In 1993, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Founders Series” by Michael Tolson (Computer Graphics) with the Golden Nica. Michael Tolson has 2 more works in this atlas.
These images are an outgrowth of a preoccupation that I have had for some years with the question of surface in synthetic images. For me this question is very much bound up with the aesthetics of the 'painterly'.
About Michael Tolson
Michael Tolson (USA), born 1947, is co-founder and President of the animation production company XAOS Inc. in San Francisco, and principal scientist at XAOS Tools, Inc.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.