Patrick Lichty
Patrick Lichty | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 15, 1962 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | MFA |
| Alma mater | Bowling Green State University |
| Known for | RTMark/The Yes Men, Second Front |
| Notable work | Smithsonian Collection, Honorable mention, Golden Nica, Alpert Foundation Award, Performa Biennial |
'Patrick Lichty (born October 5, 1962) is a conceptual media artist, activist, curator, and educator. From Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He was born to Harold C. and Nancy J., and has a brother, Robert C.. He is married. Lichty is currently an Assistant Professor of Animation at Zayed University.
A notable MFA alumnus of Bowling Green State University,[1] Lichty is one of the elusive members of The Yes Men and RTMark/The Yes Men. Lichty joined RTMark in 1997. RTMark (pronounced "art-mark"), engaged in various corporate and institutional activist hacking projects, mimicking the verbiage and aesthetics of their corporate targets.
RTMark/The Yes Men
RTMark was responsible for subversive media projects such as the Barbie Liberation Organization Barbie Liberation Organization, the SimCopter Hack RTMark, and others. The group's motivations are discussed in Life Imitates RTMark (per se) or Commodifying the Antagonistic[2] In 2002 RTMark was invited to the Whitney Biennial [3] and was awarded a Herb Alpert/Calarts Award.[4][5] In keeping with their subversive ethos, RTMark then hacked their own Whitney Biennial project.[6] Lichty describes the experience in Confessions of a Whitneybiennial.com Curator.[7] ARTMark later became the group known as The Yes Men. Lichty is credited with playing himself in the movie Yes Men.[8] See a picture at Getty Images.[9]
Digital tapestry
He is a pioneer in the creation of digital tapestries,[10][11] in particular, Jacquard weaving.[12][13][14][15] In December 2014, he had a solo exhibition of his tapestry and robotic drawing work called "Sensible Concepts: Mediation as a Way of Being" [16][17][18]
Virtual reality, Second Life, Second Front
In addition, he has produced cutting edge work and scholarship in the emerging areas of augmented and virtual reality.[19][20][21] He is a co-founder of Second Front, a pioneering Second Life performance art group.[22]
Collections and publications
Lichty's work is in collections from The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN[23] to the Smithsonian.[24] He also works as a curator [25][26][27] and critic.[28] He is the author of "Variant analyses: interrogations of new media art and culture." [29] published in 2013 by the institute of network cultures.[30]
References
- ^ Bowling Green State University Notable Alums
- ^ Intelligent Agent, Life Imitates RTMark (per se) or Commodifying the Antagonistic. [1]
- ^ Now Anyone Can Be in the Whitney Biennial
- ^ RTMark Receives Alpert Award
- ^ Lichty mentioned in RTMark award announcement on Facebook
- ^ Rhizome editorial
- ^ Confessions of a whitenybiennial.com Curator
- ^ IMDb The Yes Men: Full Cast and Crew
- ^ Getty Images
- ^ Furtherfield
- ^ 4humanities
- ^ Ex Nihilo
- ^ Rise of the Machines, New York (IFAC)
- ^ Cited as a significant artist using Jacquard weaving Tapestry
- ^ Interview by Tilman Baumgartel
- ^ Sensible Concepts Dec. 2014, NYC
- ^ Sensible Concepts Interview with Clocktower Radio
- ^ Sensible Concepts Show Announcement, Rhizome.org
- ^ Chapter, Augmented Reality Art, Part of the Springer Series on Cultural Computing [2]
- ^ Second Front: (As Man Michinaga) Arts in Second Life
- ^ Oxford Handbook: The Translation of Art in Virtual Worlds
- ^ Patrick Lichty's Second Front/Second Life avatar
- ^ Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- ^ Helios Photography Online, SPRAWL: American Landscape in Translation [3]
- ^ Reconfiguring the Museum Electronic Media and Emergent Curatorial Models [4]
- ^ ReDistributions
- ^ Through The Looking Glass (like an Early Wrong Bienniale)
- ^ Harpers Bazaar, A Rabbit's Tale, Summer 2016
- ^ Variant Analyses, Published by the institute of network cultures
- ^ institute of network cultures
External links
- Website: http://patricklichty.com/
- Website: http://voyd.com/
- Second Front: http://www.secondfront.org