IMD Forum for 2/11/09: Andreas Kratky
Speaker: Andreas Kratky, Visiting Asst. Professor, Interactive Media Division, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Time: Wednesday, February 11, 6-8pm
Location: USC's Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts (RZC),
Room 201 Zemeckis Media Lab (ZML)
Title: Simulation Versus Representation – What Can Simulations Tell Us About the Past?
Abstract: An increasing amount of successful interactive media works uses mechanisms of simulation to construct their experience. As systems defined by an initial state and transformation rules, simulations are directed towards a future result. To consider the importance of this kind of process-oriented work as a general cultural form we need to ask what they can tell us about the past and how our systematic abstractions shape how we perceive the world around us. This presentation will show a selection of works that investigate this question looking at the experience of a stroll through urban streets, museum collections, and theater.
Bio: A media artist whose work focuses on memory, database, and new forms of cinema, Andreas Kratky was born in Berlin, Germany, and lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles. He is designer and co-director of several award winning projects including That’s Kyogen (2001), Bleeding Through – Layers of Los Angeles 1920-1986 (2003), Soft Cinema (2004), and Title TK (2006).