Lorin Roser
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Lorin Roser (born 20th century) is a Chinese American New York–based multifaceted animator, painter, musician and multimedia artist.
As an architect and artist his animation work uses "random manipulations to explore a world of hitherto unseen shapes and structural possibilities".[1] Roser is partners with Nina Kuo.
Early life and education
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Lorin Roser was born on the East Coast of the United States. He studied architecture with Kenneth Frampton, Emilio Ambasz, Yoshio Taniguchi, and Craig Hodgetts at Princeton University and earned an Master of Arts degree at the University of California, Los Angeles.[2]
Career
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Roser moved to New York City in the 1980s where he met artist Nina Kuo and began many artistic collaborations with her. Participating in the New York City downtown art scene, he has been a sought-after musician and performer since the 1980s, performing at CBGB's, Franklin Furnace, the Emily Harvey Foundation, the WhiteBox art center with Elliott Sharp, events for curator/performance artist Arleen Schloss and composed music for Verneta Nemec's performance art works.[3] He has also written music for Larry Litt and Hector Canonge.[4] He participated in the "Digital Art Symposium" at Lightbox, NYC in 2019.
Besides animations and music, he also designs book covers, most recently for Digital Media: Transformations in Human Communication by Paul Messaris and Lee Humphries.
As he continues making art, Roser is moving into 3D animations, melding music and form with the digital world. He states, "Visualization is a great tool for architecture because building bricks and mortar is so expensive and computer animation mimics the unfolding of space as you walk through a building. Now I am obsessed with using math to create music and form. The computer excels at this type of exploration."[1]
Roser's work is in the collection of major international museums, galleries, and archives including Franklin Furnace Archives,[5] Museum of Modern Art, Otis Art Institute, and the Chicago Art Institute Library.
Collections
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- Chicago Art Institute Library[6]
- Franklin Furnace Archives[7]
- Museum of Modern Art[7]
- Otis Art Institute
Select exhibitions and performances
[edit]- Eastern Margins' Respect Our Elders, online, London, 2021[8]
- Outscape Escape, Gallery 456, New York City, 2021[9]
- Make America Great, WhiteBox art center, New York City, 2016
- New Museum, IDEAS City, 2015
- Re-wired/Re-wired: Event for Dismembered Body, with Stelarc, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts and online, 2015[10]
- Protests Performance, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York City, curated by Hector Canonge, 2015
- Harvestworks, New York City performance, 2015
- Electronica performance with Elliott Sharp entitled "Klang", WhiteBox art center, New York City
- Bowery Poetry Club – Zen Loopology with Jason Hwang, Helen Yee, Daniel Carter, and John Marino
- Flushing Town Hall – Tang Loopology
Awards
[edit]- 2014 Art Award Catalog Sumei Multidisciplinary Art Center "Ironbound/Unbound" issue, NJ art video with Nina Kuo[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Interview with LORIN ROSER: Digital Media, Architecture, Animation". Visualinquiry.org. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ^ "Alumni US | UCLA Extension Architecture and Interior Design". Alumnius.net. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ^ "Visual Artist | CAAC". Caacarts.org. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ^ "Art in Odd Places". Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- ^ "Goings on January 17, 2017". Franklinfurnace.org. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ^ "Architectonic inscapes. By Nina Kuo. Part of Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection". School of the Art Institute of Chicago Library & Special Collections. 1984.
- ^ a b "Franklin Furnace artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
- ^ "OHYUNG & Lorin Roser". BOILER ROOM. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
- ^ Sayej, Nadja. "The Myth in the Machine: Inside Lorin Roser's New York Exhibition". Forbes. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ "STELARC | RE-WIRED / RE-MIXED". stelarc.org. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
- ^ "Ironbound Unbound No. 5 Open Doors 2014 at Prospect St. Firestation Arts and Cultural Center". Lusoamericano.com. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
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