Ars Electronica Festival · 1991

Wet Science

by Michael Tolson

🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1991

In 1991, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Wet Science” by Michael Tolson (Computer Animation) with a Honorary Mention. Explore 2 other works by Michael Tolson below.

”All of the segments in 'Wet Science' were produced using a new body of software that I began developing over a year ago and which continues to grow. The impetus to create these tools was twofold: first, to develop the computer generated surface, bringing to it all of the richness and complexity found in natural…

— Prix Ars Electronica Archive

About Michael Tolson

Michael Tolson is the president and one of the founders of Xaos Inc., an animation facility in San Francisco. Prior to his involvement with Xaos, he was a co-founder of another animation facility, Synthetic Video, and worked for many years as a software…

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