Graham Smith (artist and inventor)
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Graham Smith is an artist, inventor and educator based in Germany, Canada and the Netherlands. He has exhibited internationally for the last 25 years.
1979-1983 Associate of the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
media.
Smith directed the VRAAP program (Virtual Reality Artist Access Program) at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology
at the University of Toronto.
2001
1 of 9 invited artists involved in the groundbreaking "Liveform Telekinetics" project that linked Interaccess in Toronto with the WAAG new media centre in Amsterdam with telepresence media.
2007
Smith was the only artist in the international Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF) to display 2 large scale works, "MOBI" and "Morphing Machinery" and is one of the founders of the German art collective Cybercity Ruhr which is currently developing “The Third Eye" telepresence exhibition for the European Capital of Culture that will take place in the Ruhr area of Germany in 2010.
Current
An interactive video mural of the Berlin Wall
called “Intersection”. Smith's "Intersections Though Time- Berlin Wall '88", consists of three multi-image panoramas, one of which is made up of 600 Polaroid photos. In 2009 he returned to Berlin to create a second piece of the artwork. Documenting the same location, Check Point Charlie but instead using digital cameras creating a 360-degree repeating panoramic view spiraling through time and space.
The "Emoti-chair", a 3 year research project with Ryerson University
to develop a way to simulate the effect of sound in movies for deaf people using a combination of non audio sensory inputs.
“Liberation”, an art piece that will allow audiences the ability to experience the sensation of being weightless in orbit around the earth by projecting video to people who are underwater wearing scuba masks and snorkels.
, Industrial Design and Robotics, Utrecht, Netherlands
2004-08 William de Kooning Academie, Interaction and Multi Media, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2006-07 Hanze University Groningen, Frank Mohr Institute, Masters Program, Groningen, NL
1997-98 Avondale Alternative School, Robots and Art, Toronto, Ontario
1993-95 University of Toronto
, McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, Toronto, Ontario
2007
Revver, http://one.revver.com/watch/243959
New Media Scotland, Poker Club, March 15, Edinburgh, Scotland
WAZ, Kinder Planen, March 13,, Eseen Germany
Nord Anzeiger, Cowboy ist ein Roboter, Feb. 24, Eseen Germany
NRZ, Kinder planen die Zukunft, Feb, 23, Eseen Germany
NRZ, Mit einem kleinen Roboter, Feb. 20, Eseen Germany
NRZ, Kunstler unterrichten Schuler, Feb. 19, Eseen Germany
WESTFALENPOST, Wenn die Maschine plotzlich, Feb. 16,, Eseen Germany
WAZ, Make-up fur die Sicherheit, Feb, 5,, Eseen Germany
Stadtauzeijer, Neue farbe fur die Viehfer Strasse, Feb,, Eseen Germany
NRZ, jetzt oder nie in der Nord-city, Feb. 3,, Eseen Germany
Ruttensceider, Fur sie hat die Zukunft langst begonnen, Jan., Eseen Germany
2006
WAZ, Gestaltete fassaden in der City, Dec. 2, Eseen Germany
NRZ, Ideen von heute als Hoffnung Fur morgen, Sept. 25, Essen, Germany
WAZ, Wir-Gefuhl, Sept 25, Eseen Germany
NRZ, Neue Ideen Fur die Viehofer, Sept. 25, Eseen Germany
WAZ, Utopia Machen, August 5, Eseen Germany
SWITCH, March 16, V2, Rotterdam Netherlands
2005
Splendid Immersion, June 2, V2, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Re:mote,, March 19,Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
2004
Cumulus Conference, Utrecht School of the Arts, Oct 1, Utrecht, Netherlands
NRC Handelsblad, De aarde op speelfilmlengte, June 4, Ine Poppe
7th Worskshop on Space and the Arts, ESTEC, May 20, Noordwijk, Netherlands
2003
WAAG Society, Sentient Creatures, Nov. 26, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ACSN, From Blackfoot to Robot, Nov. 28, Rotterdam, Netherlands
de Volkskrant, Passanten, Oct. 27, page 4
2002
Performing Arts Journal, The Disembodied eye, pp122–126
2000
Now Magazine, Pandora’s Box, March 4, page 44
Eye magazine, New Media, Oct 19, page 22, Jennifer Leonard
Teleconference Today, May, page 20
1998
Now Magazine, Space Probe, Feb 11, page 34
1996
Now magazine, Cyber swarea, Wilma
1995
Media TV, Electric Skin, City-TV, Aug 17, 8:30pm, Dennis McGarph
Virtual Virtigo, National Centre for the Arts, Mexico City
Virtual Reality Artwork at the McLuhan Program, São Paulo, Brazil
Panoramic Based VR, Toronto SIGGRAPH, Toronto, Canada
Videoconferencing Culture, DotCom, Hamburg, Germany
Visions of the Future, Planning 96, Toronto, Canada
Women's TV Network, CBC TV
Shift Minute, CBC TV
YTV, The Breakfast Zone
Toronto Star, Oct, Page C1, Christopher Hume
Electronic Imaging, Jan 24, Page 35, by Francis Hamit
1994
The Washington Post, Cyber-Culture, G8, Richard Lieby
Shift, The Achilles Stomach of VR, Page 22, Graham Smith
Media TV, VRAAP, City-TV, Aug 17, 8:30pm, Shelia Cameron
The Future, The McLuhan Program, TVO, April 1, 11pm, Nigel Hunt
Media TV, Virtual Sex, City TV, March 20, 8pm, Catherine Dumas
The Virtual Museum, Interaccess, Toronto, Canada
Virtual Reality in Ontario, Culture Technologies Convergence, Toronto, Canada
Cyberspace, multimedia and the artist, Images 94, Toronto, Canada
Virtual Reality Today, Ryerson, Toronto, Canada
Disorientation of the Image, ASTARIE, Paris, France
Engage, Enable, Empower, River Oaks Public School, Oakville, Canada
Cyberspace Virtual Reality and the Artist, Interaccess, Toronto, Canada
1993
Maclean's Magazine, 100 Canadians to Watch, July 5, Page 31, Bruce Wallace
Education and Virtual Reality, Dawson Creek Art Centre, Dawson Creek, Canada
Virtual Reality in the Next Century, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
Virtual Reality Visionaries, OSIE, Toronto, Canada
Panoramic Imagery in Virtual Reality, Interval Research, San Francisco. USA
NOMAD Thinktank, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
Art and Music in Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality Systems 93, New York, USA
The Bulletin, Art for Technology's Sake, Pages 6–7, David Todd
CityTV, How Much is To Much, City TV, Nov 8, 6pm, Carlo Basilone
Virtual, L'artista Neccessario, Page 29, Myron Krueger
Much Music, Virtual Reality and Music, Ch. 57, Sept 8, 8pm, Kim Champniss
Species Review, The Videophone at Home, Page 58-60, Graham Smith
SIGGRAPH 93, The Artistic Origins of Virtual Reality, Page 149, Myron Krueger
TV Ontario, The Teachers Awards, Ch. 19, 8pm, June 29, 1993, Louis Fletcher
Maclean's, Virtual Virtuosity, July 5, Page 56, Diane Brady
1992
Cyberart, McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, Toronto, Canada
1991
Virtual Reality and Photography, Turin Photography Biannual, Turin, Italy
1989
Photo Life, April, Page 13, Ken Hoffman
Toronto Toronto Star, January, Page G4, Christopher Hume
1988
Views, November, Cover, Page 8, Hamish Buchanan
1984
Toronto Star, July, Page D12, Christopher Hume
Photo Communique, December, Cover Page 23,24,25, Micheal Mitchel
Toronto Toronto Star, December, Page F5, Christopher Hume
1982
Vanguard, Fall, Page 32, Micheal Hume
Cybercity Ruhr
Liveform Telekinetics telepresence art project between Canada and The Netherlands
Telepresence art project between Sweden and Canada
Utopia Machen - Cybercity Viehofer Strasse
Mobi - DEAF 2007
Morphing Machinery DEAF 2007- long version in German
(Short version)
Education
1977-1979 Langara College, Vancouver, British Columbia1979-1983 Associate of the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
Themes
Robotic, virtual reality, photographic and telepresenceTelepresence
Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance of being present, or to have an effect, via telerobotics, at a place other than their true location....
media.
Projects
1993 to 1995Smith directed the VRAAP program (Virtual Reality Artist Access Program) at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology
McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology
The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology started in 1963 as the Centre for Culture and Technology.In 1994, the McLuhan Program became a part of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information Studies....
at the University of Toronto.
2001
1 of 9 invited artists involved in the groundbreaking "Liveform Telekinetics" project that linked Interaccess in Toronto with the WAAG new media centre in Amsterdam with telepresence media.
2007
Smith was the only artist in the international Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF) to display 2 large scale works, "MOBI" and "Morphing Machinery" and is one of the founders of the German art collective Cybercity Ruhr which is currently developing “The Third Eye" telepresence exhibition for the European Capital of Culture that will take place in the Ruhr area of Germany in 2010.
Current
An interactive video mural of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...
called “Intersection”. Smith's "Intersections Though Time- Berlin Wall '88", consists of three multi-image panoramas, one of which is made up of 600 Polaroid photos. In 2009 he returned to Berlin to create a second piece of the artwork. Documenting the same location, Check Point Charlie but instead using digital cameras creating a 360-degree repeating panoramic view spiraling through time and space.
The "Emoti-chair", a 3 year research project with Ryerson University
Ryerson University
Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...
to develop a way to simulate the effect of sound in movies for deaf people using a combination of non audio sensory inputs.
“Liberation”, an art piece that will allow audiences the ability to experience the sensation of being weightless in orbit around the earth by projecting video to people who are underwater wearing scuba masks and snorkels.
Teaching
2004-08 Utrecht School of the ArtsUtrecht School of the Arts
The Utrecht School of the Arts is a performing arts and visual arts educational institution in Utrecht, Netherlands. The institution has 570 teachers and staff members...
, Industrial Design and Robotics, Utrecht, Netherlands
2004-08 William de Kooning Academie, Interaction and Multi Media, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2006-07 Hanze University Groningen, Frank Mohr Institute, Masters Program, Groningen, NL
1997-98 Avondale Alternative School, Robots and Art, Toronto, Ontario
1993-95 University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, Toronto, Ontario
Sources
2007
Revver, http://one.revver.com/watch/243959
New Media Scotland, Poker Club, March 15, Edinburgh, Scotland
WAZ, Kinder Planen, March 13,, Eseen Germany
Nord Anzeiger, Cowboy ist ein Roboter, Feb. 24, Eseen Germany
NRZ, Kinder planen die Zukunft, Feb, 23, Eseen Germany
NRZ, Mit einem kleinen Roboter, Feb. 20, Eseen Germany
NRZ, Kunstler unterrichten Schuler, Feb. 19, Eseen Germany
WESTFALENPOST, Wenn die Maschine plotzlich, Feb. 16,, Eseen Germany
WAZ, Make-up fur die Sicherheit, Feb, 5,, Eseen Germany
Stadtauzeijer, Neue farbe fur die Viehfer Strasse, Feb,, Eseen Germany
NRZ, jetzt oder nie in der Nord-city, Feb. 3,, Eseen Germany
Ruttensceider, Fur sie hat die Zukunft langst begonnen, Jan., Eseen Germany
2006
WAZ, Gestaltete fassaden in der City, Dec. 2, Eseen Germany
NRZ, Ideen von heute als Hoffnung Fur morgen, Sept. 25, Essen, Germany
WAZ, Wir-Gefuhl, Sept 25, Eseen Germany
NRZ, Neue Ideen Fur die Viehofer, Sept. 25, Eseen Germany
WAZ, Utopia Machen, August 5, Eseen Germany
SWITCH, March 16, V2, Rotterdam Netherlands
2005
Splendid Immersion, June 2, V2, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Re:mote,, March 19,Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
2004
Cumulus Conference, Utrecht School of the Arts, Oct 1, Utrecht, Netherlands
NRC Handelsblad, De aarde op speelfilmlengte, June 4, Ine Poppe
7th Worskshop on Space and the Arts, ESTEC, May 20, Noordwijk, Netherlands
2003
WAAG Society, Sentient Creatures, Nov. 26, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ACSN, From Blackfoot to Robot, Nov. 28, Rotterdam, Netherlands
de Volkskrant, Passanten, Oct. 27, page 4
2002
Performing Arts Journal, The Disembodied eye, pp122–126
2000
Now Magazine, Pandora’s Box, March 4, page 44
Eye magazine, New Media, Oct 19, page 22, Jennifer Leonard
Teleconference Today, May, page 20
1998
Now Magazine, Space Probe, Feb 11, page 34
1996
Now magazine, Cyber swarea, Wilma
1995
Media TV, Electric Skin, City-TV, Aug 17, 8:30pm, Dennis McGarph
Virtual Virtigo, National Centre for the Arts, Mexico City
Virtual Reality Artwork at the McLuhan Program, São Paulo, Brazil
Panoramic Based VR, Toronto SIGGRAPH, Toronto, Canada
Videoconferencing Culture, DotCom, Hamburg, Germany
Visions of the Future, Planning 96, Toronto, Canada
Women's TV Network, CBC TV
Shift Minute, CBC TV
YTV, The Breakfast Zone
Toronto Star, Oct, Page C1, Christopher Hume
Electronic Imaging, Jan 24, Page 35, by Francis Hamit
1994
The Washington Post, Cyber-Culture, G8, Richard Lieby
Shift, The Achilles Stomach of VR, Page 22, Graham Smith
Media TV, VRAAP, City-TV, Aug 17, 8:30pm, Shelia Cameron
The Future, The McLuhan Program, TVO, April 1, 11pm, Nigel Hunt
Media TV, Virtual Sex, City TV, March 20, 8pm, Catherine Dumas
The Virtual Museum, Interaccess, Toronto, Canada
Virtual Reality in Ontario, Culture Technologies Convergence, Toronto, Canada
Cyberspace, multimedia and the artist, Images 94, Toronto, Canada
Virtual Reality Today, Ryerson, Toronto, Canada
Disorientation of the Image, ASTARIE, Paris, France
Engage, Enable, Empower, River Oaks Public School, Oakville, Canada
Cyberspace Virtual Reality and the Artist, Interaccess, Toronto, Canada
1993
Maclean's Magazine, 100 Canadians to Watch, July 5, Page 31, Bruce Wallace
Education and Virtual Reality, Dawson Creek Art Centre, Dawson Creek, Canada
Virtual Reality in the Next Century, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
Virtual Reality Visionaries, OSIE, Toronto, Canada
Panoramic Imagery in Virtual Reality, Interval Research, San Francisco. USA
NOMAD Thinktank, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
Art and Music in Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality Systems 93, New York, USA
The Bulletin, Art for Technology's Sake, Pages 6–7, David Todd
CityTV, How Much is To Much, City TV, Nov 8, 6pm, Carlo Basilone
Virtual, L'artista Neccessario, Page 29, Myron Krueger
Much Music, Virtual Reality and Music, Ch. 57, Sept 8, 8pm, Kim Champniss
Species Review, The Videophone at Home, Page 58-60, Graham Smith
SIGGRAPH 93, The Artistic Origins of Virtual Reality, Page 149, Myron Krueger
TV Ontario, The Teachers Awards, Ch. 19, 8pm, June 29, 1993, Louis Fletcher
Maclean's, Virtual Virtuosity, July 5, Page 56, Diane Brady
1992
Cyberart, McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, Toronto, Canada
1991
Virtual Reality and Photography, Turin Photography Biannual, Turin, Italy
1989
Photo Life, April, Page 13, Ken Hoffman
Toronto Toronto Star, January, Page G4, Christopher Hume
1988
Views, November, Cover, Page 8, Hamish Buchanan
1984
Toronto Star, July, Page D12, Christopher Hume
Photo Communique, December, Cover Page 23,24,25, Micheal Mitchel
Toronto Toronto Star, December, Page F5, Christopher Hume
1982
Vanguard, Fall, Page 32, Micheal Hume
External links
- http://www.telepresenceart.com
Cybercity Ruhr
- http://www.cybercityruhr.com
Liveform Telekinetics telepresence art project between Canada and The Netherlands
- http://www.lftk.org/Website/movs/lftk_vo.mov
Telepresence art project between Sweden and Canada
- http://www.year01.com/issue6/pandora.html
Utopia Machen - Cybercity Viehofer Strasse
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9QYUA2HIWo
Mobi - DEAF 2007
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVOqMNeyJek
Morphing Machinery DEAF 2007- long version in German
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVJFsSd6v2o
(Short version)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbG5knuhOP8