27
Nov

ART + MULTIMEDIA – INCREDIBLY ATTRACTIVE. About Kaliski’s art and multimedia.


Information about the lecture

Author: Ksawery Kaliski, PhD (Art)

Date and place:

1) 1.12.2017 – Gengdan Institute of Beijing University of Technology (BDG), Bejing

2) 4.12.2017 – Hunan Normal University, Changsha

3) 6.12.2017 – Wuhan University, Wuhan

 

Agenda:

  • General information about the author.
  • The area of interest.
  • Descriptions of his interactive multimedia projects.

Estimated time: circa 90 min.
Ksawery Kaliski graduated with distinctions from the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. In 2013 he got a PhD of Arts for his interactive work using PR•OR•OK, the artificial intelligence. Since 2013 he has been the owner of the Artmediale Company which deals with design, sculpture, and multimedia art. He cooperates with designers, IT programmers and musicians on advanced multimedia projects. He created a multimedia presentation for UNESCO called “ Memory of Poland – Memory of the World”. He is the author of the concept of the interactive Chopin Museum in Warsaw, the interactive exhibition in Wieliczka Salt Mine (on the UNESCO List) and the interactive installation EON for Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw. For some years he has been sculpting the Stations of the Cross in Jastrzebie-Zdroj. He got the Stipend of the Ministry of Culture and Art three times, in 2011 he got a medal of the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts and in 2015 he received a Bronze Cross of Merit from the President of Poland. At present he is an assistant professor at the Multimedia Design Department at the Katowice Academy of Fine Arts.