Scott Draves | |
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| Born | 1968 (age 57–58) |
| Known for | Software art |
| Notable work | Flame, Fuse, Bomb, Electric Sheep, Dreams in High Fidelity |
| Awards | Prix Ars Electronica, Vida 2.0, Vida 4.0, ZKM App Art Award |
Scott Draves is an American digital artist. He is the inventor offractal flames[1] and the leader of thedistributed computing projectElectric Sheep.[2][3] He also invented patch-basedtexture synthesis and published the first implementation of this class of algorithms. He is also avideo artist[4][5] and accomplishedVJ.[6]
In summer 2010, Draves' work was exhibited at Google's New York City office, including his video piece "Generation 243" which was generated by the collaborative influences of 350,000 people and computers worldwide.[7]Stephen Hawking's 2010 bookThe Grand Design used an image generated by Draves' "flame" algorithm on its cover. Known as "Spot,"[8] Draves currently resides inNew York City.
In July 2012 Draves won theZKM App Art Award Special Prize for Cloud Art for the mobile Android version of Electric Sheep.[9]
Draves earned a Bachelor's in mathematics atBrown University, where he was a student ofAndy van Dam before continuing on to earn a PhD in computer science atCarnegie Mellon University.[10] At CMU he studied underAndy Witkin,Dana Scott, andPeter Lee.
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