Yucef Merhi | |
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| Born | February 8, 1977 Caracas |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Movement | Digital Art and New Media Art |
Yucef Merhi (born February 8, 1977) is a Venezuelan artist, poet and computer programmer based in New York.[1]
Early life[edit]
Yucef Merhi was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He studied at Universidad Central de Venezuela, New School University,[1] and holds a Master's in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University.[2]
Art career[edit]
Merhi has produced a variety of works that engage electronic circuits, computers, video game systems,[3] touch screens, and other devices in the presentation of his written words. One example is Poetic Clock, a machine that converts time into poetry, generating 86,400 different poems daily.[4] The resulting artworks expand the limitations of language and the traditional context of poetry.[citation needed] His 2012 commissioned work for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Quetzalcoatl 2.0.1.2., was a web-based work that "aims to reveal the voice of Quetzalcoatl in the technological reality of 2012 A.D."[5]
Permanent collections[edit]
- Orange County Museum of Art California[citation needed]
- National Art Gallery, Caracas[6]
- Library of Congress, Washington[7]
- Mednarodni Grafični Likovni Center MGLC, Ljubljana[8]
- Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas
- Museo de Arte Valencia Valencia
Awards[edit]
- New York Foundation for the Arts in Digital/Electronic Arts[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Carlo Zanni, INTERVIEW WITH YUCEF MERHI Archived August 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal's online magazine, No.18, 2004.
- ^ YucefMerhi Archived September 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Nyu.academia.edu (Jan 15, 2014). Retrieved on January 15, 2014.
- ^ "Atari fan and artist returns to OC with new exhibit September 14th".
- ^ Boston Cyberarts 2009 Festival Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Bostoncyberarts.org (April 24, 2009). Retrieved on November 20, 2011.
- ^ "Yucef Mehri Response | LACMA".
- ^ Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on December 10, 2012.
- ^ Library of Congress Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Loc.gov. Retrieved on June 16, 2012.
- ^ Mednarodni Grafični Likovni Center Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Museums.si. Retrieved on July 10, 2014.
- ^ New York Foundation for the Arts Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Nyfa.org. Retrieved on November 20, 2011.
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