Affiliation: Arizona State University
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Shawn Lawson is an artist and researcher creating the computational sublime. He performs under the pseudonym Obi-Wan Codenobi where he live-codes real-time computer graphics and neural nets with his open source software. Lawson has performed, exhibited, or screened in museums, galleries, festivals, and public space across five continents. Lawson has published in a wide range of international technical and arts conferences and journals. His work has been funded by national and international agencies. Lawson studied fine arts at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh and École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris and received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a Professor and Animation Program Director at Arizona State University.