Ars Electronica Festival · 1990
TransmissionS: In the Well
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1990
Peter d'Agostino's “TransmissionS: In the Well” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1990, category Interactive Art. Explore 1 other work by Peter d'Agostino below.
“In the Well”, from a series called “Transmissions”, is conceived as an enclosed symbolic space to entomb an almost fable-like tale of a boy who falls into a well. The installation explores a number of universal themes: myths of falling (Icarus) and the underworld (Orpheus); stories of Mother Earth and emergence…
About Peter d'Agostino
Peter D'Agostino was born 1945 in New York. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York. After having received his B.F.A. in 1968 he studied at the San Francisco State University and received his M.A. in 1975.
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