November 1, 2012

Ed Tannenbaum (US)

Ed Tannenbaum was born in New York City on February 14, 1953. He lives in Crockett, a small town near San Francisco, California.

Tannenbaum received his BFA in film/video from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1976 He has received an Individual Artist in Video, Interdisciplinary Arts, and a Composer’s Collaborative Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Tannenbaum has performed his interactive video/dance works “Technological Feets” in venues throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. His interactive video artworks are permanently installed in museums worldwide including the Exploratorium of San Francisco..

While Tannenbaum’s formal education is in art, he has taught himself many aspects of electronic design and computer programming in order to actualize some of his artistic ideas.