Sunday, April 11, 2004

GARTEL: LECTURE at Florida Atlantic University

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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One of the most celebrated early pioneers of digital art LAURENCE GARTEL will grace the Ft. Lauderdale Chapter of SIGGRAPH for the first time in many years. GARTEL is known through out most of the world as the “FATHER” of the digital photographic medium. GARTEL will give a dynamic lecture and showcase many of his early digital images and screen some of his brand new “DIGITAL MUSIC MOVIE” projects which are making the “buzz,” even before their release on the Universal Entertainment Record Label.

GARTEL’s work is a fusion of digital photography, 3D object scanning, graffiti, and traditional painting. His work over three decades is like a journey through the entire digital art medium along with his personal iconography.

Please join GARTEL at Florida Atlantic University’s “Florida Center for Electronic Communication (CEC STUDIO) located at 111. East Las Olas Blvd (Downtown Ft. Lauderdale) on THURSDAY, April 29th, at 7PM.  - directions can be found at: http://Fort-Lauderdale.siggraph.org

GARTEL is now the Director of Marketing at the new DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS COLLEGE (DMAC) in Boca Raton, Florida. Website: http://www.digitalmediaartscollege.com

For more info:
Contact:
Robert Brown
Communications Director:

Visit the Artist’s Website: http://www.gartelmuseum.com

BOOK: “GARTEL: Arte e Tecnologia” published by Edizioni Mazzotta, Milan, Italy. Introduction by Pierre Restany. 250 pages/400 color plates. Available here, and through amazon.com