 | This biographical article is written like a résumé .(November 2024) |
Zachary Lieberman | |
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| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Parsons School of Design, Hunter College |
| Known for | interactive art, programming, video, digital art |
| Website | http://thesystemis.com/ |
Zachary Lieberman is an American new media artist, designer, computer programmer, and educator.
Born in 1977, [1] Lieberman holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from Hunter College and both a B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design. [2]
Lieberman's work has appeared in numerous exhibitions around the world, including Ars Electronica, Futuresonic, CeBIT, and the Off Festival.
He collaborated with artist Golan Levin on the interactive audiovisual project "Messa Di Voce". [3]
With Theo Watson and Arturo Castro, he created openFrameworks, an open source C++ library for creative coding and graphics. [4]
Lieberman has held residencies at Ars Electronica Futurelab, Eyebeam, [5] [6] Dance Theater Workshop, and the Hangar Center for the Arts in Barcelona. In 2013, he co-founded the School for Poetic Computation, a hybrid of a school, residency and research group in New York City. [7]
His work uses technology in a playful way to break down the fragile boundary between the visible and the invisible. His art work focuses around computer graphics, human-computer interaction, and computer vision.[ citation needed ]
He teaches graphics programming classes at Parsons School of Design. [8] He leads the Future Sketches group at the MIT Media Lab. [9]
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