Ars Electronica Festival · 1990
The Legible City
by Jeffrey Shaw
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 1990
In 1990, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “The Legible City” by Jeffrey Shaw (Interactive Art) with an Award of Distinction. Jeffrey Shaw has 1 more work in this atlas.
In “The Legible City” by Jeffrey Shaw the visitor is able to ride a stationary bicycle through a simulated representation of a city that is constituted by computer-generated three-dimensional letters that form words and sentences along the sides of the streets.
About Jeffrey Shaw
Jeffrey Shaw was born 1944 in Melbourne, Australia. He studied architecture at the University of Melbourne and sculpture at the Brera Academy, Milan, and St. Martins School of Art, London. Shaw was the founder of the Eventstructure Research Group.
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