Russell Pensyl (MFA 88, BFA 85) is an American media artist and designer. Pensyl’s current work includes the creation of location-based entertainment employing several areas of technology including emotion detection, facial recognition, positioning and localization, and gesture recognition. Pensyl’s leverages...
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Pensyl (MFA 88, BFA 85) is an American media artist and designer. Pensyl’s
current work includes the creation of location-based entertainment employing
several areas of technology including emotion detection, facial recognition,
positioning and localization, and gesture recognition. Pensyl’s leverages his
extensive applied research for creation of media installations and art works.
Pensyl
is a noted pioneer in mixed and augmented reality, creating one of the first
integrations of AR in theatrical production. Pensyl has be included in
exhibition at the Boston Cyber Arts Gallery, the New York Plieades Gallery, and the Dallas Envision Art Gallery. His
installation “subtle presence” was included in the Sarajevo Winter Festival, In
2008,“The Long Bar” was Invited into the SIGGRAPH Asia Synthesis – Singapore.
Pensyl's work has be included in the Shanghai Biennial, SIGGRAPH USA, the
Machida Museum of Art and many other exhibitions.
Pensyl’s
early career focused in the design of interactive media experiences as early as
1983. Pensyl owned and operated two companies in digital media from 1988 until
2003, designing and creating film and interactive media for Fortune 500
companies such as Apple, IBM, Motorola, Kodak, Adobe, Sony, Disney, Prentice
Hall, Pearson Education, JCPenney, WebTV, 3Com, PalmPilot, American Airlines,
Lucent Technologies and others.
Pensyl
teaches Interactive & Emergent Arts Northeastern
University
https://pensyl.com
