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Don Ritter http://aesthetic-machinery.com
Don Ritter (b. 1959, Canada) is an artist and a writeron aesthetics. He studied fine arts and psychology at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, electronics engineering at the Northern Alberta Institute ofTechnology, Edmonton, cinema at Harvard University, and visual studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ritter has held tenured professorships in art and design at Concordia University in Montréal, and at Pratt Institute in New York City. Since 1986, his interactive video-sound installations and performances have been exhibited at festivals and museums throughout Europe, North America and Asia, including SITE Santa Fe in New Mexico, Metrònom in Barcelona, Ars Electronica in Linz, Sonambiente Sound Festival in Berlin, New Music America in New York City, and ArtFuture 2000 in Taipei. His work has received support and recognition from the Canada Council, ZKM, Ars Electronica, and the Banff Centre. He lives in Berlin, Germany.
"My
Finger's Getting Tired: Works by DonrRitter" (full
text as PDF). Ritter presents documentation and the conceptual
background of his large-scale installations and performances which
use digital video, digital audio, human sensing, telecommunication,
and interactive technologies. Since 1986, Ritter has created custom
hardware and software systems that permit interactive control of
video and audio through body motion, body position, and live music.
His works use interactivity as a conceptual component where multiple
viewers control their experiences without any visible technology.
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