Nationality American Name Douglas Davis | Role Artist Movement Video art | |
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Born April 11, 1933 ( 1933-04-11 ) Washington, D.C., U.S. Known for Video Art, Performance Art, Satellite Art Died January 16, 2014, Queens, New York City, New York, United States Books Art and the future, The Five Myths of Televisio, Israel in the World: Changing, For God’s sake - stop the bicker, Guide to Art on the Internet | ||
Douglas davis write with me on your tv screen 1979
Douglas Matthew Davis, Jr. (April 11, 1933 – January 16, 2014) was an American artist, critic, teacher, and writer.
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- Douglas davis write with me on your tv screen 1979
- Douglas davis present tense
- Artistic career
- Early internet works
- Teaching and writing
- Personal life
- Exhibitions
- Publications
- References
Douglas davis present tense
Artistic career
In 1977, at the opening of documenta 6, alongside Nam June Paik and Joseph Beuys, Douglas Davis took part in one of the first international satellite telecasts with his live performance The Last Nine Minutes. Davis received grants for his work by the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts & the Trust for Mutual Understanding, among other institutions.
Early internet works
His exploration of interactivity involving various media continued throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He is the author of one of the earliest art pieces on the world wide web, The World's First Collaborative Sentence (1994). His early work is featured on his website, The World's First Collaborative Sentence (1994), with elements from his exhibition InterActions 1967-1981. They include critical essays by Susan Hoeltzel, Michael Govan, David Ross, and Nam June Paik. Commissioned by the Lehman College Art Gallery, the Sentence was given by its collectors, Barbara and Eugene M. Schwartz, to the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1997, P.S.1/The Institute of Contemporary Art joined with several other museums to host MetaBody (The World's First Collaborative Visions of the Beautiful), commissioned by George Waterman III. In 1997, Davis launched Terrible Beauty, an evolving global multi-media theater piece. Its "chapters" have been performed before audiences in New York, Dublin, San Francisco, and Berlin.
Teaching and writing
He taught advanced media at more than 25 universities and art colleges and served as consultant in this field for several corporations & foundations. Davis published the book Art and the Future in several countries in 1973. ArtCulture: Essays on the Post-Modern (1977), is a book of theoretical essays. The Five Myths of TV Power (or, Why the Medium is Not the Message), 1993, focuses on the crucial importance of the viewer, the "human" element in media theory.
Personal life
Davis lived and worked in New York City until his death on January 16, 2014. He is survived by three daughters. His wife of over 30 years, Jane Bell Davis, died in 2005.