| Oliver Grau is
professor for Bildwissenschaft and dean of the department for cultural
studies at the Danube University Krems. He is also head of the German
Science Foundation project Immersive Art, whose team built since 2000
the development of the first international Database of Virtual Art. He
lectures in numerous parts of the world, has received various awards and
is widely published. Recent: Virtual Art: From Illusion to Immersion,
MIT-Press 2003 (in 4th print) and: Art and Emotions, Frankfurt: Fischer
2005. His research focuses on the history of media art, the history of
immersion and emotions; and the history, idea and culture of telepresence,
genetic art, and artificial intelligence. Grau is an elected member of
the Young Academy of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. He is
chair of Refresh! First International Conference on the Histories of Media
Art, Science and Technology, Banff 2005. http://www.mediaarthistory.org/ |