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Richard Clar

Directorat Art Technologies
Healdsburg, California,
United States
Focus area: AI (Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Deep Fakes), Analog, Anthropology, Architecture, Art History, Art Theory, Critical Theory, Astronomy, Space, Biology, Climate, Atmospheric Science, Cultural Practices, Social Practice, Dance, Choreography, Environmental Art, Eco Art, Land Art, Experimental Music, Fashion, Fine Arts 3D, Marine, Ocean Science, Music, Musicology, Optics, Visual Perception, Performance Art, Theater Studies, Photography, Physics, Psychology, Cognitive Studies, Public Art, Science Theory, Philosophy, Sculpture, Spacial, Site Specific, Place Making, Social Media, Social Networks, Sociology, Sound, Acoustics, STEAM, Pedagogy, Education, Video, Film, Visual Culture, Visual Studies, Wearables,Connected self, Writing, Literature, Poetry

Richard Clar is a new media interdisciplinary artist who now resides in Healdsburg, California and spends part of the year in Paris, France.  Clar, who studied at the Chouinard Art Institute (now Cal-Arts), is an early pioneer of art-in-space and began work in this field in 1982 with a NASA approved concept for an art-payload for the U.S. Space Shuttle. Philosophical in nature, themes for Richard Clar's art-in-space projects include: space environment issues, such as orbital debris; war and peace; the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), and water management on Earth. The work of Richard Clar has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and universities in the United States and Europe and may be found in corporate collections such as JBL Sound and the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, and the permanent collection of the Culver Gallery, University of California, Riverside.

In 2001, and again in 2002, Clar coordinated the Leonardo/OLATS/IAA Space Art Workshops in Paris. Richard Clar is the Director of Art Technologies; a Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA); Artist in Residence; a Member of the IAA SETI Permanent Study Group, and a member of the Leonardo Space Art Working Group. Clar was the Secretary of the former Art and Literature Subcommittee of the International Academy of Astronautics, and a past Member of the Executive Board, Graphic Arts Council, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Journal Articles:
Special Section: Global Crossings: The Cultural Roots of Globalization: The Spirit and Power of Water Project

Alma Da Água: A Space Awareness Initiative

August 2003
Special Section: The Art and Science of Interstellar Message Composition

The Process of Art in Interstellar Message Construction

February 2004