Ralf Baecker Explained

Ralf Baecker (born 1977 in Düsseldorf) is a German artist known for his installation works that use complex electronic systems.^{[1] [2] [3]} Baecker studied media art at Cologne's Academy of Media Arts.^{[4] [2]}

Work

Baecker's Irrational Computing, created in 2014, used elemental quartz crystals to create a basic signal processing unit.^[5] Created the same year, Mirage employed a luminous red light projection based on readings of the Earth's magnetic field.^{[6] [7] [8]} In 2015 he received an Honorary mention at Ars Electronica for Mirage.^[1] In 2017 his work Order+Noise (Interface I), which uses background radiation data to control mechanical movements, received the grand prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival.^{[9] [10]} His 2018 work Putting the Pieces Back together Again involves an array of 1250 stepper motors that create a swarm-like display of mechanical movement.^{[11] [12] [13]}

Baecker is a professor of experimental design of new technologies at the University of the Arts Bremen.^{[14] [15]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prix Ars . 2019-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104210054/http://prix2015.aec.at/prixwinner/15446/ . 2019-11-04 . live .
2. Book: Mathematics and Art: A Cultural History. 9780691165288. Gamwell. Lynn. Lynn Gamwell . 2016.
3. Book: Machine Art in the Twentieth Century. 9780262035064. Broeckmann. Andreas. 2016-12-23.
4. Web site: Kirchheim/Teck – Ralf Baecker . 2019-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104204551/https://www.kulturregion-stuttgart.de/en/drehmoment/kirchheimteck-ralf-baecker/ . 2019-11-04 . live .
5. Web site: Quartz crystal computer rocks . 2019-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104205343/https://www.cnet.com/news/quartz-crystal-computer-rocks/ . 2019-11-04 . live .
6. Book: Articulating Novelty in Science and Art: The Comparative Technography of a Robotic Hand and a Media Art Installation. 9783658189792. Stubbe. Julian. 2017-07-18.
7. 10.1080/13528165.2016.1138762. On the Sleep of the Computer, or the Performance of Randomness. Performance Research. 21. 18–24. 2016. You. Mi. 192614945.
8. Web site: Passionnante Biennale d'art numérique. 2018-07-09. 2019-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20191105013607/https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/arts-visuels/201807/09/01-5188881-passionnante-biennale-dart-numerique.php. 2019-11-05. live.
9. Web site: Earth's Radiation Sets This Matrix of Motors in Motion. 2016-04-25. 2019-11-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20191105000825/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qv3m5/string-motor-matrix-radiation. 2019-11-05. live.
10. Web site: Grand Prize - Interface I | Award | Art Division | 2017 [20th] . 2019-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104204732/http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/festival/2017/art/works/20a_interface_i/ . 2019-11-04 . live .
11. Web site: Kirchheim: Wie ein Ameisenhaufen oder Schwarm . stuttgarter-zeitung.de . 2019-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104205732/https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.kirchheim-wie-ein-ameisenhaufen-oder-schwarm.ebf8ae3c-8aca-46c8-860b-74bd0a9c45ce.html . 2019-11-04 . live .
12. One thousand, two hundred and fifty stepper motors. Wired. January 2019. 2019-11-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20191104205732/https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2019/01/one-thousand-two-hundred-fifty-stepper-motors/. 2019-11-04. live.
13. Web site: VIDEO. À Stereolux, la poésie technologique de Ralf Baecker. 2019-03-19. 2019-11-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20191104205844/https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/video-stereolux-la-poesie-technologique-de-ralf-baecker-6269681. 2019-11-04. live.
14. Web site: Prof. Ralf Baecker . 2019-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104204951/http://digitalmedia-bremen.de/lecturer/ralf-baecker/ . 2019-11-04 . live .
15. Web site: Ralf Baecker | HFK BREMEN . 2019-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104205016/https://www.hfk-bremen.de/en/profiles/n/ralf-baecker . 2019-11-04 . live .