FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007
Media Insurgencies: Panel Discussion
11 – 1 p.m. Polycentric Session, UC-Berkeley, Townsend Center
for the Humanities
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Born in Switzerland in 1967, Greg Niemeyer studied Classics and Photography.
He started working with new media when he arrived in the Bay Area in
1992 and he received his MFA from Stanford University in New Media in
1997. At the same time, he founded the Stanford University Digital Art
Center, which he directed until 2001, when he was appointed at UC Berkeley
as Assistant Professor for New Media. At UC Berkeley, he is involved
in the development of the Center for New Media, focusing on the critical
analysis of the impact of new media on human experiences.
His creative work focuses on the mediation between humans as individuals
and humans as a collective through technological means, and emphasizes
playful responses to technology. His most recognized projects were Gravity
(Cooper Union, NYC, 1997), PING (SFMOMA, 2001), Oxygen Flute (SJMA,
2002), Organum (Pacific Film Archive, 2003), Ping 2.0 (Paris, La Villette
Numerique, 2004), Organum Playtest (2005), Good Morning Flowers (SFIFF
2006, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt, 2006) and of course, with Joe
McKay, the Balance Game (Cairo 2007, London, 2007).