Ars Electronica Festival · 1999
The Lair of the Marrow Monkey
by Erik Loyer
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1999
Erik Loyer's “The Lair of the Marrow Monkey” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1999, category Net Based Art.
The Lair of the Marrow Monkey is an interactive investigation into the seductive power of digital technology. The website’s main focus falls on a single character who goes by the name of Orion17. Orion is a minimalist composer who is fascinated to the point of obsession with the patterns and logic that frame reality.
About Erik Loyer
Erik Loyer is an award-winning digital media artist and creative director for the Los Angeles office of Razorfish, Inc. He has a strong body of experimental, non-commercial new media work that explores the creative potential unleashed by the advent of digital…
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