Jeffrey Shaw
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Jeffrey Shaw is a pioneering new media artist and researcher. From 1965 to 2002 he lived in Milan
, London
, Amsterdam
and Karlsruhe
, and returned to Australia in 2003 to assume the Directorship of the iCinema Research Centre at the University of New South Wales
. Starting from September 2009, Shaw is the Dean
of School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
.
Shaw has been a leading figure in new media art
since its emergence from the performance, expanded cinema and installation paradigms of the 1960s. He is internationally renowned for pioneering the creative use of digital media
in the fields of virtual
and augmented reality
, immersive visualization, navigable cinematic systems and interactive narrative. His work includes performance, sculpture, video and many interactive installations.
, Australia
and studied at the University of Melbourne
, Brera Academy
, Milan and St. Martins School, London. He was the co-founder the Artist Placement Group in London (1966–1989), of the Eventstructure Research Group in Amsterdam (1969–1979), and founding director (1991–2003) of the ZKM Institute for Visual Media in Karlsruhe. in 1976, he designed the inflatable pig, flown over Battersea Power Station
, and used by Pink Floyd
on the cover of their Animals album and subsequent tour. At the ZKM, he initiated and led a seminal artistic research, production and exhibition program that included residencies and the creation of new works by many of the most notable media artists of our time. In 1995, Shaw was appointed Professor of Media Art at the Staatlichen Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe.
Shaw’s career is also distinguished by his collaborations with fellow artists including Tjebbe van Tijen, Theo Botschuijver, Dirk Goeneveld, Peter Gabriel
, Agnes Hegedues, David Pledger, The Wooster Group
, William Forsyth, Dennis Del Favero
, Peter Weibel
, Jean Michel Bruyere, Bernd Lintermann, and Sarah Kenderdine.
Shaw was awarded an Australian Research Council
Federation Fellowship
in 2003, and returned to Australia to co-found and direct the UNSW iCinema Centre’s research program in immersive interactive narrative systems for distributed and situated intercommunication, where world leading aesthetic and technical research into immersive interactive post-narrative systems is being undertaken.
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, London
London
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, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
and Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
, and returned to Australia in 2003 to assume the Directorship of the iCinema Research Centre at the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. Starting from September 2009, Shaw is the Dean
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
of School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong is a comprehensive research university in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. It has achieved fast growth in recent years and received international recognition for its academic achievements...
.
Shaw has been a leading figure in new media art
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
since its emergence from the performance, expanded cinema and installation paradigms of the 1960s. He is internationally renowned for pioneering the creative use of digital media
Digital media
Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital form. It can refer to the technical aspect of storage and transmission Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital (as opposed to analog) form. It can refer to the technical aspect of...
in the fields of virtual
Virtual
The term virtual is a concept applied in many fields with somewhat differing connotations, and also, differing denotations.The term has been defined in philosophy as "that which is not real" but may display the salient qualities of the real....
and augmented reality
Augmented reality
Augmented reality is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is...
, immersive visualization, navigable cinematic systems and interactive narrative. His work includes performance, sculpture, video and many interactive installations.
Biography
Shaw was born in MelbourneMelbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and studied at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
, Brera Academy
Brera Academy
The Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, also known as Brera Academy is a public academic institution located in Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1776 by HIM Maria Theresa of Austria.- Overview :...
, Milan and St. Martins School, London. He was the co-founder the Artist Placement Group in London (1966–1989), of the Eventstructure Research Group in Amsterdam (1969–1979), and founding director (1991–2003) of the ZKM Institute for Visual Media in Karlsruhe. in 1976, he designed the inflatable pig, flown over Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, South London. The station comprises two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built first in the...
, and used by Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
on the cover of their Animals album and subsequent tour. At the ZKM, he initiated and led a seminal artistic research, production and exhibition program that included residencies and the creation of new works by many of the most notable media artists of our time. In 1995, Shaw was appointed Professor of Media Art at the Staatlichen Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe.
Shaw’s career is also distinguished by his collaborations with fellow artists including Tjebbe van Tijen, Theo Botschuijver, Dirk Goeneveld, Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
, Agnes Hegedues, David Pledger, The Wooster Group
The Wooster Group
The Wooster Group is a New York City-based experimental theater company known for creating numerous original dramatic works. It gradually emerged during 1975-1980 from Richard Schechner's The Performance Group and took its name in 1980...
, William Forsyth, Dennis Del Favero
Dennis Del Favero
Dennis Del Favero is an Australian artist and professorial fellow. He has been awarded numerous Artist-in-Residencies and Fellowships, including an Artist-in-Residence at Neue Galerie Graz and an Australian Research Council Australian Professorial Fellowship...
, Peter Weibel
Peter Weibel
Peter Weibel is an artist, curator and theoretician.Raised in Upper Austria he started to study French and cinematography in Paris...
, Jean Michel Bruyere, Bernd Lintermann, and Sarah Kenderdine.
Shaw was awarded an Australian Research Council
Australian Research Council
The Australian Research Council is the Australian Government’s main agency for allocating research funding to academics and researchers in Australian universities. Its mission is to advance Australia’s capacity to undertake research that brings economic, social and cultural benefit to the...
Federation Fellowship
Federation Fellowship
Federation Fellowships are Australian professorial research fellowships that were instigated by the Australian Government as part of their Backing Australia's Ability initiative. They were initially designed to compete with prestigious overseas grants in an attempt to lure back high profile...
in 2003, and returned to Australia to co-found and direct the UNSW iCinema Centre’s research program in immersive interactive narrative systems for distributed and situated intercommunication, where world leading aesthetic and technical research into immersive interactive post-narrative systems is being undertaken.
Curation
- 2002 Future Cinema (co-curated with Peter Weibel), ZKM, Karlsruhe, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki and NTT InterCommunication Centre, Tokyo
- 1998 Surrogate, Karlsruhe, ZKM
- 1997 Current, Karlsruhe, ZKM
- 1995 NewFoundland II, Karlsruhe, ZKM
- 1993 NewFoundland, Karlsruhe
- 1992 Bitte berühren, Karlsruhe
Selected works
- T_VISIONARIUM, 2007 (with Neil Brown, Dennis Del Favero, Peter Weibel), Biennale of Seville 2008
- PLACE-HAMPI, 2006 (with Sarah Kenderdine, John Gollings, and Paul Doornbusch), Lille 3000, Lille, France
- EAVESDROP, 2005 (with David Pledger), Sydney Festival, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
- CUPOLA, 2004, European Cultural Capital of Europe 2004, Eurolille, Lille, France
- FUTURE CINEMA, 2003, Exhibition co-curated with Peter Weibel, ZKM Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany; InterCommunication Centre, Tokyo, Japan; KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland
- WEB OF LIFE, 2002 (with Michael Gleich, Bernd Lintermann, Lawrence Wallen, Torsten Belschner, Manfred Wolff-Plottegg), Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt, Germany
- PLACE- RUHR, 2000, Vision Ruhr, Dortmund, Germany
- conFIGURING the CAVE, 1997 (with Agnes Hegedues, Bernd Linterman and Leslie Stuck), NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan
- PLACE - A USERS MANUAL, 1995, Neue Galerie Graz, Austria
- THE GOLDEN CALF, 1994, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
- EVE MultiMediale 3, 1994, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
- THE VIRTUAL MUSEUM, 1991, Das Belebte Bild, Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
- REVOLUTION, 1990, Imago, KunstRai, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- THE IMAGINARY MUSEUM OF REVOLUTIONS, 1989 (with Tjebbe van Tijen) Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria
- THE LEGIBLE CITY, 1988 (with Dirk Groeneveld), Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Netherlands
- HEAVENS GATE, 1987 (with Harry de Wit), Shaffy Theater, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- INVENTER LA TERRE, 1986, La Villette, Paris, France
- THE NARRATIVE LANDCSAPE, 1985 (with Dirk Groeneveld), Amsterdam, Netherlands
- POINTS OF VIEW, 1983, Mickery Theater, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY 1975, (Eventstructure Research Group) Genesis World Tour
- VIEWPOINT, 1975, (Eventstructure Research Group) 6th Biennale de Paris, Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
- WATERWALK, 1970, (Eventstructure Research Group) Brighton Festival, Brighton, England
- MOVIEMOVIE, 1968 (with Eventstructure Research Group) 4th Experimental Film Festival, Knokke le Zoute, Belgium
- CORPOCINEMA, 1967 (Eventstructure Research Group) Sigma Projects, Museumplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- CONTINUOUS SOUND AND IMAGE MOMENTS, 1966 (with Tjebbe van Tijen and Willem Breuker) Netherlands Film Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Selected bibliography
- Castelli, R., (Ed) Cinemas of the Future, Lille 2004 Capitale Europeenne de la Culture, 2004, pp. 50–53, 56-57, 78-79.
- De Mèredieu, F., (Ed) Histoire de l’Art Moderne. Matérielle et immatérielle, Larrouse, Paris, 1994, pp. 303–305.
- Dinkla, S., Pioniere interaktiver Kunst von 1970 bis heute: Hatje Cantz Ostfildern, 1997, pp. 97–146.
- Druckery, T., Weibel, P. (Eds.) Net Condition, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2001.
- Duguet, A-M., Klotz, H., Weibel, P., Jeffrey Shaw – a user's manual. From Expanded Cinema to Virtual Reality, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 1997.
- Evenstructure Research Group: Concepts for an Operational Art, in: Art and Artists, London, January 1969.
- Grosenick, U., and Riemschneider, B., (Eds), Art at the Turn of the Millennium, Taschen Verlag, Cologne, 1999, pp. 462–465.
- Hansen, M. B. N.,Framing the Digital Image: Jeffrey Shaw and the Embodied Aesthetics of New Media, in: New Philosophy for New Media, MIT Press, Cambridge 2004.
- Gleich, M., Shaw, J., The Web of Life – Linking Art and Science, Aventis Foundation and ZKM Karlsruhe, 2004.
- Oliver GrauOliver GrauOliver Grau is a German art historian and media theoretician with a focus on image science, modernity and media art as well as culture of the 19th century and Italian art of the Renaissance.-Works:...
: Virtual Art: From Illusion to Immersion, MIT-Press, Cambridge 2003, pp 240–243. - Huhtamo, E., Jeffrey Shaw's EVE and the Panoramic Tradition, in: ICC InterCommunication, No. 14, Tokyo, Autumn 1995, pp. 138–139.
- Kenderdine, S., Shaw. J., Del Favero, D. and Brown, Place-Hampi: Co-Evolutionary Narrative & Augmented Stereographic Panoramas, Vijayanagara, India in: New Heritage, New Media And Cultural Heritage, Kalay, Y. E., Kvan, T., and Affleck, J.,(Eds.) Routledge, Oxfordshire, 2008.
- Manovich, L., The Language of New Media, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2001, pp 226, 260-261, 282-285.
- Margaret Morse, M., (Ed) Hardware, Software, Artware - Art Practice at the ZKM Institute for Visual Media, 1992–1997, ZKM Karlsruhe, 1997.
- Paul, C., Digital Art, Thames & Hudson Ltd. 2003.
- Popper, F., Art of the Electronic Age, Thames & Hudson, 1997.
- Popper, F., From Technological to Virtual Art, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007.
- Rötzer, F., Jeffrey Shaw: "Reisen in virtuelle Realitäten" in: Kunstform, Vol. 117, 1992.
- Rush, M., New Media in Late 20th-Century Art, London, New York, 1999, pp. 210–212.
- Schwarz, H. P., Media Art History, Prestel-Verlag, Munich 1997.
- Shaw, J., Movies after Film – The Digitally Expanded Cinema, in: New Screen Media. M. Rieser, M., and Zapp, A., (Eds) British Film Institute, London 2002.
- Shaw, J: Der entkörperte und wiederverkörperte Leib (The Dis-Embodied Re-Embodied Body), in: Kunstforum. Die Zukunft des Körpers I, 1996, pp132.
- Shaw, J., Weibel, P., Future Cinema. The Cinematic Imaginary after Film, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2003.
- Thomson, C. W.m, Visionary Architecture. From Babylon to Virtual Reality, Prestel, München/New York, 1994.
- Topham, S., Blow Up. Inflatable Art, Architecture and Design. Prestel, Munich, 2002 pp. 86–90.
- Wilson, S., Information Arts. Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology, MIT Press,Cambridge, 2002, pp. 709–712, 760-761.