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Ralf Baecker (born 1977 in Düsseldorf) is a German artist known for his installation works that use complex electronic systems.[1][2][3] Baecker studied media art at Cologne's Academy of Media Arts.[4][2]

Work

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Baecker's Irrational Computing, created in 2014, used elemental quartz crystals to create a basic signal processing unit.[5] Created the same year, Mirage employed a luminous red light projection based on readings of the Earth's magnetic field.[6][7][8] In 2015 he received an Honorary mention at Ars Electronica for Mirage.[1] In 2017 his work Order+Noise (Interface I), which uses background radiation data to control mechanical movements, received the grand prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival.[9][10] His 2018 work Putting the Pieces Back together Again involves an array of 1250 stepper motors that create a swarm-like display of mechanical movement.[11][12][13]

Baecker is a professor of experimental design of new technologies at the University of the Arts Bremen.[14][15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Prix Ars". Archived from the original on 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  2. ^ a b Gamwell, Lynn (2016). Mathematics and Art: A Cultural History. ISBN 9780691165288.
  3. ^ Broeckmann, Andreas (2016-12-23). Machine Art in the Twentieth Century. ISBN 9780262035064.
  4. ^ "Kirchheim/Teck – Ralf Baecker". Archived from the original on 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  5. ^ "Quartz crystal computer rocks". Archived from the original on 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  6. ^ Stubbe, Julian (2017-07-18). Articulating Novelty in Science and Art: The Comparative Technography of a Robotic Hand and a Media Art Installation. ISBN 9783658189792.
  7. ^ You, Mi (2016). "On the Sleep of the Computer, or the Performance of Randomness". Performance Research. 21: 18–24. doi:10.1080/13528165.2016.1138762. S2CID 192614945.
  8. ^ "Passionnante Biennale d'art numérique". 2018-07-09. Archived from the original on 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  9. ^ "Earth's Radiation Sets This Matrix of Motors in Motion". 2016-04-25. Archived from the original on 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  10. ^ "Grand Prize - Interface I | Award | Art Division | 2017 [20th]". Archived from the original on 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  11. ^ "Kirchheim: Wie ein Ameisenhaufen oder Schwarm". stuttgarter-zeitung.de. Archived from the original on 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  12. ^ "One thousand, two hundred and fifty stepper motors". Wired. January 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  13. ^ "VIDEO. À Stereolux, la poésie technologique de Ralf Baecker". 2019-03-19. Archived from the original on 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  14. ^ "Prof. Ralf Baecker". Archived from the original on 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  15. ^ "Ralf Baecker | HFK BREMEN". Archived from the original on 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
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