JOACHIM SAUTER

CAREER/EDUCATION

•  Studied at the academy of fine arts in Berlin and the German Academy for Film and Television.

•  Has been working as a new media artist and designer since the 1980’s and is considered a great pioneer in the field.

•  He has had several exhibitions of his work and received many awards.

•  Since 1991 he is a full professor for “New Media Art and Design” at the University of the Arts, Berlin.

•  In 2001 he became an adjunct professor at UCLA, Los Angeles

ART+COM “THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO INVENT IT.”

•  Founded the award-winning Berlin design company, ART+COM in 1988. With an interdisciplinary focus, the group aims to push computer-generated art from a virtual into a more physical dimension through the creation of 'kinetic sculptures'.

•  Employs artists and scientists to practically research new and upcoming technological mediums and applying them to the realm of art and design.

•  Emphasize the translation of information into physical spaces

•  JoachimSauter.com

•  ART+COM

INVISIBLE SHAPES OF THINGS PAST

•  Joachim’s early and

contemporary work involves

exploring moving image and

how it could translate its data

into a physical space. His series of

sculptures were inspired by multi-

exposure photography, film and

the way cubists and futurists

broke down linear representation

of space and time in sculpture.

He has continued to add to this

series since 1995.

FLOATING NUMBERS - 2004

•  The piece consists of floating numbers on an interactive touch surface. Once touched by the visitor the numbers reveal content that they represent and also react to physical stimuli on the table in a continuous and organic nature. The object is meant to engage the visitor in a dialog with the applications as well as other visitors.

•  The numbers are “typobots” with specific behaviors programmed to give the feeling of an autonomous and non-deterministic system.

http://www.joachimsauter.com/en/work/floatingnumbers.html

CUBE – 2010 & GRASP PENDULUM - 2009

http://www.joachimsauter.com/en/work/cube.html http://www.joachimsauter.com/en/work/grasp.html

SPHERES -2008 & RESONANCE - 2010

http://www.joachimsauter.com/en/work/spheres.html http://www.joachimsauter.com/en/work/resonance.html

KINETIC SCULPTURE BMW -2008 & KINETIC RAIN -2012

http://www.joachimsauter.com/en/work/bmwkinetic.html http://www.joachimsauter.com/en/work/rain.html

DISCUSSION

• Do you think Joachim and his collaborators are successfully exploring new ways to translate data expression into physical spaces?

• Why is it important to explore how technology can affect visual expression in the fields of art and design?

•  Do these installations and sculptures make you feel aware of data being physical? Or does the final form of his work end up masking the presence of data and processing?