Ray Chi
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Ray Chi is an American architect, cellist, film and video editor, and furniture designer.
He collaborated with Sarah Price
& Chris Smith on the editing of the award winning documentary American Movie
. That project would lead to the collaborative creation of ZeroTV.com, a precursor to YouTube
and MySpace
. Other film work includes Sarah Price's Caesar's Park, The Ice Cream Social, Studying the Lie, and a documentary based on Chicago's Hubbard Street Dance Company.
Before earning a Master's degree in architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture he studied at Harvard and the University of Michigan.
Chi has had exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, and has a furniture line called FURNICHI, which is regarded as functional conceptual sculpture.
In 2006 he was named Artist of the Year by the city of Milwaukee.
He currently teaches at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
As of November 2007, he had his first child, Xander.
He collaborated with Sarah Price
Sarah Price (filmmaker)
Sarah Price is a filmmaker whose films include American Movie , Caesar's Park , The Yes Men , and Summercamp! . She grew up around the world, attending high school in Germany and Kenya...
& Chris Smith on the editing of the award winning documentary American Movie
American Movie
American Movie: The Making of Northwestern is a 1999 documentary directed by Chris Smith. The film chronicles the real 1996-1997 making of Coven, an independent horror film directed by an independent filmmaker named Mark Borchardt...
. That project would lead to the collaborative creation of ZeroTV.com, a precursor to YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
and MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
. Other film work includes Sarah Price's Caesar's Park, The Ice Cream Social, Studying the Lie, and a documentary based on Chicago's Hubbard Street Dance Company.
Before earning a Master's degree in architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture he studied at Harvard and the University of Michigan.
Chi has had exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, and has a furniture line called FURNICHI, which is regarded as functional conceptual sculpture.
In 2006 he was named Artist of the Year by the city of Milwaukee.
He currently teaches at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
As of November 2007, he had his first child, Xander.