows moved to San Francisco where he helped design WELL.com and he also helped develop the first open-protocol 3D multi-user environment in 1995.[8] He worked as researcher and artist at Xerox-PARC, as Creative Director for a Stanford Research Institute venture, and as creative director and co-founder of a VR and Internet company called Construct. In 2001 he opened a gallery in Paris where he sold his paintings for two years and then spent time in the Waag Society in Holland as an artist/researcher. In 2005 and 2007 he founded two companies dedicated to artificial intelligence and avatars. Mark lectures internationally, enjoying a strong reputation as a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, and researcher.

Books

Meadows' first book concerns narrative, visual art and video games and is entitled, "Pause & Effect."[9] His second book, "I, Avatar"[10] is a first-person travelogue of Second Life and an examination of the culture and consequences of using avatars in virtual worlds. Meadows' third book is a travelogue of Sri Lanka and study of the Tamil militant movement titled, "Tea Time With Terrorists,".[11] Other books include a travelogue of Iraq in 2003 and 2013, a book on robots titled, "We, Robot," and a book of illustrated fables. Meadows is represented by Launch Books.[12]

Education

Meadows completed his BA from St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He also attended courses at The San Francisco Art Institute (painting and photography), University of Colorado (philosophy), Harvard University (biology), and Bemis Art School (painting).

Awards

Meadows has received the following awards:

Ars Electronica, Golden Nica
Linz, Austria: 1999
Stanford Digital Art Center
Stanford CA: 1998
NII Award Arts & Entertainment
Los Angeles CA: 1997
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
New York NY: 1997
Electronic Arts Awards, SF Focus/Stoli Vodka
San Francisco CA: 1997
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
New York NY: 1993
Art Institute Of Chicago
Chicago IL: 1986

Notes and references

  1. ^ Avatars As Self-Portraits, Mediamatic Lecture, Amsterdam, 2008.
  2. ^ Emotional User Interface and NPCs, Game Developers Conference, Los Angeles, 2007.
  3. ^ Avatars and AI, SXSW Lecture, Austin, 2007.
  4. ^ Artificial Intelligence and World Travel, XMedia Lecture, Singapore, 2006.
  5. ^ Interactive Narrative, AFTRS Lecture, Sydney, 2005.
  6. ^ Modern Hitchhikers, 1976 - present.
  7. ^ "Difference Engine #3" awarded to Construct. Ars Electronica, Golden Nica, Prix 1999, Interactive Art category.www.aec.at
  8. ^ Early virtual world work; article: "How To Build A Metaverse" New Scientist, 14 October 1995
  9. ^ Mark Stephen Meadows. Pause & Effect: The Art of Interactive Narrative, New Riders, 2002, ISBN 0-7357-1171-2.www.pause-effect.com
  10. ^ Mark Stephen Meadows. I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences Of Having A Second Life, New Riders, 2008, ISBN 0-321-53339-9.
  11. ^ Mark Stephen Meadows. Tea Time with Terrorists; A Motorcycle Journey Into the Heart of Sri Lanka’s Civil War, Soft Skull, 2010, ISBN 1-59376-275-5.
  12. ^ Launch Books Literary Agency., San Diego, California.

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