Ken Rinaldo
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Ken Rinaldo is an American
artist and educator. He creates interactive art installations that explore the intersection between nature and technology. His robotic and bio-art installations seek to merge the organic and electromechanical seamlessly, expressing a gentle symbiosis.
His works are influenced by living systems theories, interspecies communication
, artificial life
research, and the idea of emergent properties. His work also deals with ecological issues often overlooked in favor of technological progress.
Ken Rinaldo's best known works are Autopoiesis (2000), an a-life robotic installation exploring the idea of group consciousness and Augmented Fish Reality (2004), a fish-driven robot.
, 1982; a Bachelors of Art in Communications from The University of California, Santa Barbara
; 1984 and a Masters in Fine Arts in Conceptual and Information Arts from San Francisco State University
, 1996.
In 2000 he received the first prize at the VIDA 3.0 International Artificial Life Competition for Autopoiesis http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/at/vida/vida10/paginas/ev3.html, in 2001 the same piece received an honorable mention at the Ars Electronica Festival. In 2004 Ken Rinaldo's art piece Augmented Fish Reality was awarded with an award of distinction at the same festival http://www.aec.at/en/archives/prix_archive/prix_projekt.asp?iProjectID=12853.
Rinaldo directs the Art & Technology program in the Department of Art at the main campus
of the Ohio State University
. He teaches interactive robotic sculpture, 3D modeling, rapid prototyping, motion graphics and animation.http://www.artandtech.osu.edu
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artist and educator. He creates interactive art installations that explore the intersection between nature and technology. His robotic and bio-art installations seek to merge the organic and electromechanical seamlessly, expressing a gentle symbiosis.
His works are influenced by living systems theories, interspecies communication
Interspecies communication
Interspecies communication is communication between different species of animals, plants, fungi or bacteria. Interspecies communication research in the sciences and the arts has produced results, giving hope that we may someday be able to communicate with certain animals on an advanced level.Works...
, artificial life
Artificial life
Artificial life is a field of study and an associated art form which examine systems related to life, its processes, and its evolution through simulations using computer models, robotics, and biochemistry. The discipline was named by Christopher Langton, an American computer scientist, in 1986...
research, and the idea of emergent properties. His work also deals with ecological issues often overlooked in favor of technological progress.
Ken Rinaldo's best known works are Autopoiesis (2000), an a-life robotic installation exploring the idea of group consciousness and Augmented Fish Reality (2004), a fish-driven robot.
Biography
He has an Associates in Science in Computer Science from Cañada CollegeCañada College
Cañada College is a community college located at 4200 Farm Hill Boulevard in an unincorporated area of Redwood City, California, just off Highway 280. Cañada College opened in 1968 as part of the three-school San Mateo County Community College District. It is one of the smallest community...
, 1982; a Bachelors of Art in Communications from The University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
; 1984 and a Masters in Fine Arts in Conceptual and Information Arts from San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
, 1996.
In 2000 he received the first prize at the VIDA 3.0 International Artificial Life Competition for Autopoiesis http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/at/vida/vida10/paginas/ev3.html, in 2001 the same piece received an honorable mention at the Ars Electronica Festival. In 2004 Ken Rinaldo's art piece Augmented Fish Reality was awarded with an award of distinction at the same festival http://www.aec.at/en/archives/prix_archive/prix_projekt.asp?iProjectID=12853.
Rinaldo directs the Art & Technology program in the Department of Art at the main campus
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
of the Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
. He teaches interactive robotic sculpture, 3D modeling, rapid prototyping, motion graphics and animation.http://www.artandtech.osu.edu