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<p><b><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><font size="+1">Commentaries
on Ebon Fisher</font></font></font></i></b> </p>
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<font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Dana Friis-Hansen</b>, Executive
Director, Austin Museum of Art (quoted while a curator at MIT's List Visual
Arts Center):</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">Ebon Fisher is mining
an individualized niche which encompasses scientific investigation, visual
experimentation and civic involvement and awareness… An eclectic blend of
ritualistic space, expressive music, crisp spoken facts, and primal images
mix to create a rich and challenging experience which raises questions rather
than provides answers... producing an open-ended, awe-inspiring
consciousness.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Ruth Maleczech</b>,
Director, Mabou Mines Theatre, New York City:</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">It is very difficult
in my experience for an artist in any medium to find her voice, her own most
secret, most individual voice. To find a voice is to find a direction or
to be found on a path towards a body of work. Ebon Fisher has his direction
and his voice; he is moving inexorably towards a theater of science and humanity...
In fact I felt so positively about Ebon Fisher’s work that I contacted Nancy
Graves who is one of our best painters and who was showing some of her work
in the gallery after I left to try to get in touch with him at MIT. I thought
she would have some good information for him and would especially appreciate
his work.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>David Pescovitz</b>,
Writer for Wired, Flash Art, Art Byte and Editor at Berklee College of Engineering</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">I have followed
Professor Fisher's work for nearly a decade, since his pioneering media rituals
in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. What first impressed me about Ebon was his insight
into the evolution of media at the dawn of the digital age. Yet Ebon not
only is able to map our culture's chaotic mediaspace and magically "connect
the dots" with engaging theory, he's able to "play" in the space itself through
his art and lifestyle. As I'm sure you know, it's rare to find someone who
not only talks the talk but also walks the walk.</font></font></i>
<p><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">As the Web was first woven,
Ebon's digital art brought alive the concept of the "meme" as it applied to
the datasphere. To this day, he continues his edgey explorations of the media
and its multitude of messages. More recently though, his explorations of
the notion of the virtual community have yielded novel theoretical and practical
frameworks that provide essential keys to understanding how people (and information)
interact both online and offline. After all, the intersections between the
virtual and real have become the most fertile ground for artistic and philosophical
experimentation and Ebon is leading the way to cultivate this uncharted territory.</font></font></i>
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<p><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">Clearly, Ebon Fisher is
unrivaled in his professional qualifications... And personally, I cannot think
of an individual whose love of teaching, learning, and creating digital media
is expressed with more contagious enthusiasm. Ebon Fisher has my highest
recommendation.</font></font></i></p>
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<font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Professor Jonathan Fineberg</b>,
Art Historian, University of Illinois:</font></font> </p>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">I first met Ebon
in 1990, when I organized a museum exhibition (I think the first museum exhibition)
about the then young Williamsburg art community in Brooklyn. He was already
far out in front of me, certainly, and in front of most of his peers in his
prescient grasp of new media and its implications for culture. It was already
evident that he also had a brilliant design sense and more creative energy
- infectious creativity energy - than any human being I have ever known!
He led me by the hand through the complex network of talent and neighborhood,
community action and emerging media theory and had a great impact on my conception
of that exhibition (the most heavily attended exhibition in the history of
the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois): I owe the success
of it in no small part to him.</font></font></i>
<p><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">I also spent some considerable
amount of space on Ebon’s work in that catalogue because it was so rich and
interesting - in particular the "bionic codes" for human social interaction.
The wild multimedia and kinetic environment he created - which grew out of
his work at the Media Lab at MIT and his interest in science - was certainly
the most popular site in a popular show... In the early nineties he was the
nerve center of the Williamsburg scene and his work earned him a prominent
place in my book on Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being (Abrams 2000).</font></font></i>
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<p><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">You will never find a
more energetic and creatively generative teacher, colleague, artist. Ebon
has the most generous spirit of any artist I’ve ever known: he loves to talk
with people about art and culture, he reads a great deal, thinks interestingly,
would be a fantastic force for energizing the work of students and colleagues
in a university, and is genuinely seeking to encourage and share and promote
the work of others.</font></font></i> <br>
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<blockquote><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Gregory Volk</b>,
Writer/Curator, New York City:</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">What is impressive
about [Ebon Fisher's] "Viscera" is the central large-mindedness of the work.
The work has a freshness and vitality which comes from the direct engagement
of an active and original mind with a surrounding climate of ideas and culture...
There are both care and faith in the center of this work, an understanding
on the part of the artist that if an audience can be inspired to feel in
more extreme ways, to see and experience more in the very process of the
art, then the conditions of touching and change are already established.
It is one thing in a time of perceived cultural drifting and personal alienation
for art to bemoan the conditions of trouble. It is quite another, and substantially
more difficult, to imagine what could be better, to evoke that which might
help us. Mr. Fisher’s is such an evocative art.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Caroline Stone Keating</b>,
Artist, Board Member of The Kitchen, New York:</font></font> </p>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">I have known Ebon
Fisher and, with great interest, followed his career for more than 20 years.
Having been on the Board of the Kitchen for more than 25 years, including
a stint as its president, demonstrates my personal interest in the world of
evolving art forms. Ebon Fisher's work has fascinated me for a long time.
His art is stunningly beautiful, uniquely personal and has a strong element
of humor. He is a visionary who has been able to realize a digital world
that combines aesthetic concerns with philosophical ones. His explorations
of the media, involving human interactions on and off line, in theory and
in practice, reflect his deep humanitarian and intellectual concerns. A catalyst
among his peers for years, he has created festivals and events concerning
that place where art, performance, and media meet.</font></font></i>
<p><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">On the interpersonal side,
it is my opinion that Ebon Fisher works extremely well with people in both
personal and professional settings. He is socially graceful, humorous, pragmatic,
and terrifically intelligent. Thus he is able to find successful solutions
to issues at hand. He is very patient; he is a person of immense clarity;
he is a quiet and unassuming leader with considerable charisma; and, having
been a participant in the creation of his field, he has a deep grasp of its
ever-evolving subject matter.</font></font></i></p>
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<font color="#5d6d89"><b><font face="Times">Dr. Gerald F. Gaull, M.D.</font></b>,
<font face="Times">Director, The Center for Food and Nutrition Policy,
Georgetown University:</font></font> </p>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">I’m writing to congratulate
you on the special edition of the Wall Street Journal of Friday, May 20,
1994. It is without question the best overall summary of the biotechnology
industry and its potential that I have read. [Ebon Fisher’s diagrams] are
literally the best I’ve ever seen.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Michael Lane</b>, Publisher,
Monk Magazine:</font></font> </p>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">Ebon Fisher's Bionic
Codes are like whirling digital dervishes let loose in a psychic field unleashing
jolts of energy while gently caressing my soul to a relative calm.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<b><font color="#5d6d89">Professors Peter Feldstein, Steven Foster and
Ron Cohen</font></b> <br>
<font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">(From the 2<sup>nd</sup> year review,
University of Iowa):</font></font> </p>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">A large majority
of the students were very satisfied with the instruction they were receiving.
A great deal of Professor Fisher's time is devoted to keeping up with the
technological advances of his medium. The rapid pace of change makes it necessary
to perpetually learn new programs and relearn existing ones... The amount
of exposure for Professor Fisher and his work, in light of the overwhelming
amount of work required to keep the Digital Worlds lab running, is impressive.
The inclusion in the Fineberg book [Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being]
is of particular importance. It must also be noted that Professor Fisher
is always ready to expand the dialogue about the creative possibilities of
digital media... The courses he has developed have already generated a great
deal of interest among students and faculty. He is very aware of the cutting
edge of this medium and of its rapidly changing parameters, both technical
and conceptual. He is also aware of the necessity to continually re-evaluate
and adjust the course content to parallel these developments and has a well-defined
plan for future projects and activities.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<p><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Bhavya Lai</b>, MIT:</font></font>
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<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">I will not hesitate
in saying that [Ebon Fisher's course at MITs Media Lab] "Creative Seeing"
has completely revolutionized my way of seeing things. All the classes were
so fascinating and interesting and I loved my classmates, TAs and professor.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Dylan Lorentz</b>,
Hunter College:</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">Coming from a bachelor's
program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the possibilities of
an Integrated Media Master's Program [at Hunter College] presents an intriquing
and re-invigorating prospect. As of now, I'm enrolled in Ebon Fisher's course,
Interactive Media Expressions, and the structure laid out by professor Fisher
is not only satisfying, but also boundlessly motivating.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Christine Chen</b>,
Hunter College:</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">I personally enjoy
taking this class because it allows me to become an active thinker. It enables
me to think outside the confines of technology.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Marco Marcoccia</b>,
MIT:</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">About the class
itself, I must say it truly was a godsend. In a school of incredibly intense
math and technical learning, it was very welcome to have a class where we
could direct our energies toward a more creative side of learning. Changing
the environment allowed creative juices to flow more easily and input from
outside sources provided a good judge of what we were up to. I fell in love
with the anechoic chamber, and went back twice afterward with other people
for hours at a time. I enjoyed the variety of projects we worked on. It will
be too bad when Ebon does something like graduate because he will be greatly
missed. The greatest thing I got from 4.901 was to show me that one can put
great intelligence toward something other than science, and that inspired
me to leave MIT and pursue a career in film at NYU.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Daniel Garcia</b>,
MIT:</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">Creative Seeing
is the most FUN course in the Institute. They should make it a prerequisite
for graduation. In addition to providing an introduction to different methods
of electronic self-expression, the class size and the atmosphere is extremely
conducive to the class unity frame of mind. I've made many good friends during
the term, and learned a whole lot about computer graphic systems, Macintosh,
holography, video and computer animation. Suggestion: how about a Creative
Seeing II?</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Krassimira Varbanova</b>,
Hunter College:</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">As a sixth element
to my project, I have made an 8 minute documentary, containing interviews
with people on the streets around the ground zero area, downtown Manhattan.
The main question I asked people on the street obviously provoked them… I
was surprised by the deeply involved answers I have received… I tried to
talk with people from different races, social status and age… I enjoyed the
class a lot and in addition to being a very good experience, I have learned
many new things.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Yenny Coral</b>, Hunter
College:</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">I am a media major
here at Hunter College. I have been very lucky to have participated in both
of Professor Fisher's classes: Intro To Digital Media and Interactive Media.
This being my last semester at Hunter College I found Professor Fisher's
classes extremely helpful. Fisher's approach is quite dynamic because instead
of focusing on the technicalities of the various software programs, the emphasis
has always been on exploring your own creativity. Putting your mind before
technology has always been a strict rule in both of these media classes.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Angelica Hogberg</b>,
Hunter College:</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">I love this class.</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Brad Sagarin</b>,
MIT:</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">This course is fantastic!</font></font></i></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89"><b>Erin La Cour</b>,
Hunter College:</font></font>
<blockquote><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">On the first day
of class, Professor Fisher put me at ease when he announced that his course
was going to be about creativity rather than simply learning the programs.
He explained that he was more interested in our learning the functions and
possibilities of the web and web design than our mastering the technical aspects.
I think that this approach was very good at getting us all into the work.
We were less concerned with being perfect, or grading based on programming,
so we became more interested in creating than in obtaining As.</font></font></i>
<p><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">His class was set up very
nicely. Every meeting began with a lecture on topics ranging from design to
current technological achievements, and then moved on to lab work. Since we
had all been given a semester-long assignment to work on, everyone was constantly
busy at their stations. Having class time to go over procedures and learn
new ones was very beneficial, as was his personal instruction to those with
project-specific questions.</font></font></i> </p>
<p><i><font face="Times"><font color="#5d6d89">As I stated before, I
was nervous about taking Interactive Media, but Professor Fisher not only
eased us into the process of creating a website, he made it fun and relevant
to the world outside our classroom. He is certainly one of the most helpful
and supportive professors I have had.</font></font></i> </p>
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