The Gradual Contemporary: Conversations on Contemporary Art
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Ed Schlossberg has been working all his life to engage simultaneously between and among these three ideas – goals, projects and tools. He will continue to explore this odyssey in his talk.
An internationally recognized pioneer in experience design and audience engagement, Ed Schlossberg launched his career in 1978 with the design of one of the world’s first interactive museums, The Brooklyn Children’s Museum.
Since then, he has been at the forefront of design and technological innovation, creating imaginative and unparalleled public experiences that bring audiences together to explore, learn, communicate and collaborate. Under Schlossberg’s leadership as founder, president and principal designer, ESI Design has created groundbreaking retail and corporate spaces, museums, and multi-player game environments for an array of corporations, brands and cultural institutions. Before he was known around the world for how he has changed museums, he was an artist and a poet. Over the last 50 years, Schlossberg has used words and images to create visual and poetic worlds in his art, using various and unconventional media. His artwork can be found in private collections and museums, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art.
Schlossberg holds a Ph.D. in Science and Literature from Columbia University. In 2004, he won the National Arts Club Medal of Honor, and in 2011, was appointed by President Barack Obama to the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts. Singled out as “a leader in interactive design” by Wired magazine, he has authored 11 books. His artwork has appeared in several solo and group exhibitions and can be found in numerous museums and private collections.
Conversation followed with Liliane Wong, Markus Berger and Leora Maltz-Leca.
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Publication Date
4-25-2019
Publisher
Rhode Island School of Design
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Disciplines
Art and Design | Contemporary Art
Recommended Citation
Schlossberg, Ed; Department, Theory & History of Art & Design; Affairs, Academic; Studies, Graduate; Arts, Liberal; and Division, Fine Arts, "Art Design Life" (2019). The Gradual Contemporary: Conversations on Contemporary Art. 3.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/havc_conversationsoncontemporaryart/3