Dragan Espenschied

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Dragan Espenschied (2000)

Dragan Espenschied (* 1975 in Munich ) is a German chiptune musician and media artist .

Life

He studied communication design at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart and developed software for Atari computers from 1991 . In 1995 he and Bernhard Kirsch founded the chiptune band Bodenständig 2000 , which received a recording contract with the London electronica label Rephlex Records and performed in Europe and the USA. Together with Alvar Freude , Espenschied developed, among other things, the interactive literature project Association Blaster , in which users can write contributions that are linked to existing texts by non-linear real-time links. In 2003 the collaboration with the net art pioneer Olia Lialina began .

After completing his studies at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart, Espenschied taught programming and interactivity in the field of interface design.

Works

Together with Alvar Joy:

Together with Olia Lialina:

  • Zombie and Mummy (2000)
  • Online Newspapers (2004)
  • Frozen Niki (2006)
  • With Elements of Web 2.0 (2006)
  • Midnight (2006)

Awards and nominations

Espenschied has received the following awards for his work so far:

  • 1999: Ettlinger Internet literature competition for the project " Association Blaster " (together with Alvar Freude)
  • 2001: Media art award for the diploma thesis " insert_coin " (together with Alvar Freude)
  • 2001: Nomination for the Viper Award for the project " Association Blaster " (together with Alvar Freude)
  • 2002: Nomination at the Prix ​​Ars Electronica for the project " Association Blaster " (together with Alvar Freude)
  • 2004: People's Voice in the Net Art category of the Webby Awards for the " GRAVITY " project

literature

  • Dragan Espenschied, Olia Lialina (Editor): Digital Folklore: To Computer Users, with Love and Respect. Merz Akademie, 2009, ISBN 978-3-937982-25-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dragan Espenschied  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Merz Akademie, accessed on March 8, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.merz-akademie.de  
  2. ↑ Ettlinger Internet Literature Competition 1999 , accessed on March 8, 2010
  3. ↑ a b Prizes and awards from students and graduates of the Merz Academy  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 7, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.merz-akademie.de  
  4. ↑ a b Alvar CH Joy Prices , accessed on March 8, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Espenschied, Dragan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chiptune musician and media artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich