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The son of an artist, Jason Salavon was born in 1970<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocp.org/collections/mpp/salavon_jason.php |title=Museum of Contemporary Photography |publisher=Mocp.org |accessdate=2012-07-07}}</ref> in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]] and raised in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]].<ref>Hill 2004</ref><ref>[http://salavon.com/info.php?pg=abo]</ref> He earned his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1993 from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and his [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in 1997 from [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago|The School of the Art Institute of Chicago]]. During and after school, Salavon worked as an artist and programmer in the video game industry. After he earned his MFA, he also designed and taught courses as an instructor at [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago|The School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] (Hill 2004).<ref name="salavon1">[http://salavon.com/info.php?pg=edu]</ref> Salavon currently lives in [[Chicago]], where he is a studio artist and an assistant professor and research fellow at the [[University of Chicago]].<ref>[http://dova.uchicago.edu/f_jasonsalavon.html ]{{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref>
The son of an artist, Jason Salavon was born in 1970<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocp.org/collections/mpp/salavon_jason.php |title=Museum of Contemporary Photography |publisher=Mocp.org |accessdate=2012-07-07}}</ref> in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]] and raised in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]].<ref>Hill 2004</ref><ref>[http://salavon.com/info.php?pg=abo]</ref> He earned his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1993 from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and his [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in 1997 from [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago|The School of the Art Institute of Chicago]]. During and after school, Salavon worked as an artist and programmer in the video game industry. After he earned his MFA, he also designed and taught courses as an instructor at [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago|The School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] (Hill 2004).<ref name="salavon1">[http://salavon.com/info.php?pg=edu]</ref> Salavon currently lives in [[Chicago]], where he is a studio artist and an assistant professor and research fellow at the [[University of Chicago]].<ref>[http://dova.uchicago.edu/f_jasonsalavon.html ] {{wayback|url=http://dova.uchicago.edu/f_jasonsalavon.html |date=20071204034536 }}</ref>


Salavon is noted for his use of custom computer software to manipulate and reconfigure media and data to create new visual works of art. A significant body of Salavon's work involves two general means of manipulating preexisting media to create works of art: first, by overlaying images (such as multiple photographs) and averaging the result to create visual [[Amalgamation (fiction)|amalgamations]] and, second, by distributing processed media (such as individual frames of a movie) side by side or in other configurations.<ref>Hill 2004:14</ref><ref name="gaainart2007">[http://gaainart.com/exhibitions/2007/pressrelease/article_jason.html ]{{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> An example of the first means is Salavon's 2004 suite of works, ''100 Special Moments'', which consists of images based on the average of groups of 100 distinct commemorative photographs culled from the Internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://salavon.com/SpecialMoments/SpecialMoments.shtml |title=Jason Salavon &#124; 100 Special Moments |publisher=Salavon.com |accessdate=2012-07-07}}</ref> An example of the second means is his 2000 work, ''The Top Grossing Film of All Time, 1 x 1'', which is a static image showing all of the frames of the movie [[Titanic (1997 film)|''Titanic'']] reduced to the average color most representative of each frame.<ref>Hill 2004:22-24</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://salavon.com/TGFAT/Titanic.shtml |title=Jason Salavon &#124; The Top Grossing Film of All Time, 1 x 1 |publisher=Salavon.com |accessdate=2012-07-07}}</ref>
Salavon is noted for his use of custom computer software to manipulate and reconfigure media and data to create new visual works of art. A significant body of Salavon's work involves two general means of manipulating preexisting media to create works of art: first, by overlaying images (such as multiple photographs) and averaging the result to create visual [[Amalgamation (fiction)|amalgamations]] and, second, by distributing processed media (such as individual frames of a movie) side by side or in other configurations.<ref>Hill 2004:14</ref><ref name="gaainart2007">[http://gaainart.com/exhibitions/2007/pressrelease/article_jason.html ] {{wayback|url=http://gaainart.com/exhibitions/2007/pressrelease/article_jason.html |date=20071009100304 }}</ref> An example of the first means is Salavon's 2004 suite of works, ''100 Special Moments'', which consists of images based on the average of groups of 100 distinct commemorative photographs culled from the Internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://salavon.com/SpecialMoments/SpecialMoments.shtml |title=Jason Salavon &#124; 100 Special Moments |publisher=Salavon.com |accessdate=2012-07-07}}</ref> An example of the second means is his 2000 work, ''The Top Grossing Film of All Time, 1 x 1'', which is a static image showing all of the frames of the movie [[Titanic (1997 film)|''Titanic'']] reduced to the average color most representative of each frame.<ref>Hill 2004:22-24</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://salavon.com/TGFAT/Titanic.shtml |title=Jason Salavon &#124; The Top Grossing Film of All Time, 1 x 1 |publisher=Salavon.com |accessdate=2012-07-07}}</ref>


A third part of Salavon's work involves the recomposition of statistical data into visual images.<ref name="gaainart2007"/> For example, in the 2001 works ''Shoes, Domestic Production, 1960-1998'', Salavon organized and transformed a data set concerning the show industry into "psychedelic constellations" bursting with color.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://salavon.com/Shoes/Shoes.shtml |title=Jason Salavon &#124; Shoes, Domestic Production, 1960-1998 |publisher=Salavon.com |accessdate=2012-07-07}}</ref> A more recent example is Salavon's 2006 work, ''American Varietal'', a commission to transform census data into site-specific art for the new headquarters of the [[US Census Bureau]] in [[Suitland, Maryland]].<ref name="salavon1"/>
A third part of Salavon's work involves the recomposition of statistical data into visual images.<ref name="gaainart2007"/> For example, in the 2001 works ''Shoes, Domestic Production, 1960-1998'', Salavon organized and transformed a data set concerning the show industry into "psychedelic constellations" bursting with color.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://salavon.com/Shoes/Shoes.shtml |title=Jason Salavon &#124; Shoes, Domestic Production, 1960-1998 |publisher=Salavon.com |accessdate=2012-07-07}}</ref> A more recent example is Salavon's 2006 work, ''American Varietal'', a commission to transform census data into site-specific art for the new headquarters of the [[US Census Bureau]] in [[Suitland, Maryland]].<ref name="salavon1"/>

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Jason Salavon (born 1970) is an American contemporary artist. He is noted for his use of computer software of his own design to manipulate and reconfigure preexisting media and data to create new visual works of fine art.

Life and art

100 Special Moments (Newlyweds), 2004. Digital C-print. 42" x 31.5". Ed. 7 + 2 APs.

The son of an artist, Jason Salavon was born in 1970[1] in Indianapolis, Indiana and raised in Fort Worth, Texas.[2][3] He earned his BA in 1993 from the University of Texas at Austin and his MFA in 1997 from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During and after school, Salavon worked as an artist and programmer in the video game industry. After he earned his MFA, he also designed and taught courses as an instructor at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Hill 2004).[4] Salavon currently lives in Chicago, where he is a studio artist and an assistant professor and research fellow at the University of Chicago.[5]

Salavon is noted for his use of custom computer software to manipulate and reconfigure media and data to create new visual works of art. A significant body of Salavon's work involves two general means of manipulating preexisting media to create works of art: first, by overlaying images (such as multiple photographs) and averaging the result to create visual amalgamations and, second, by distributing processed media (such as individual frames of a movie) side by side or in other configurations.[6][7] An example of the first means is Salavon's 2004 suite of works, 100 Special Moments, which consists of images based on the average of groups of 100 distinct commemorative photographs culled from the Internet.[8] An example of the second means is his 2000 work, The Top Grossing Film of All Time, 1 x 1, which is a static image showing all of the frames of the movie Titanic reduced to the average color most representative of each frame.[9][10]

A third part of Salavon's work involves the recomposition of statistical data into visual images.[7] For example, in the 2001 works Shoes, Domestic Production, 1960-1998, Salavon organized and transformed a data set concerning the show industry into "psychedelic constellations" bursting with color.[11] A more recent example is Salavon's 2006 work, American Varietal, a commission to transform census data into site-specific art for the new headquarters of the US Census Bureau in Suitland, Maryland.[4]

Salavon's work has been and continues to be shown in numerous exhibitions around the world and is a part of many public and private collections (Hill 2004:54).[12] He has also received commissions to create site-specific artworks, including a commission at the US Census Bureau in Suitland, Maryland.[4] More recently, he received a commission to create art for the expansion of McCormick Place in Chicago.

At one point, the Google search results for the term "Playboy" placed Salavon's website in a higher position than Playboy's own website.[13] This was likely the result of extensive blogosphere discussion about and linking to Salavon's website for his works Every Playboy Centerfold, The Decades, amalgamations showing the decade-by-decade evolution of the "average" Playboy centerfold from the 1960s to the 1990s.[14]

In July 2013, Art + Auction magazine named Salavon one of its "50 Under 50: The Next Most Collectible Artists."[15]

References

  1. ^ "Museum of Contemporary Photography". Mocp.org. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  2. ^ Hill 2004
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ a b c [2]
  5. ^ [3] Template:Wayback
  6. ^ Hill 2004:14
  7. ^ a b [4] Template:Wayback
  8. ^ "Jason Salavon | 100 Special Moments". Salavon.com. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  9. ^ Hill 2004:22-24
  10. ^ "Jason Salavon | The Top Grossing Film of All Time, 1 x 1". Salavon.com. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  11. ^ "Jason Salavon | Shoes, Domestic Production, 1960-1998". Salavon.com. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  12. ^ [5]
  13. ^ "Audible City: Jason Salavon - Gapers Block: Detour | Chicago". Gapers Block. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  14. ^ "Jason Salavon | Every Playboy Centerfold, The Decades (normalized)". Salavon.com. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  15. ^ "Art + Auction, 50 Under 50: The Next Most Collectible Artists". Retrieved 2013-06-27.

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