Christopher Bauder

Christopher Bauder (born 1973, in Stuttgart) is a German interaction designer and media artist who lives and works in Berlin. The main focus of his projects is the translation of digital information (bits and bytes) into objects and environments and vice versa.

Biography

Christopher Bauder studied in the digital class at the Berlin University of the Arts and graduated in 2003. This is when he started working in the field of interactive installation art and design. For his interactive installation ToneLadder he received the Newcomer Award “Multimedia Transfer Award”. In 2005 he was granted a Berlin Postgraduate Fund ^[1] to realise his interactive art installation BUGS. In 2004 Christopher Bauder founded the design studio WHITEvoid interactive art & design. The studio operates at the interface between art, design and technology. Space, object, sound and interaction are the key elements of all works. The installations and products are created for museums, exhibitions and trade fairs, festivals, concerts and nightclubs and gained worldwide recognition.^[2]

Art works

• Atom performance
• Polygon Playground
• Flare Façade
• Kinetic Lights

Awards

• Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2010
• W3 Award “Best in Show” 2009
• iF Communication Design Award "interface" 2009
• iF Communication Design Award "structure" 2009
• WEBBY Award 2009
• REDDOT Communication Design Award 2008

Exhibitions

• FREEZE! Art Show, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts / 2009
• MUTEK Festival Montreal, Canada / 2009
• Centre Pompidou Paris, France / 2008

References

1. ^ NaFöG Grant http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/forschung/nachwuchsfoerder/nachwuchs/nafoeg.html
2. ^ http://www.rhizome.org/editorial/2668

External links

• Studio website whitevoid.com

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