Peter Vogel (artist)

Peter Vogel (9 March 1937 – 8 May 2017)[1] was a German artist, best known for his interactive electronic sculptures and sound art pieces.[2]

Peter Vogel
Vogel in 2009
Born(1937-03-09)9 March 1937
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Died8 May 2017(2017-05-08) (aged 80)
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
NationalityGerman
Known forConceptual art, sound art, electronics

Life

He studied physics[3] and before becoming an artist worked in medical research and cybernetics.[4]

Vogel died on 8 May 2017, aged 80.[5]

Exhibitions

In 2011 the first retrospective of his work took place at the University of Brighton curated by Jean Martin and Conall Gleeson.[6] In 2011 the University of Brighton, England, exhibited his works, including sculptures which move when a viewer's shadow touches them.[4][7]

gollark: I used highly advanced coding and algorithms™ to try a bunch of algorithms to see if any of them put the list in the right order.
gollark: Maybe there could be multiple hashing algorithms in use, oh bεes.
gollark: Okay, not even weird variants of SHA2 with different lengths appear to work.
gollark: SHA3 is also not apparently in use.
gollark: I'll be 1247 annoyed if the auction uses a salted hash or something.

References
  1. "Biographie". Peter Vogel. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  2. Conny Freyer; Sebastien Noel; Eva Rucki (2008). Digital by design: crafting technology for products and environments. Thames & Hudson.
  3. Sculpture. International Sculpture Center. 1991.
  4. "Brighton art exhibition sees sculptures 'come alive'". BBC News. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  5. "Offenburg: Nachruf: Künstler Peter Vogel ist im Alter von 80 Jahren gestorben". Badische Zeitung (in German). 12 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. "Peter Vogel: The Sound of Shadows". University of Brighton: Faculty of Arts. Retrieved 21 Aug 2019.
  7. Gleeson, Connall (2011). "Sounding Out The Museum - Peter Vogel Retrospective Exhibition". University of Brighton: Faculty of Arts. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2017.


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