Marc Tasman
Encyclopedia
Marc Tasman is a multimedia
artist who works in a variety of media, including interactive art
, video art
and photography
. He is currently a Senior Lecturer
at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in the Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies.
Tasman is most well known for his photographic time-lapse piece completed in 2009. Here he made a Polaroid self portrait every day for ten years and one day - 3,654 consecutive days. In 2010 he exhibited the nearly 5000 photographs at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for the Wisconsin Triennial. This work is also featured in the book, Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice, published in 2010 by Routledge Press.
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
artist who works in a variety of media, including interactive art
Interactive art
Interactive art is a form of installation-based art that involves the spectator in a way that allows the art to achieve its purpose. Some installations achieve this by letting the observer or visitor "walk" in, on, and around them; Some others ask the artist to become part of the artwork.Works of...
, video art
Video art
Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...
and photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
. He is currently a Senior Lecturer
Senior lecturer
Senior lecturer is an academic rank. In the United Kingdom, lecturer is a faculty position at a university or similar institution. Especially in research-intensive universities, lecturers lead research groups and supervise research students, as well as teach...
at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in the Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies.
Tasman is most well known for his photographic time-lapse piece completed in 2009. Here he made a Polaroid self portrait every day for ten years and one day - 3,654 consecutive days. In 2010 he exhibited the nearly 5000 photographs at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for the Wisconsin Triennial. This work is also featured in the book, Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice, published in 2010 by Routledge Press.