Zachary Lieberman
Encyclopedia
Zachary Lieberman is an American
artist
and computer programmer. His art work focuses around computer graphics
, human-computer interaction, and computer vision
.
Lieberman's work has appeared in numerous exhibitions around the world, including Ars Electronica
, Futuresonic
, CeBIT
, and the Offf Festival. He has collaborated with artist Golan Levin
on interactive audiovisual projects like "Messa Di Voce", and worked with Theo Watson
to create openFrameworks
, an open source
C++
library for creative coding and graphics.
Lieberman holds a BA in Fine Arts from Hunter College
and an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design
, where he now teaches classes on graphics programming. He has held residencies at the Dance Theater Workshop
, the Ars Electronica
Futurelab, and Eyebeam Atelier
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and computer programmer. His art work focuses around computer graphics
Computer graphics
Computer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....
, human-computer interaction, and computer vision
Computer vision
Computer vision is a field that includes methods for acquiring, processing, analysing, and understanding images and, in general, high-dimensional data from the real world in order to produce numerical or symbolic information, e.g., in the forms of decisions...
.
Lieberman's work has appeared in numerous exhibitions around the world, including Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica is an organization based in Linz, Austria, founded in 1979 around a festival for art, technology and society that was part of the International Bruckner Festival. Herbert W. Franke is one of its founders. It became its own festival and a yearly event in 1986. Its director until 1995...
, Futuresonic
Futuresonic
Futuresonic is an annual festival of art, music and ideas. It involves a freeform mix of live events, exhibitions, workshops and talks in up to 30 different venues and spaces across Manchester, UK. Futuresonic was established in 1995 with the first major festival in September 1996...
, CeBIT
CeBIT
CeBIT is the world's largest and most international computer expo. CeBIT is held each year on the world's largest fairground in Hanover, Germany, and is a barometer of the state of the art in information technology...
, and the Offf Festival. He has collaborated with artist Golan Levin
Golan Levin
Golan Levin is an American new media artist, composer, performer and engineer interested in developing artifacts and events which explore supple new modes of reactive expression.-Biography:...
on interactive audiovisual projects like "Messa Di Voce", and worked with Theo Watson
Theo Watson
Theo Watson is a British artist and programmer. His art work includes interactive video, large-scale public projections, computer vision projects, and interactive sound recordings...
to create openFrameworks
OpenFrameworks
openFrameworks is an open source toolkit designed for "creative coding". OpenFrameworks is written in C++ and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux...
, an open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
C++
C++
C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell...
library for creative coding and graphics.
Lieberman holds a BA in Fine Arts from Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
and an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design
Parsons The New School for Design
Parsons The New School For Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is the art and design college of The New School university. It is located in New York City's Greenwich Village, and has produced artists and designers such as Marc Jacobs, Dean and Dan Caten, Norman Rockwell, Donna Karan, Jane...
, where he now teaches classes on graphics programming. He has held residencies at the Dance Theater Workshop
Dance Theater Workshop
Dance Theater Workshop, colloquially known as DTW, is a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies. Located as 219 West 19th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, DTW was founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman and...
, the Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica is an organization based in Linz, Austria, founded in 1979 around a festival for art, technology and society that was part of the International Bruckner Festival. Herbert W. Franke is one of its founders. It became its own festival and a yearly event in 1986. Its director until 1995...
Futurelab, and Eyebeam Atelier
Eyebeam Atelier
Eyebeam, is a not-for-profit arts and technology center in New York City. Their stated purpose is to promote the creative use of new technologies by funding artwork, education and exhibitions. The founders were John S. Johnson III, David S. Johnson and Roderic R...
.
Awards & Distinctions
- 10/2010: AOL 25x25 Artist grant
- 6/2010: 100 Creative People in Business, Fast Company
- 7/2009: Artist's Grant, New York State Council on the Arts
- 8/2008: Honarary Mention, Ars Electronica, 2008, Prix
- 11/2006: Award, CYNETart competition.
- 8/2006: Award of Distinction, Ars Electronica 2006 Prix.
- 8/2005: Artist's Grant, New York State Council on the Arts
- 1/2005: Nominee, Artist of the Year, 6th Annual WIRED magazine Rave Award
- 9/2004: Honorable Mention, Interactive Art, Prix Ars Electronica 2004
External links
- thesystemis, Lieberman's personal website
- openFrameworks
- Drawn: on Zachary Lieberman’s work
- Interview on Window.org.nz
- Interview on Rocketboom
- Unexpected: live performance, technology and the risk of something (or everything) going wrong. ie, learning love chance, talk by Zachary Lieberman at Medialab Prado, 15 October 2009
- Fast Comany - Most Creative People in Business 2010