James K-M
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Genres:Cyber Art, Interdisciplinary Art, Graphic Design, Digital Print, Interactive Art, Phtography, Sound/Music.
Languages: English
E-mail: electric[at]telus.net
Website: www.electricliving.com and www.ddas.ca
Interest: Interested in the etymology of art, Marshall McLuhan, painting, digital print and interactive art.
Bio: James K-M is an artist, curator, interface designer and educator. Since1995 he has taught courses in media literacy, Macromedia Director, Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro at the Vancouver Film School, the Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound, and at Langara College. In 1994 he created Restless Machines: Noise and Industrial Culture, a CD-ROM tracing the history of noise and industrial music from the Futurists at the beginning of the 20th century to Skinny Puppy in the 1990?s. With his Interactive Paintings created in Director, he was nominated Digital Artist of the Year in 1997 by Bravo TV. His recent DVD-ROM, Electric Living in Canada(http://www.electricliving.com) explores digital media language and environment, through interviews with over 90 digital artists and media theorists, both Canadian and international. Since 2001 he has curated five exhibitions of digital print and is co-founder of the Digitalis Digital Art Society (http://www.ddas.ca) formed to promote digital print and digital art language in Vancouver and worldwide. He has been exhibiting paintings, digital prints and interactive art internationally since 1978.