Rebecca Allen (artist)
Rebecca Allen is an internationally recognized digital artist inspired by the aesthetics of motion, the study of perception and behavior and the potential of advanced technology. Her artwork, which spans four decades and takes the form of experimental video, large-scale performances, live simulations and virtual and augmented reality art installations, addresses issues of gender, identity and what it means to be human as technology redefines our sense of reality. Early life Allen began her art practice in the early 1970s while working toward a B.F.A. degree at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She received her Master of Science degree in 1980 from the Architecture Machine Group (predecessor to the MIT Media Lab) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Career Select works Swimmer (1981) "Swimmer" is a looping video animation that Allen curated to show human animation using technology. It was displayed on the exhibition entitled A Retrospective in 1986., which wa ...
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