Memo Akten

Memo Akten
Resident

Memo Akten received the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica for his work ‘Forms,” a series of studies on human motion, and its reverberations through space and time. He has exhibited and performed internationally at venues such as the Grand Palais (Paris), the Barbican (London), the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, and the Shanghai Ming Contemporary Art Museum. Collaborations include Lenny Kravitz, U2, Depeche Mode, and Richard Dawkins, as well as companies such as Google, Apple, Twitter, and Sony PlayStation.

Memo specializes in expressive human-machine interaction and creative explorations of Artificial Intelligence, and in this field he is considered one of the world’s leading pioneers. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and expressive human-machine interaction from Goldsmiths University of London, and is Assistant Professor of Computational Arts at University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Akten is a frequent keynote speaker on topics involving art, science, technology and culture and has served as mentor and juror for Ars Electronica, Google Arts and Culture, and SIGGRAPH.