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          Don 
              Ritter  
              
            http://www.aesthetic-machinery.com/ 
              
              
            Video loop"Vesterd" 
              
            CV 
            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. 
              
              
              
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