Scott Snibbe has a masters in Computer Science and Fine Art. He studied experimental animation. His work is internationally known. He taught Media, Art, and experimental film. Scott opens up the lecture by talking about how when he was young he used to think about where the hand starts. We know where the arm is and how the fingers is part of our hand but what about near the wrist, how do we know where the hand actually starts.
His first peace was about boundary functions which was started in 1998. It reflects on peoples space. He states that we don’t have personal space until we are around others to define it.He culturally defined distance in different countries. In Germany the people didn’t do anything to figure it out. In Japan the people got real close to each other. In New York the people stood there and just spoke to one another.
In 2002 he started wall protected work called Compliant. He deals with interactivity and is different from others who works with interactivity because he tries his best to make art work continuous. He defines discreet as you press a button and something happens. he defines continuous as he makes a continuous charge and you have a continuous analysis in reaction.He created many exhibits one is Concentration which is when you walk in a rectangle and a light surrounds your body. If its more than one person in front of it you have to activate the light on the other person by touching that person. Shadow Bag which is when you bump into someones shadow it slowly dissolves. Deep Walls is when the movement of your shadow records you. Cause and Effect was based on a Buddha idea. It reflects on Karma which means more than what we think it is. It mean the way that everything happens.
Scott Snibbe also does a lot of work in science museums. One cool exhibit he created was Woman hold up half the sky which is different working in the lab and doing research. Another cool exhibit he worked on was Fear. There was a jaguar and if you moved too much it would attack you. The children loved this one.Overall I found Scott Snibbe work were very interesting and fun.
