Aaron Koblin
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| Born | January 14, 1982 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Digital art |
Aaron Koblin (born January 14, 1982) is an American digital media artist and entrepreneur best known for his innovative use of
data visualization and his pioneering work in crowdsourcing, virtual reality, and interactive film. He is co-founder and president of virtual reality company Within (formerly Vrse[1]), founded with Chris Milk. Formerly he created and lead the Data Arts Team at Google in San Francisco, California from 2008 to 2015.[2]
Biography
Koblin received his BA from
GAFFTA in San Francisco. He was the Abramowitz Artist in Residence at MIT in 2010 and the Annenberg Innovator in residence at USC in 2013.[citation needed
]
Koblin's artworks are part of the permanent collections of the
Esquire Magazine's Best and Brightest and Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business,[5] and in 2011 was one of Forbes magazine's 30 under 30.[6] Koblin was an Eyebeam exhibiting artist.[7][8]
In 2014, Koblin was awarded the National Design Award for Interactive Design.[9]
Works
- The Johnny Cash Project, a music video for Johnny Cash[10]
- This Exquisite Forest, displayed 2012–2013 at Tate Modern[11]
- Radiohead's House of Cards music video with James Frost[12]
- The Wilderness Downtown, for Arcade Fire's We Used to Wait[13]
- Three Dreams of Black, for "Black" on Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi's album Rome[14]
References
- ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- doi:10.1038/486033a.
- ^ "2006 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners". September 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ^ "The 2009 Creativity 50: Aaron Koblin". Creativity Magazine; Crain Communications Group. February 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ^ "The 100 Most Creative People in Business: Aaron Koblin". Fast Company. Dec 2010.
- ^ Adams, Susan (Dec 2011). "Forbes 30 under 30: Art & Design". Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ "Aaron Koblin | eyebeam.org". www.eyebeam.org. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ^ "Visual Music: Aaron Koblin and Meyers' Visual Compositions, Eyebeam Call Due Today - cdm createdigitalmusic". cdm createdigitalmusic. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
- ^ "2014 National Design Award Winners | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum". Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "THE JOHNNY CASH PROJECT". thejohnnycashproject.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "This Exquisite Forest". exquisiteforest.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ Radiohead (2008-07-13), Radiohead - House of Cards, archived from the original on 2021-12-20, retrieved 2019-06-11
- ^ "Arcade Fire - The Wildnerss Downtown". Chrome Experiments. Archived from the original on 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ "ROME "3 Dreams of Black"". ROME “3 Dreams of Black”. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
External links
- Visualizing ourselves ... with crowd-sourced data, a TED talk - recorded March 2011
- Work of Aaron Koblin
- Creators Project Video Profile on Aaron Koblin
- Aaron Koblin at TED
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