Jackie Matisse
Encyclopedia
Jackie Matisse is a French
artist
(from Fontainebleau Forest) who is, "ever the kiteflying [creating] pioneer," "renowned for her kite
s." She also works in stereoscopy
, supercomputing
and virtual reality
.
One example of her work is her collaboration with David Tudor
and Molly Davies
, Sea Tails
.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
(from Fontainebleau Forest) who is, "ever the kiteflying [creating] pioneer," "renowned for her kite
Kite
A kite is a tethered aircraft. The necessary lift that makes the kite wing fly is generated when air flows over and under the kite's wing, producing low pressure above the wing and high pressure below it. This deflection also generates horizontal drag along the direction of the wind...
s." She also works in stereoscopy
Stereoscopy
Stereoscopy refers to a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by presenting two offset images separately to the left and right eye of the viewer. Both of these 2-D offset images are then combined in the brain to give the perception of 3-D depth...
, supercomputing
Supercomputer
A supercomputer is a computer at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation.Supercomputers are used for highly calculation-intensive tasks such as problems including quantum physics, weather forecasting, climate research, molecular modeling A supercomputer is a...
and virtual reality
Virtual reality
Virtual reality , also known as virtuality, is a term that applies to computer-simulated environments that can simulate physical presence in places in the real world, as well as in imaginary worlds...
.
One example of her work is her collaboration with David Tudor
David Tudor
David Eugene Tudor was an American pianist and composer of experimental music.- Biography :Tudor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied piano with Irma Wolpe and composition with Stefan Wolpe and became known as one of the leading performers of avant garde piano music. He gave the...
and Molly Davies
Molly Davies (videographer)
Molly Davies is a videographer or video artist. She has collaborated with John Cage, David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, Lou Harrison, Michael Nyman, Alvin Curran, Fred Frith, Suzushi Hanayagi, Sage Cowles, Polly Motley, Jackie Matisse, and Anne Carson....
, Sea Tails
Sea Tails
Sea Tails is a video installation created as a collaboration between video artist Molly Davies, French artist Jackie Matisse, and composer David Tudor....
.
External links
- "Art That Soars: Kites and Tails by Jackie Matisse", Mingei.org.
- "The Artist: Jackie Matisse", Raykass.com.