Ars Electronica Festival · 1991

Smart Drugs

by John Hersey

🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1991

John Hersey's “Smart Drugs” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1991, category Computer Graphics.

“The 'face' magazine in London called on me to illustrate an article for them concerning organically based drugs that enhance basic brain function: smart drugs. Drugs that you ingest, thereby significantly improving your brainpower.

— Prix Ars Electronica Archive

About John Hersey

John Hersey was born in 1954 and attended the Capilano Community College, Vancouver, Canada. 1974 he became a professional cartoonist and later attended the Art Center College of Design in California.

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