A Panorama of the Skies
Immersive Art Installation created for Microsoft Research
A Panorama of the Skies
A Panorama of the Skies, an immersive art installation, created in collaboration between Maja Petrić, an artist, and Hrvoje Benko, a human-computer interaction researcher at Microsoft Research is available for viewing at the Microsoft Headquarters.
WHERE: Studio99, Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA
WHEN: Through March 2016 by appointment via E-MAIL
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Maja Petrić is an artist working at the interface of science, technology, and art. Her work is about transforming the poetic experience of space through light. During her art residency at Microsoft Research, she has been exploring the essence of the sky both thematically and experientially in collaboration with natural interaction researcher Hrvoje Benko and machine learning researcher Nebojša Jojić.
Maja holds the Doctorate in Digital Art and Experimental Media (DXARTS) from University of Washington and the Masters degree in new media art from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). Her work is about transforming the poetic experience of space through light.
Some of the venues where she exhibited include Henry Art Gallery, Matadero Madrid, and Amazon Gallery. Some of the awards she received include Richard Kelly Light Art Award, two Thunen Lighting Awards, Doctoral Fellowship from Croatian Science Foundation, and the nomination for International Light Art Award.