Doug Back

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Doug Back
Born1954 (age 6768)
Occupationartist
Known forelectronic artist
AwardsPetro Canada Award for Media Arts

Doug Back (born 1954) is a Canadian media artist. [1] [2]

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Career

Back is noted for his early contributions to the field of media art. [3] He was a frequent artistic and academic collaborator with Canadian media artist Norman White. One of their most widely cited works together is Telephonic Arm Wrestling [4] (1986), an arm-wrestling performance conducted between Paris and Toronto over telephone lines. [5] [6] [7] [8] Together, they were pioneers in the early teaching of physical computing at the Ontario College of Art and Design. [9] [10]

Awards

In 1989, Back received the Petro Canada Award for Media Arts, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. [9]

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