Marc Lee

Marc Lee
Born (1969-03-17) March 17, 1969
Knutwil, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
Nationality Swiss
Education Zurich University of the Arts, Basel University of the Arts
Known for Artist, New media art
Notable work Loogie.net, Open News Network, Breaking the news, 10'000 moving cities, Realtime stories, Pic-Me
Movement Performance and Interactive Media Arts
Awards Social Media Art Award and Transmediale Awards in the categories "Interaction" and "Software"
Website http://marclee.io
10.000 moving cities, 2013, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Breaking The News, 2007, Dock 18, Zürich, Switzerland
TV Bot, 2017, Port25, Mannheim, Germany
Skin the skulpture, 2013, Organhaus, Chongqing, China
Loogie.net TV, 2004, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
Media Donkeys, 2011, Martüel, Switzerland

Marc Lee (born March 17, 1969), is a Swiss new media artist working in the fields of interactive installation art, internet art, performance art and video art.

Biography

Lee was born in 1969 in Knutwil, Lucerne, in Switzerland.[1] He studied at the Basel University of Art and Design installation and at the Zurich University of the Arts new media art through 2003.[2]

Lee creates network-oriented interactive projects since 1999. He is experimenting with information and communication technologies. His projects locate and critically discuss economic, political, cultural and creative issues. His artworks reflect the visions and limits of our information society in an intelligent and artistic manner.

Marc Lee has exhibited in major art exhibitions including: ZKM Karlsruhe, New Museum New York, Transmediale Berlin, Ars Electronica Linz, Contemporary Art Biennale Sevilla, Media Art Biennale Seoul, Viper and Shift Festival Basel, Read_Me Festival Moskau, CeC Dehli, MoMA Shanghai, ICC Tokyo and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul.[3]

Lee's work are in private and public collections including the Federal Art Collection Switzerland and the ZKM Karlsruhe[4] and he has won many prices and honorary mentions at international festivals, including Transmediale Berlin and Ars Electronica Linz

Exhibitions (Selection)

  • 2017–2018 – Aestetic of Changes, MAK - 150 Years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
  • 2017–2018 – Open Codes, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany[5]
  • 2017 – VIRTUALITIES AND REALITIES, RIXC Art Science Festival, Center for New Media Culture, Riga, Latvia[6]
  • 2017 – Farewell Photography - No Image Is an Island, Port25 and Bookstore Thalia, Mannheim, Germany
  • 2017 – Bubbling Universes, FILE FESTIVAL, São Paulo, Brazil[7]
  • 2017 – DEMO DAY, Kunstraum LLC, Brooklyn New York, USA
  • 2017 – Non-Places, Galerie b, Stuttgart, Germany[8]
  • 2017 – The Unframed World, HeK, Basel, Switzerland[9]
  • 2017–2021 – Doomsday - end without end, Natural History Museum of Bern, Switzerland
  • 2016–2017 – New GamePlay, Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul, Korea[10]
  • 2016 – The Show Must Go On, Situations, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland[11]
  • 2016 – Biennial Update_6/ NTAA, Zebrastraat Ghent, Belgium
  • 2016 – PHOTOFAIRS, Shanghai, International Art Fairs, Shanghai, China
  • 2016 – Cinnamon Colomboscope, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 2016 – Festival IMAGES, Vevey, Switzerland
  • 2016–2021 – GROSS, Museum der Kulturen Basel, Switzerland
  • 2015–2016 – GLOBALE: Infosphere, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany[12]
  • 2015–2016 – GLOBALE: GLOBAL CONTROL AND CENSORSHIP, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany[13]
  • 2015 – 18th Japan Media Arts Festival, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2014 – Federal Office for culture of Switzerland, Swiss Art Awards, Art Basel, Switzerland
  • 2013 – Connecting_Unfolding, MMCA - National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  • 2012 – Digital Art Works, The Challenges of Conservation, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany[14]
  • 2011 – Gateways. Art and Networked Culture, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
  • 2010 – IMAGINING MEDIA, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2009 – Pyramid, public space beside Banaswadi Railway Station, Bengaluru, India
  • 2008–2009 – YOU_ser 2.0, Celebration of the Consumer, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany[15]
  • 2008 – 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
  • 2007 – You_ser. Das Jahrhundert des Konsumenten, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2006 – 404 Objects Not Found, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  • 2005 – Mapping new Territories, with 56k-bastard.tv, Neue Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • 2004–2007 – Algorithmic Revolution, ZKM Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2004 – Transmediale.04 Festival „Fly Utopia!“, Berlin, Germany
  • 2003 – Bienal de Video Nuevos Medios, Presented from the Transmediale Festival, Santiago de Chile
  • 2003 – Ars Electronica, CODE Campus, Linz, Austria
  • 2002 – Transmediale.02 Festival "Go Public!", Berlin, Germany
  • 2002 – Open_Source_Art_Hack, Zenith Media Lounge, New Museum, New York, USA

Presentations and Workshops (Selection)

  • 2017 – Plums Festival – audiovisual experiments festival, Museum of Moscow, Russia
  • 2017 – Meet the Artist – Social Media Art, eine virtuelle Reise durch soziale Netzwerke, Kino Xenix, Zurich, Switzerland[16]
  • 2016 – Workshop "Making Your Own Net Art", Cinnamon Colomboscope, Colombo, Sri Lanka[17]
  • 2016 – Workshop "Artistic practices and social media", Desmond Tutu Center, Cape Town, South Africa
  • 2015 – Lecture, Virtual trip through social networks, Strelka, Moscow, Russia[18]
  • 2015 – Kybernetik Seminar, Department of Art & Media, ZHdK Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2014 – Symposium “Farewell New media Art”, China Academy of Art (CAA), Hangzhou, China
  • 2013 – Workshop and Curator/Artist talk, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
  • 2013 – Workshop and Presentation, Organhaus Art Space, Chongqing, China
  • 2012 – Four site-specific works, POT, top e.V, Kassel, Germany
  • 2011 – Media Hacking, Workshop for Students, SIVA Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Shanghai, China
  • 2011 – RockBund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
  • 2011 – Minsheng Art Museum Shanghai, China
  • 2011 – Collecting: Discussion of collecting and preserving digital art, Haus EK, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2010 – Media Hacking Workshop for Artists, Cultural Center, Ahmed Shawky Museum, Cairo
  • 2010 – Teaching Programming for Artists, net art, hacking, Department Media Arte, ZHDK Zurich
  • 2010 – Test_Lab - Tools for Propaganda, V2_, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • 2009 – The Freedom of Art in the Digital Era, ZKM Lecture Hall, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2009 – Srishti School of Art, Bangalore, India
  • 2008 – Basics Festival, FH Salzburg, Department MultiMediaArt, Salzburg, Austria
  • 2006 – Edith Ruß House for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany
  • 2006 – CaC & CeC, Carnival of e-Creativity, India International Center, Delhi, Indien
  • 2006 – Art Center Nabi and in the Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea
  • 2004 – Viper 04 Art Festival, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2003 – Loogie.net, [plug_in] Forum for new Media, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2003 – Viper 03 Art Festival, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2002 – Transmediale.02 Festival "Go Public!", Berlin, Germany

Awards and Honorary Mentions (Selection)

  • 2017 – Bogdanka Poznanović Award for the best Media Installation, Live piece, Software, URL, 21st Videomedeja, Serbia
  • 2015 – Social Media Art Award, Phaenomenale 2015, Wolfsburg, Germany
  • 2014 – Japan Media Arts Festival, Art Division, Jury Selection, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2010 – ZKM Stipend, Karlsruhe, January - March 2010
  • 2009 – Pro Helvetia Residency in Bangalore, January - June 2009
  • 2008 – SuMa Award 2008, Berlin, Germany
  • 2008 – Netart Award 2008, Hamburg, Germany
  • 2006 – Viper International Award 2006 in the category "Transposition", Basel, Switzerland
  • 2004 – Switch Award 2004, Nomination, Bern, Switzerland
  • 2003 – tpc CreaTVty award 2003 of new media, TPC Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2003 – Förderpreis 2003, Award of University of Art and Design, HGK Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2003 – Honorary Mentions, media art festival Ars Electronica Prices, Linz, Austria
  • 2002 – Transmediale Award 2002 in the category "Software", Berlin
  • 2002 – Transmediale Public Vote Award 2002 in the categories "Interaction" and "Software", Berlin, Germany
  • 2002 – Transmediale 2002 "Honorary Mention" in the category "Interaction", Berlin, Germany
  • 2002 – Read_Me Festival 2002, "Honorary Mention", Moscow
  • 2002 – Viper Swiss Award 2002 "for Newcomers", Basel, Switzerland

Publications (Selection)

  • 2017 – Farewell Photography, Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie ( ISBN 9783960982050)
  • 2017 – Bubbling Universes – FILE SÃO PAULO 2017 ( ISBN 9788589730235)
  • 2017 – THE UNFRAMED WORLD, Virtual Reality as Artistic Medium, Sabine Himmelsbach( ISBN 978-3-85616-850-6)
  • 2017 – New Gameplay – Nam June Paik Art Center, Jinsuk Suh ( ISBN 978-89-971283-3-4)
  • 2016 – Update 6, New Technological Art Award. International Exhibition ( ISBN 9789492321473)
  • 2016 – Festival Images Vevey 2016 ( ISBN 9782970081777)
  • 2015 – Poetics and Politics of Data, HeK, S. Himmelsbach, C. Mareis, ( ISBN 978-3-85616-681-6)
  • 2015 – 18th Japan Media Arts Festival, Award-winning Works, Tokyo
  • 2014 – Inauguration, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea ( ISBN 978-89-6303-069-2)
  • 2014 – Chinese magazine Art Times, email interview Marc Lee
  • 2014 – LandEscape Art Review November 2014 Special Issue
  • 2013 – Preservation of Digital Art, Theory and Practice ( ISBN 978-3-7091-1469-8)
  • 2012 – Meisterwerke der Kunst - Medienkunst ( ISBN 978-3-7883-9215-4)
  • 2012 – Big News, Art World Magazine Shanghai ( ISSN 1005-7722)
  • 2011 – gateways. Art and Networked Culture ( ISBN 978-3-7757-2796-9)
  • 2010 – Was tun. Figuren des Protests. Taktiken des Widerstands ( ISBN 3-99014-014-0)
  • 2010 – Owning Online Art – Selling and Collecting Netbased Artworks 2010, FHNW, Basel
  • 2008 – Media Arts Zurich, 13 Positiones ( ISBN 978-3-85881-210-0)
  • 2008 – Digital Playground 2008, "Hack the City!" ( ISBN 978-89-961789-0-3)
  • 2006 – 404 Object Not Found_Seoul 2006
  • 2005 – Mapping New Territories. Schweizer Medienkunst International ( ISBN 978-3-85616-238-2)
  • 2004 – Digitale Transformationen, whoiswho.de ( ISBN 3-934013-38-4)
  • 2004 – read_me, Software Art & Cultures Edition 2004 ( ISBN 978-87-988440-4-4)
  • 2004 – MetaWorx – Young Swiss Interactive. Approaches to Interactivity ( ISBN 3-7643-0089-2)
  • 2004 – 56kTV - bastard channel MAGAZIN[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Biography Marc Lee". Marc Lee.
  2. ↑ "Zurich University of the Arts". ZHDK Zurich. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Exhibition and Catalog: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul". MMCA Seoul. Archived from the original on June 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ "ZKM Collection: Marc Lee". ZKM.
  5. ↑ "Exhibition: The Show Must Go On". ZKM, Karlsruhe. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  6. ↑ "Exhibition: VIRTUALITIES AND REALITIES". RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  7. ↑ "Exhibition: bubbling universes". FILE – electronic language international festival. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  8. ↑ "Exhibition: Non-Places". Marc Lee. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  9. ↑ "Exhibition: The Unframed World". HeK - House of Electronic Arts Basel. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  10. ↑ "Exhibition: New Gameplay". Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul.
  11. ↑ "Exhibition: Marc Lee, The Show Must Go On. Social Media Fights for the Presidency!". Fotomuseum Winterthur.
  12. ↑ "Exhibition: GLOBALE: Infosphere". ZKM Karlsruhe.
  13. ↑ "Exhibition: GLOBALE: GLOBAL CONTROL AND CENSORSHIP". ZKM Karlsruhe.
  14. ↑ "Exhibitions and three-year digital art conservation project (2010-2012)". ZKM Karlsruhe. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16.
  15. ↑ "Exhibition and Catalog: YOU_ser 2.0: Celebration of the Consumer". ZKM Karlsruhe.
  16. ↑ "Lecture: Social Media Art, eine virtuelle Reise durch soziale Netzwerke". Kino Xenix, Zurich. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  17. ↑ "Lecture: Marc Lee, Making Your Own Net Art". Colomboscope.
  18. ↑ "Lecture: Marc Lee, Virtual trip through social networks". Strelka Moskova.
  19. ↑ "TV Bot: The ultimately latest news from the world's definitely most up to date television station". Inke Arns.

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