Yucef Merhi

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Yucef Merhi
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Venezuelan artist, poet, and computer programmer
Born
Yucef Merhi

(1977-02-08) February 8, 1977 (age 48)
Caracas, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan
EducationUniversidad Central de Venezuela; New School University; New York University (Master's in Interactive Telecommunications)
Known forDigital art, Poetry, Computer programming
Notable workPoetic Clock, Quetzalcoatl 2.0.1.2.
StyleInteractive art, Digital poetry

Yucef Merhi (born February 8, 1977) is a Venezuelan artist, poet and computer programmer based in New York. [1]

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Early life

Yucef Merhi was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He studied at Universidad Central de Venezuela, New School University, [1] and holds a Master's in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University. [2]

Art career

Merhi has produced a variety of works that engage electronic circuits, computers, video game systems, [3] touch screens, and other devices in the presentation of his written words. One example is Poetic Clock, a machine that converts time into poetry, generating 86,400 different poems daily. [4] The resulting artworks expand the limitations of language and the traditional context of poetry.[ citation needed ] His 2012 commissioned work for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Quetzalcoatl 2.0.1.2., was a web-based work that "aims to reveal the voice of Quetzalcoatl in the technological reality of 2012 A.D." [5]

Permanent collections

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Carlo Zanni, INTERVIEW WITH YUCEF MERHI Archived August 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal's online magazine, No.18, 2004.
  2. ↑ YucefMerhi Archived September 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Nyu.academia.edu (Jan 15, 2014). Retrieved on January 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Atari fan and artist returns to OC with new exhibit September 14th". September 14, 2007.
  4. ↑ Boston Cyberarts 2009 Festival Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Bostoncyberarts.org (April 24, 2009). Retrieved on November 20, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Yucef Mehri Response | LACMA".
  6. ↑ Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on December 10, 2012.
  7. ↑ Library of Congress Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . Loc.gov. Retrieved on June 16, 2012.
  8. ↑ Mednarodni Grafični Likovni Center Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . Museums.si. Retrieved on July 10, 2014.
  9. ↑ New York Foundation for the Arts Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine . Nyfa.org. Retrieved on November 20, 2011.
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