About Ralf Baecker
Born 1977. Ralf Baecker is a German artist, lecturer and programmer.
Ralf Baecker (born 1977 in Düsseldorf) is a German artist known for his installation works that use complex electronic systems. Baecker studied media art at Cologne's Academy of Media Arts. Created the same year, Mirage employed a luminous red light projection based on readings of the Earth's magnetic field. In 2015 he received an Honorary mention at Ars Electronica for Mirage. His 2018 work Putting the Pieces Back together Again involves an array of 1250 stepper motors that create a swarm-like display of mechanical movement.
Baecker is a professor of experimental design of new technologies at the University of the Arts Bremen.
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German media artist (born 1977)
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Ralf Baecker was born in 1977 in Düsseldorf.
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Ralf Baecker is an artist, lecturer and programmer.
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