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Michael Naimark «Be now here» | Be now here (installation view)
Michael Naimark, «Be now here», 1995 – 2002
Be now here (installation view) | Photograph: Christoph Dohrmann | © Michael Naimark
 


 
 

Works by Michael Naimark:

Be now here


United States | laserdisc-based stereoscopic projection, 4-channel audio, rotating floor, input pedestal | Concept: Michael Naimark | Director: Michael Naimark | Camera: Richard Hollander | Sound: Jim McKee / Earwax Productions | Software: Wayne Burdick ; Amee Evans (Graphics); Pierre St. Hilaire (3D Projection) | Hardware: Bernie Lubell,Joe Ansel, Ansel Associates, Mill Valley (Installation); Christoph Dohrmann (Technology) | Schnitt: Charles "Bud" Lassiter (Video) | Edition / Production: Interval Research Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (USA); UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Paris (F)
 

 Michael Naimark

b 1952 in Detroit (USA); lives and works in San Francisco (USA); 1974 Bachelor of Science (Cybernetic Systems, Independent Major), University of Michigan; 1979 Master of Science (Visual Studies and Environmental Art), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA); 1972–75 visiting professor at the, Residential College and Department of Geography, University of Michigan; 1977–79 visiting professor, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1981–82 visiting professor, School of Creative Arts, San Francisco State University; 1986 visiting professor, School of Film/ Video, California Institute of the Arts; 1986–87 visiting professor, School of Creative Arts, San Francisco State University; 1989–90 visiting professor, Performance/Video Department, San Francisco Art Institute; Michael Naimark' s work focuses on place representation and its consequences. He has worked extensively with field cinematography, interactive systems, and immersive projection. He was a founding member of several media-based research labs and his art projects have been exhibited internationally.