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Christopher Coleman, BFA
Office Location: Sturm Hall, Room 216A
About: Chris' research interests include control systems, chaos and order, digital interaction, physical interaction, borders, animation, appropriation, technological decay, art as activism, audio/video manipulation, systems in nature, and object creation. He received his B.F.A. in sculpture at West Virginia University where he also spent a number of years studying Mechanical Engineering. His M.F.A. was earned at SUNY Buffalo specializing in Interactivity and Real-Space Electronics. He teaches interactive programming in Processing and OpenFrameworks, tangible and mobile interface experimentation, and motion design.
Selected Classes:
EDPX 3310/4310: Tangible Interactivity
EDPX 3701/4701: Topics in EDP – Digital Fabrication
EDPX: 3701/4701: Topics in EDP – Mograph and the Figure
EDPX 3730/4730: 21st Century Digital Art
EDPX 3950: Collaboration and Production
BFA, West Virginia University (2001)
MFA, SUNY Buffalo (2003)
Selected Accomplishments:
Recipient of the 2009 Metropolis Art Prize Grand Prize
Work featured in Times Square, NYC
Maxuino, the software project he created in collaboration with Ali Momeni, has been downloaded by 30,000 by people in 125 countries and is used in classrooms and artworks across the globe.
Christopher Coleman, University of Denver
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