IMC EXPO

Jean-Marc Gauthier

Crayons, Interactive Sketchbook, 2005
'Crayons', a virtual space inspired by minimalist art, is a three-screeninstallation about the sculptures of Sol Lewitt. 'Crayons' can respond to a viewer's movement by creating streams of information processed inside the virtual world. "If the artist carries through his idea and makes it into visible form, then all the steps in the process are of importance. The idea itself, even if not made visible, is as much a work of art as any finished product." -Sol Lewitt
Artist Bio
Jean-Marc Gauthier Jean-Marc Gauthier previously an architect in France is now renewing a viewer's experiences inside immersive environments and virtual spaces. "Crayons", presented at the show, is an interactive homage to Sol Levitt's Open Cubes and is also an example of virtual space that can respond to a small group of people in the intimacy of the corner of a room or to a larger audience in a public space. Other recent works include "NightHawks 2", an urban installation interacting with viewers coming out of a subway station and the "Aphrodisias Project", a multiple-screen display for presenting virtual archeology in a museum. JMG's works have been presented in USA American Museum of Moving Image in Queens, Siggraph, Institute of Fine Arts in New-York, VRML conference in Monterey, Game Developers Conference, and in France Villette-Numerique, Le Cube-ART3000, MAMAC of Nice, Viaduc of Millau, Milia, and in Brazil, File. JMG is the creator of www.tinkering.net, an interactive design consultancy conceptualizing and producing real-time 3D content for museums, fashion, urban installations and data visualization applications. JMG is the author of several books and essays including "Creating interactive 3D actors and their Worlds"- Morgan Kaufman Publisher, "Beautiful Days in Paradise: The Making of Oiseaux de Nuit", published by Le Cube and "Virtual Sets and Pre-Visualization for Games, Movies and the Web", by Focal Press, Elsevier Science.