Evelin Stermitz:
Nina Sobell pioneered the use of video, computers, and interactivity in art; she also pioneered performance on the Web (in collaboration with Emily Hartzell as ParkBench). In 1975 she installed the "Interactive Encephalographic Brainwave Drawing Installation" at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston. Sobell presented "Brainwave Drawings" and "Videophone Voyeur" (1977) at Joseph Beuys' "Free International University" at Documenta 6. She has continued to develop the piece over the years, and is currently working on a piece in which participants will collaborate on Brainwave Drawings internationally, over the Web.
http://ninasobell.com
http://www.cat.nyu.edu/parkbench/portfolio/index.html
http://brainwavedrawings.com
An interview about Nina Sobell’s work in media and new media art
by Evelin Stermitz, August 2007, New York, NY.
