Prof. Joachim Sauter

DATE:       April 18th 2008 12.30 pm – 13.15 pm
PLACE:     Interface Culture Lab, Sonnensteinstr. 11-13, 2. floor
Lecturer:   Prof. Joachim Sauter, Hochschule der Künste Berlin, Art+Com Berlin             
Title:         "Creating experience with New Media in Space"

During the last decade, “New” Media have advanced more and more from private into semi public space (museums, theatre, hotels, shopping malls etc.) and public space.
The reasons for this are manifold. The necessary technologies have become cheaper, more easily manageable and more stable; people are media literate, and the designers and decision makers are better educated and skilled in this field. The most important quality of new media is interactivity (mutual dialogue between information, experience, narration and the user). by interacting with the space we create ( beside an experience) a higher identification with it because the users changes it through their presents and becomes part of the environment.
In the talk showcases of interactive installations, interactive environments and
interactive architecture will be presented.

biography:
After completing his MA at the academy of fine arts in Berlin he studied at the 'German Academy for Film and Television', Berlin. .
Joachim Sauter has been using computers both as a tool and as a medium from the
early stages of his work. Fueled by this interest, he founded ART+COM in 1988 together
with other artist, designers, scientists and technicians. Their goal was to practically
research this new upcoming medium in the realm of art and design.
In the course of his work he was invited to participate on many exhibitions. Beside
others he showed his work at 'Ars Electronica' Linz, 'Centre Pompidou' Paris,
'Stejdilik Museum' Amsterdam, 'Museum for Contemporary Art' Sidney,
'Deichtorhallen Hamburg' , 'Venice Biennial', 'ICC' Tokyo, 'Getty Center' Los Angeles,
'ZKM' Karlsruhe.
He received several awards like the 'Ars Electronica Interactive Award', the 'Los
Angeles Interactive Media Award', the 'Prix Pixel INA', the 'British Academy for Film
and Television Interactive Award', the 'German Design Award' and the 'Swiss Design
Award'.
Since 1991 he is full professor for "New Media Art and Design" at the 'University of the
Arts' Berlin and since 2001 adjunct professor at UCLA, Los Angeles.
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