Julius Popp
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Julius Popp is an artist based in Leipzig
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Popp was born in Nuremberg
. His work often uses technology, resulting in interdisciplinary ventures which reach across the boundaries of art and science. An example of Popp’s work is Bitfall (2005): a machine which displays words selected from the internet via drops of falling water in precise configuration, each word visible only for a second
Popp studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig
and he won the Robot Choice Award in 2003. The Fraunhofer Institute, Bonn
, and the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT have both studied elements of Popp’s work which made unique advances in the field of artificial intelligence
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Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
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Popp was born in Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
. His work often uses technology, resulting in interdisciplinary ventures which reach across the boundaries of art and science. An example of Popp’s work is Bitfall (2005): a machine which displays words selected from the internet via drops of falling water in precise configuration, each word visible only for a second
Popp studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
and he won the Robot Choice Award in 2003. The Fraunhofer Institute, Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, and the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT have both studied elements of Popp’s work which made unique advances in the field of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
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Selected exhibitions
- 2009 Moscow bienalle of contemporary art
- 2007 Oboro, Montreal
- 2005 Psychoscape, Kunsthalle, Budapest
- 2005 D-Haus, Tokyo
- 2005 ICHIM, Transmissions, Paris
- 2005 Union Gallery, London (with Oliver Kossack, Julia Schmidt)
- 2004 50% Realität, Kunstraum B/2, Leipzig
- 2004 Artexpo, New York
- 2003 Artbots - The Robot Talent Show, Eyebeam Gallery, New York City
- 2002 Paradies, Halle/Saale
- 2001 Heimat L.E., organised by Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst and HGB, Leipzig
External links
- Short documentary about Julius Popp’s BitFall project
- Julius Popp at UNION Gallery
- Official site
- The 2003 Robot Talent Show