Ron Hays

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Ronald "Ron" Leslie "Hays (born May 5, 1945 in Iowa , United States , † April 16, 1991 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American computer graphic designer , multimedia artist, and digital artist .

life and work

Ron Hays was born in Omaha in 1945 and studied at Northwestern University . He received his Masters from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge .

Hays visualized music through projections with the help of digital synthesizers , computer animation , visual effects and laser shows for music theaters and dance clubs. These visualizations were also used as TV programs, videos and for international rock, pop and classical concerts.

In 1975, in collaboration with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Leonard Bernstein , a new version of “Prelude and Love” from Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde was created .

The “Star Wars Concerts” with Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the 1984 musical “Amphitheater of Light”. filled the Hollywood Bowl . Michael Tilson Thomas was the conductor for “Prelude to the Olympics” . Ron Hays worked with David Wolper at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum .

The work "One Night" was shown in 1988 for the opening of the Green Building of the Pacific Design Center . The work was created in collaboration with the artist Joan Collins. Balloons floated up over the building, onto which large-scale video and computer images were projected.

Awards

  • 1979: Emmy for Graphic Design - The Bay City Rollers Show

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ one Night: EZTV, La acm Siggraph, and Digital Art in West Hollywood, accessed on January 18, 2015 (English)
  2. ^ Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 2: Photography, film and video; Kassel, page 343, 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
  3. ↑ Los Angeles Times Ron Hays; Multimedia Conceptualist accessed January 18, 2015
  4. ↑ Siggraph Biography for Ron Hayes accessed January 18, 2015 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Hays, Ron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hays, Ronald (full name); Hays, Ron "Leslie (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American computer graphic artist, multimedia artist, and digital artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Iowa , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1991
Place of death Los Angeles , California