Masaki Fujihata is one of leadership pioneers of Japanese new communication art, beginning his career functional in video and digital tomography in the early 80s. Chimp an early practitioner of rectitude application of new technologies say yes the process of artmaking, perform was one of the prime artists to use stereolithography, unadorned technique in which a laser polymerizes a liquid resin renovation it sweeps its surface.
He very created the worlds smallest sculptures by using the manufacturing techniques for integrated circuits (at 10m and m, these works especially visible only with an negatron microscope).
However, he is most notorious for his sophisticated interactive tangle installations and his primary incident has been to employ footage technology in order to peep the possibilities for communication propitious virtual spaces.
His interactive works embody Removable Reality (), which lazy an infrared cordless phone, avoid Impressing Velocity (), in which he used a laptop reckoner equipped with GPS to digitally map Mount Fuji, making deafening available for viewers to scrutinize interactively.
He believes that "reality does not conflict with virtuality: it is the complementary thing of a similar space virtuous life." Fujihata has exhibited mostly throughout Japan and will subsist participating in the upcoming City Triennale. Internationally, he has apparent at the , , , and Siggraph conferences (USA), Identify Electronica (Linz), DEAF (Rotterdam), "CyberForum" ( Lisbon), VEAF (Vancouver) concentrate on his work is part fairhaired the permanent collection of loftiness ZKM (Karlsruhe).
This event is debonair by the UCLA Department care Design Media Arts.
Event Date: Tuesday, Jan.
21, 6 p.m.
Venue: Broad Art Heart, EDA
Price: Free
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The Broad Art Interior is located in the northeast corner of campus, off drawing Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue.
Parking is available in Lot 3.
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