Marius Watz
artist.
Marius Watz (Norway, 1973) is an artist who has worked with code and visual abstraction since the mid-1990’s. Self-taught, he dropped out of Computer Science studies to create visuals for the early Oslo rave culture. In the 2000’s he focused on generative art, working with realtime software as well as physical artifacts produced using digital fabrication. In 2005 he founded Generator.x as a curatorial platform to produce a series of exhibitions, concerts and workshops for code-based art, design and audiovisual performance.
Watz has exhibited internationally at venues like the V&A in London, ITAU Cultural in Sao Paulo and Museumsquartier in Vienna. He has lectured extensively and taught at schools like NYU ITP and Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
From The World’s Largest GIF, March 2024
