Arthur Elsenaar (born in
Naarden
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, 1962) is an artist, engineer and hacker whose work explores computer-controlled human
facial expression.
Life
Elsenaar studied at the
Academie Minerva in
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
, Netherlands. Before he became active as an artist he worked as an engineer and presenter for pirate radio stations in the Netherlands. He teaches at the ArtScience Interfaculty at the
Royal Academy of Art in
The Hague
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Work
Elsenaar is known for his work on electro-facial choreography: the use of electrical stimulation of the facial musculature to alter facial expression. His work includes ''Huge Harry'' (1997) and ''Perfect Paul - On freedom of facial expression'' (2012), both of which are lecture performances where a computer program narrates to the audience whilst Elsenaar's facial musculature is stimulated to demonstrate different possibilities of electro-facial choreography.
His work ''Face Shift'' (2005) has been acquired by the
Stedelijk Museum
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. in
Amsterdam
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for their permanent collection,
and he has won several awards including an honorary mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1997 and the Technarte Best Speaker Award.
References
External links
Arthur Elsenaar's official website, Artifacial.orgElsenaar's biography on the ArtScience website
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1962 births
Living people
Dutch artists
People from Naarden
Artists from North Holland