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.
Marc Lee | |
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Born | |
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 |
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 Delhi, 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[citation needed]
Friends ask: Could you help me to cook up a news that I'll like? Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Friends told us their favorite headlines, and we in turn created new stories. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal News-Jockeys. We created NJ so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you.
— Marc Lee, RHIZOME