Peter Fend

Peter Fend received his BA at Carleton College in 1973. Seeking a synthesis of art and science he founded the Ocean Earth Development Corporation in 1980, where he assembled artists, architects, as well as scientists. The group”˜s aim is research on alternative energy sources. They use satellite imaging to monitor and analyze global ecological and geopolitical hot-spots, largely for media clients. Considering the world a living earthwork, ecological aspects are linked to and interconnected with artistic aspects.

(source: Thomas Y. Levin, Ursula Frohne, Peter Weibel (eds), CTRL Space. Rhetoric of Surveillance from Bentham to Big Brother, ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, 2002, p. 638.)

Projects:
Ocean Earth Development Corporation
News Room

Resources:
http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/artist/fend/biography/ (short bio)

Territory - a talk by Peter Fend, part of the Dictionary of War project, October 14th 2006 (50 Mb ogg video file):
http://dictionaryofwar.org/en-dict/v2v/Territory_-_Peter_Fend

Peter Fend: H2EARTH, in: Metamute, London, 2001. - A ten page feature in which the West's War on Terror is examined in relation to Central Asia’s precious oil reserves.
http://www.metamute.org/en/node/5828/print

Peter Fend: Art and Advertising, mediamatic.net, 1994
http://www.mediamatic.net/article-5728-en.html

Peter Fend: Public letter to Jenny Holzer, 1994
http://old.thing.net/html/art94.html

Criticism:

Michael Corris: Peter Fend - Marc Jancou Gallery, London, in: Artforum, 1994.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n1_v33/ai_16107285

Ronald Jones: Mapping: A Response to MoMA, in: Frieze, 1995
http://www.frieze.com/issue/print_back/mapping_a_response_to_moma/

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