Char Davies

Char Davies (born 1954) is an artist who creates artworks using the technologies of immersive virtual reality.

Life and work

Davies was born in Toronto. Originally a painter, she transitioned to digital media in the late 1980s, becoming a founding director of the 3-D software company Softimage. New media historians Frank Popper and Oliver Grau point out that her immersive virtual reality environment Osmose (1995) is a landmark work in the history of new media art. 

Davies has also published numerous essays on virtual space and in 2005 she completed a doctorate in new media philosophy at CAiiA / Planetary Collegium, University of Plymouth, UK.

Recent awards include an honorary doctorate of fine arts (University of Victoria, British Columbia).

Davies is based in rural Quebec and San Francisco.^[1]

Bibliography

• Oliver Grau (Ed.): Media Art Histories, MIT-Press, Cambridge 2007
• Oliver Grau, Virtual Art: From Illusion to Immersion, MIT-Press, Cambridge 2003
• Christiane Paul, Digital Art, Thames & Hudson Ltd.
• Frank Popper From Technological to Virtual Art, MIT Press
• Joseph Nechvatal, Immersive Ideals / Critical Distances. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. 2009

References

1. ^ Immersence - Char Davies, Biography

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