Our new artist in residence just arrived!
Jesse D. Zbikowski was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts (USA) in
1977, year of the dragon. He taught himself computer programming by
typing random numbers into a Commodore 64 until he figured out how to
animate an ASCII decapitation scene. In the nineties he moved on to
coding x86 assembly language demos under the name of Zed, learning
his technique from such masters as Shifty (the gweep).
In 2007 Jesse contributed to his first large-scale machine art
project, "Orb SWARM" (M. Prados / J. Foote), developing embedded
Linux systems software to support autonomous navigation. Following
this he began a partnership with the San Francisco-based Flaming
Lotus Girls machine art group. With UX designer Erik Swedberg, he
created visual controls for fire and lighting effects on their "Angel
of the Apocalypse" and "Soma" installations. In his spare time, Jesse
enjoys drinking.
Yeah.
