Theo Watson

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nationality = British
field = video, interactive art, programming, digital art
training = BFA Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design
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Theo Watson is a British artist and programmer. His art work includes interactive video, large-scale public projections, computer vision projects, and interactive sound recordings.

As a programmer, Watson has worked with Zach Lieberman in creating openFrameworks, an open source C++ library for creative coding and graphics. ( [http://openframeworks.cc/ openFrameworks website] ). He is a member of the Graffiti Research Lab, and in 2007 wrote the code for their popular [http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?page_id=76#video LASER Tag] project. In 2006, Watson worked with director Michel Gondry, writing custom software for physical sensors and cameras in three interactive installations in Gondry's "Science of Sleep" exhibition at Deitch Projects in New York City.

From Spring to Fall 2006, Watson worked as a Production Fellow at Eyebeam. He is currently a Virtual Fellow at Free Art and Technology Labs (a.k.a. [http://fffff.at FATLAB] ).

He has a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design. [ [http://muonics.net/extras/Theodore_Watson_Resume.pdf resume] ]

Theo's sister is the London based singer-songwriter, Beatie Wolfe.

Art Works

Many of Watson's works use elements of physical computing in interactive installations. In [http://muonics.net/site_docs/work.php?id=39 Vinyl Workout] (2006), custom software and cameras track user's movements as they walk along a large projection of a record on the floor, manipulating the audio and video playback with the speed and direction of their steps.

In [http://muonics.net/site_docs/work.php?id=15 Audio Space] (2005), a user wearing a GPS-enabled headset can record messages at any position within a room, and hear all the sounds left by previous visitors as they move about the space.

Exhibitions

Watson has shown projects at Eyebeam Atelier, Deitch Projects, the DUMBO Video Art Festival, Resfest, the inaugural Rotterdam Electronic Music Festival, and at [http://www.nimk.nl/nl/ Montevideo/Time Based Arts] in (Amsterdam).

References

External links

* [http://www.muonics.net/ Theo Watson]
* [http://openframeworks.cc openFrameworks]
* [http://www.flashfilm.com/us/people/artist/pa0016theodorewatson.html Interview with Watson by FlashFilm.com]
* [http://antenna7.com/root/interview-theodore.html Interview with Watson by HITSPAPER] (Japanese)