Theo Watson

Digital art, Visual Artist

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Who is Theo Watson?

Theo Watson is a British artist and programmer. His art work includes interactive video, large-scale public projections, computer vision projects, and interactive sound recordings. He makes site-specific installations that look at how humans relate to various situations and spaces.

As a programmer, Watson has worked with Zach Lieberman in creating openFrameworks, an open source C++ library for creative coding and graphics.. He is a member of the Graffiti Research Lab, and in 2007 wrote the code for their popular LASER Tag project. In 2006, Watson worked with director Michel Gondry, writing custom software for physical sensors and cameras in three interactive installations in Gondry's Science of Sleep exhibition at Deitch Projects in New York City.

From Spring to Fall 2006, Watson worked as a Production Fellow at Eyebeam. He is currently a Virtual Fellow at Free Art and Technology Lab.

He has a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design.

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Nationality
  • England
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America
Lived in
  • Amsterdam
  • London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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