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Doug Back
Canadian artist (1954) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Doug Back (born 1954) is a Canadian media artist.[1][2]
Career
Back is noted for his early contributions to the field of media art.[3] He was a frequent artistic and academic collaborator with Canadian media artist Norman White. One of their most widely cited works together is Telephonic Arm Wrestling[4] (1986), an arm-wrestling performance conducted between Paris and Toronto over telephone lines.[5][6][7][8] Together, they were pioneers in the early teaching of physical computing at the Ontario College of Art and Design.[9][10]
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Awards
In 1989, Back received the Petro Canada Award for Media Arts, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.[9]
References
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