Artist Talk: Pippin Barr

Artist Talk with Pippin Barr
Thursday, February 6, 5:30 pm

Pippin Barr is an Associate Professor and department chair in the Department of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montréal, where he is also a member of the Technoculture, Art, and Games (TAG) Research Centre. Barr has collaborated with artists like Marina Abramović and @seinfeld2000, creating games on diverse topics such as airplane safety, chess, and parenting. Barr holds a Ph.D. focused on video game values and an M.Sc. on user-interface metaphors from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He is the author of The Stuff Games Are Made Of from MIT press.

Gale Memorial Lecture Series was established in memory of Dr. David his wife Sylvia whose generosity made the series possible. This is event co-sponsored by the Department Art and ARTSLab. All Gale Memorial Lectures are free and open to public. Learn more about Pippin at: https://pippinbarr.com/ and visit the art website for additional information.