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{{about|a Canadian artist|the scientist and mathematician |Robert Adrain}}
{{about|a Canadian artist|the scientist and mathematician |Robert Adrain}}


'''Robert Adrian''' (1935-2015), also known as '''Robert Adrian X''', was a Canadian-born artist known for his work in radio and telecommunications art.<ref name="SommererMignonneau2008">{{cite book|author1=Christa Sommerer|author2=Laurent Mignonneau|title=The Art and Science of Interface and Interaction Design|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2a4CRJviwGkC&pg=PA165|date=19 August 2008|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-540-79869-9|pages=165–}}</ref> Adrian moved from Canada to Vienna in 1972 where he became known for creating experimental artworks using radio and communications technologies. His work ''The World in 24 hours'', which connected artists in different cities and continents through telephone lines and radio, is considered to be one one of the fist experiments in online culture.<ref name="CMU-papers">{{cite web|title=Adrian, Robert, Papers|url=https://libwebspace.library.cmu.edu/Research/Archives/UnivArchives/TEST/ead/Adrian.xml|website=Carnegie Mellon University Libraries|accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref> Adrian is considered to be a pioneer in the field of telecommunications art and media art.
'''Robert Adrian''' (1935-2015), also known as '''Robert Adrian X''', was a Canadian-born artist known for his work in radio and telecommunications art.<ref name="SommererMignonneau2008">{{cite book|author1=Christa Sommerer|author2=Laurent Mignonneau|title=The Art and Science of Interface and Interaction Design|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2a4CRJviwGkC&pg=PA165|date=19 August 2008|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-540-79869-9|pages=165–}}</ref> Adrian moved from Canada to Vienna in 1972 where he became known for creating experimental artworks using radio and communications technologies. His work ''The World in 24 hours'', which connected artists in different cities and continents through telephone lines and radio, is considered to be one one of the fist experiments in online culture.<ref name="CMU-papers">{{cite web|title=Adrian, Robert, Papers|url=https://libwebspace.library.cmu.edu/Research/Archives/UnivArchives/TEST/ead/Adrian.xml|website=Carnegie Mellon University Libraries|accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref> Adrian is considered to be a pioneer in the field of telecommunications art and media art.
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Adrian was born in [[Toronto]], Ontario Canada on February 22, 1935.<ref name="Kurier-obit">{{cite web|title=Medienkunstpionier Robert Adrian verstorben|url=http://kurier.at/kultur/medienkunstpionier-robert-adrian-verstorben/151.991.129|website=Kurier.at|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Chin-listing">{{cite web|title=Artist/Maker Name "Adrian, Robert"|url=http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_ind-artist_detail_ind.app;jsessionid=C2431DA4B375B16C7B7F68060347F880?rID=67&fID=2&lang=en&qlang=en&pID=1&anm=Adrian%2C+Robert&sort=AM_ASC&ps=50&pID1=5&ps1=50&ansf=TAM&sort1=ascending|website=Canadian Heritage Information Network|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Salzburger-obit">{{cite web|title=Pionier der Telekom-Kunst: Robert Adrian ist tot|url=http://www.salzburg.com/nachrichten/oesterreich/kultur/sn/artikel/pionier-der-telekom-kunst-robert-adrian-ist-tot-165230/|website=Salzburger Nachrichten|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref> He moved to Vienna in 1972.<ref name="Kunstradio-obit">{{cite web|title=In memoriam Robert Adrian (1935 - 2015)|url=http://www.kunstradio.at/2015B/RAX.html|website=Kunstradio|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Kunstmagazine-obit">{{cite web|title=Robert Adrian 1935 - 2015|url=http://www.artmagazine.cc/content89473.html|website=Kunstmagazine|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref>
Adrian was born in [[Toronto]], Ontario Canada on February 22, 1935.<ref name="Kurier-obit">{{cite web|title=Medienkunstpionier Robert Adrian verstorben|url=http://kurier.at/kultur/medienkunstpionier-robert-adrian-verstorben/151.991.129|website=Kurier.at|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Chin-listing">{{cite web|title=Artist/Maker Name "Adrian, Robert"|url=http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_ind-artist_detail_ind.app;jsessionid=C2431DA4B375B16C7B7F68060347F880?rID=67&fID=2&lang=en&qlang=en&pID=1&anm=Adrian%2C+Robert&sort=AM_ASC&ps=50&pID1=5&ps1=50&ansf=TAM&sort1=ascending|website=Canadian Heritage Information Network|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Salzburger-obit">{{cite web|title=Pionier der Telekom-Kunst: Robert Adrian ist tot|url=http://www.salzburg.com/nachrichten/oesterreich/kultur/sn/artikel/pionier-der-telekom-kunst-robert-adrian-ist-tot-165230/|website=Salzburger Nachrichten|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref> He moved to Vienna in 1972.<ref name="Kunstradio-obit">{{cite web|title=In memoriam Robert Adrian (1935 - 2015)|url=http://www.kunstradio.at/2015B/RAX.html|website=Kunstradio|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Kunstmagazine-obit">{{cite web|title=Robert Adrian 1935 - 2015|url=http://www.artmagazine.cc/content89473.html|website=Kunstmagazine|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref>
==Work==
==Work==
Adrian was an early user of telecommunications and electronics technologies for artistic purposes.<ref name="Rhizome-obit" /> One of his earliest telecommunications projects, in collaboration with Bill Bartlett, was a work that used the business computer network of the company [[I. P. Sharp Associates]],.<ref name="Openspace-interview">{{cite web|last1=TURNER|first1=JEREMY|title=INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT ADRIAN ABOUT EARLY TELEMATIC ART AT OPEN SPACE GALLERY IN VICTORIA, CANADA.|url=http://www.openspace.ca/outerspace/RobertAdrianInterview2003.html|website=Open Space|accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref> which Adrian had learned about and gained access to through fellow artist [[Norman White]].<ref name="NextLayer-bio">{{cite web|last1=Medosch|first1=Armin|title=The Museum of Forever - Interview with Robert Adrian|url=http://www.thenextlayer.org/node/1314|website=The Next Layer|accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref> Called ''Interplay'', the piece was a telecommunications event that linked a dozen cities in Canada, the U.S.A., Australia, Austria and Japan on April 1, 1979.<ref name="Walker-telecomdays">{{cite web|title=Art and Telecommunication, 1979-1986: The Pioneer Years Robert Adrian|url=http://telematic.walkerart.org/overview/overview_adrian.html|website=Walker Art Gallery|accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref>
Adrian was an early user of telecommunications and electronics technologies for artistic purposes.<ref name="Rhizome-obit" /> One of his earliest telecommunications projects, in collaboration with Bill Bartlett, was a work called ''Interplay'' that used the business computer network of the company [[I. P. Sharp Associates]].<ref name="Openspace-interview">{{cite web|last1=TURNER|first1=JEREMY|title=INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT ADRIAN ABOUT EARLY TELEMATIC ART AT OPEN SPACE GALLERY IN VICTORIA, CANADA.|url=http://www.openspace.ca/outerspace/RobertAdrianInterview2003.html|website=Open Space|accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref>
Out of this work, Bartlett and Adrian organized and implementated of one of the first electronic mail systems for artists in 1979-80.<ref name="Jones2009">{{cite book|author=Amelia Jones|title=A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FLUNei9i-RcC&pg=PA569|date=9 February 2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-5235-8|pages=569–}}</ref><ref name="Archee-telecom-art">{{cite web|last1=Gauguet|first1=Bertrand|title=I – Interplay, ARTBOX et ARTEX|url=http://archee.qc.ca/ar.php?page=article&section=texte&no=232&note=ok&surligne=oui&mot=&PHPSESSID=82c08496735d8638bc83c73e075addaa|website=Archée|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref> Using the I. P. Sharp Associates computer network in its Vienna office,<ref name="LaBelle2006">{{cite book|author=Brandon LaBelle|title=Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jSUnkSG_5nkC&pg=PA281|year=2006|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-1844-9|pages=281–}}</ref> Adrian was instrumental in setting up the system [[ARTBOX]] (later renamed to [[ARTEX]]) 1979 for mail and media artists to use to communicate between each other.<ref name="ChandlerNeumark2005-1">{{cite book|author1=Annmarie Chandler|author2=Norie Neumark|title=At a Distance: Precursors to Art and Activism on the Internet|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ri36wNZoqVkC&pg=PT326|year=2005|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-03328-2|pages=326–}}</ref><ref name="Popper1993">{{cite book|author=Frank Popper|title=Art of the electronic age|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qcQQAQAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|isbn=978-0-8109-1928-0}}</ref><ref name="GendollaSchäfer2015">{{cite book|author1=Peter Gendolla|author2=Jörgen Schäfer|title=The Aesthetics of Net Literature: Writing, Reading and Playing in Programmable Media|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=h71KCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA156|date=July 2015|publisher=transcript|isbn=978-3-8394-0493-5|pages=156–}}</ref>


Following ''Interplay'', Bartlett and Adrian organized and implemented of one of the first electronic mail systems for artists in 1979-80.<ref name="Jones2009">{{cite book|author=Amelia Jones|title=A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FLUNei9i-RcC&pg=PA569|date=9 February 2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-5235-8|pages=569–}}</ref><ref name="Archee-telecom-art">{{cite web|last1=Gauguet|first1=Bertrand|title=I – Interplay, ARTBOX et ARTEX|url=http://archee.qc.ca/ar.php?page=article&section=texte&no=232&note=ok&surligne=oui&mot=&PHPSESSID=82c08496735d8638bc83c73e075addaa|website=Archée|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref> Again using the I. P. Sharp Associates computer network, this time from in its Vienna office,<ref name="LaBelle2006">{{cite book|author=Brandon LaBelle|title=Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jSUnkSG_5nkC&pg=PA281|year=2006|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-1844-9|pages=281–}}</ref> Adrian was instrumental in setting up the system [[ARTBOX]] (later renamed to [[ARTEX]])<ref name="Gere2006" /> in 1979 for mail and media artists to use to communicate between each other.<ref name="ChandlerNeumark2005-1">{{cite book|author1=Annmarie Chandler|author2=Norie Neumark|title=At a Distance: Precursors to Art and Activism on the Internet|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ri36wNZoqVkC&pg=PT326|year=2005|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-03328-2|pages=326–}}</ref><ref name="Popper1993">{{cite book|author=Frank Popper|title=Art of the electronic age|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qcQQAQAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|isbn=978-0-8109-1928-0}}</ref><ref name="GendollaSchäfer2015">{{cite book|author1=Peter Gendolla|author2=Jörgen Schäfer|title=The Aesthetics of Net Literature: Writing, Reading and Playing in Programmable Media|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=h71KCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA156|date=July 2015|publisher=transcript|isbn=978-3-8394-0493-5|pages=156–}}</ref>
In 1982, Adrian organized ''Die Welt in 24 Stunden'' (''The World in 24 Hours''), a telecommunications work that used telephone lines and [[Slow-scan television]] to link sixteen cities on three continents together.<ref name="Giannachi2004">{{cite book|author=Gabriella Giannachi|title=Virtual Theatres: An Introduction|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=p7uAAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA104|date=1 June 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-134-45475-9|pages=104–}}</ref><ref name="AscottShanken2003">{{cite book|author1=Roy Ascott|author2=Edward A. Shanken|title=Telematic Embrace: Visionary Theories of Art, Technology, and Consciousness|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zN85LrAoDwUC&pg=PA64|year=2003|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-22294-6|pages=64–}}</ref><ref name="Coopersmith2015">{{cite book|author=Jonathan Coopersmith|title=Faxed: The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LQq5BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA166|date=29 January 2015|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-1-4214-1591-8|pages=166–}}</ref> was commissioned by and presented at [[Ars Electronica]] Linz.<ref name="Kac2005">{{cite book|author=Eduardo Kac|title=Telepresence & Bio Art: Networking Humans, Rabbits, & Robots|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=za3J9pFssNEC&pg=PA41|year=2005|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0-472-06810-5|pages=41–}}</ref>

In 1982, Adrian organized ''Die Welt in 24 Stunden'' (''The World in 24 Hours''),<ref name="Coopersmith2015">{{cite book|author=Jonathan Coopersmith|title=Faxed: The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LQq5BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA166|date=29 January 2015|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-1-4214-1591-8|pages=166–}}</ref><ref name="DanielsReisinger2009">{{cite book|author1=Dieter Daniels|author2=Gunther Reisinger|title=Net pioneers 1.0: contextualizing early net-based art|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=VFRKAQAAIAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Sternberg Press|isbn=978-1-933128-71-9}}</ref> a telecommunications work that used telephone lines and [[Slow-scan television]] to link sixteen cities on three continents together.<ref name="Giannachi2004">{{cite book|author=Gabriella Giannachi|title=Virtual Theatres: An Introduction|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=p7uAAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA104|date=1 June 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-134-45475-9|pages=104–}}</ref><ref name="AscottShanken2003">{{cite book|author1=Roy Ascott|author2=Edward A. Shanken|title=Telematic Embrace: Visionary Theories of Art, Technology, and Consciousness|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zN85LrAoDwUC&pg=PA64|year=2003|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-22294-6|pages=64–}}</ref> The piece, widely cited as an early example of networked electronic art and culture,<ref name="Gere2006">{{cite book|author=Charlie Gere|title=Art, Time and Technology|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=22CtAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA146|date=9 July 2006|publisher=Berg|isbn=978-1-84520-135-7|pages=146–}}</ref><ref name="CMU-papers" /><ref name="GendollaSchäfer2015"/><ref name="Coopersmith2015">{{cite book|author=Jonathan Coopersmith|title=Faxed: The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LQq5BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA166|date=29 January 2015|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-1-4214-1591-8|pages=166–}}</ref> was commissioned by and presented at [[Ars Electronica]] Linz.<ref name="Kac2005">{{cite book|author=Eduardo Kac|title=Telepresence & Bio Art: Networking Humans, Rabbits, & Robots|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=za3J9pFssNEC&pg=PA41|year=2005|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0-472-06810-5|pages=41–}}</ref><ref name="ChandlerNeumark2005">{{cite book|author1=Annmarie Chandler|author2=Norie Neumark|title=At a Distance: Precursors to Art and Activism on the Internet|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ri36wNZoqVkC&pg=PT308|year=2005|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-03328-2|pages=308–}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==

Revision as of 06:37, 7 July 2016

This article is about a Canadian artist. For the scientist and mathematician, see Robert Adrain.

Robert Adrian (1935-2015), also known as Robert Adrian X, was a Canadian-born artist known for his work in radio and telecommunications art.[1] Adrian moved from Canada to Vienna in 1972 where he became known for creating experimental artworks using radio and communications technologies. His work The World in 24 hours, which connected artists in different cities and continents through telephone lines and radio, is considered to be one one of the fist experiments in online culture.[2] Adrian is considered to be a pioneer in the field of telecommunications art and media art.

Life

Adrian was born in Toronto, Ontario Canada on February 22, 1935.[3][4][5] He moved to Vienna in 1972.[6][7]

Work

Adrian was an early user of telecommunications and electronics technologies for artistic purposes.[8] One of his earliest telecommunications projects, in collaboration with Bill Bartlett, was a work called Interplay that used the business computer network of the company I. P. Sharp Associates.[9] Out of this work, Bartlett and Adrian organized and implementated of one of the first electronic mail systems for artists in 1979-80.[10][11] Using the I. P. Sharp Associates computer network in its Vienna office,[12] Adrian was instrumental in setting up the system ARTBOX (later renamed to ARTEX) 1979 for mail and media artists to use to communicate between each other.[13][14][15]

In 1982, Adrian organized Die Welt in 24 Stunden (The World in 24 Hours), a telecommunications work that used telephone lines and Slow-scan television to link sixteen cities on three continents together.[16][17][18] was commissioned by and presented at Ars Electronica Linz.[19]

Awards

In 2009, Adrian was a co-recipient of the $50,000 USD Nam June Paik Art Center Prize.[20]

Death

Adiran died in Vienna in 2015.[21][8][6] At the time of his death, the Austrian minister of culture Josef Ostermayer called Adrian "ein Pionier der Medienkunst" (a pioneer of media art)[22]


See also

References

  1. ^ Christa Sommerer; Laurent Mignonneau (19 August 2008). The Art and Science of Interface and Interaction Design. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 165–. ISBN 978-3-540-79869-9.
  2. ^ "Adrian, Robert, Papers". Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Medienkunstpionier Robert Adrian verstorben". Kurier.at. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Artist/Maker Name "Adrian, Robert"". Canadian Heritage Information Network. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Pionier der Telekom-Kunst: Robert Adrian ist tot". Salzburger Nachrichten. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  6. ^ a b "In memoriam Robert Adrian (1935 - 2015)". Kunstradio. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Robert Adrian 1935 - 2015". Kunstmagazine. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  8. ^ a b Bosma, Josephine. "If Art is Possible At All". Rhizome. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  9. ^ TURNER, JEREMY. "INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT ADRIAN ABOUT EARLY TELEMATIC ART AT OPEN SPACE GALLERY IN VICTORIA, CANADA". Open Space. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  10. ^ Amelia Jones (9 February 2009). A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 569–. ISBN 978-1-4051-5235-8.
  11. ^ Gauguet, Bertrand. "I – Interplay, ARTBOX et ARTEX". Archée. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  12. ^ Brandon LaBelle (2006). Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art. A&C Black. pp. 281–. ISBN 978-0-8264-1844-9.
  13. ^ Annmarie Chandler; Norie Neumark (2005). At a Distance: Precursors to Art and Activism on the Internet. MIT Press. pp. 326–. ISBN 978-0-262-03328-2.
  14. ^ Frank Popper (1993). Art of the electronic age. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-1928-0.
  15. ^ Peter Gendolla; Jörgen Schäfer (July 2015). The Aesthetics of Net Literature: Writing, Reading and Playing in Programmable Media. transcript. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-3-8394-0493-5.
  16. ^ Gabriella Giannachi (1 June 2004). Virtual Theatres: An Introduction. Routledge. pp. 104–. ISBN 1-134-45475-9.
  17. ^ Roy Ascott; Edward A. Shanken (2003). Telematic Embrace: Visionary Theories of Art, Technology, and Consciousness. University of California Press. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-0-520-22294-6.
  18. ^ Jonathan Coopersmith (29 January 2015). Faxed: The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine. JHU Press. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-1-4214-1591-8.
  19. ^ Eduardo Kac (2005). Telepresence & Bio Art: Networking Humans, Rabbits, & Robots. University of Michigan Press. pp. 41–. ISBN 0-472-06810-5.
  20. ^ "Robert Adrian X shares Nam June Paik Art Center Prize". Northern Lights. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  21. ^ Feßler, Anne Katrin. "Künstler Robert Adrian X gestorben". Derstandard.at. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  22. ^ "Bundesminister Ostermayer zum Ableben von Robert Adrian". ots.at. Retrieved 6 July 2016.


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