Conferência de Encerramento

Conferência: Elemental Art:  Creative Results from Force, Reaction, & Data Streams

Spanning 50 years of computer evolution, the artist will show works that use emerging technologies to reveal the hidden messages in nature, space, and history.  These art+science+technology hybrids ‘read’ natural forces, reactions and streaming sensors to discover patterns and structures that become drivers for immersive and interactive environments, kinetic public sculptures, generative animation, media archaeology, AR experiences, and more.  With a range of scientific partners and technologies, these multi-year investigations into visualizing hidden energies have resulted in creative outcomes that imagine deeper systems and hidden meanings.

Scott Hessels’ artworks have shown internationally in exhibitions focusing on technology and those presenting fine arts. His recognitions include patents for developed technologies, references in books on new media art, and coverage in cultural media like Wired and Discover. He often partners with leading science organizations like NASA, National Geographic and the Nature Conservancy, who provide the foundational data or sensor technologies into a range of phenomena. He is an Teaching Excellence Award winner and executive producer of the Extreme Environments Program which organizes art/science expeditions to remote, environmentally significant sites.