藝術家Artists
Philip Beesley以Hylozoic Ground 這個作品計畫，呈現出未來的建築物如何可能會移動，甚至有感覺且會思考。在這個吸引了全球注意的系列裝置整體中，Beesley集結了一整組科學與藝術方面的專家，創造了獨特的加拿大式實驗性建築物。Beesley是Waterloo大學建築學院的教授，且是多倫多設計集團的首席。他在過去三十年來的成就包括無數公共建築物、雕像、以及景觀裝置。
Beesley的作品廣為出版及展示。過去這年他的作品包括在馬德里、林茲、恩斯赫德、布魯塞爾、紐約、洛杉磯、紐澳良等地的裝置，最近更在哥本哈根的聯合國氣候變化綱要公約第１５次締約方大會(COP15 Copenhagen climate summit)中展出。Beesley曾經在加拿大各地、洛杉磯、費城、紐約、倫敦、阿姆斯特丹、哥本哈根以及林茲展出一些重要的展覽。他的作品也出現在巴塞隆納、北京、東京和台北，並且在WIRED、MARK等雜誌中刊載，也出現在LEONARDO和ARTIFICIAL LIFE等期刊封面上。
他的作品曾經獲得建築羅馬大獎(加拿大地區)［Prix de Rome in Architecture (Canada)］, Spain’s VIDA 11.0 第一名，以及遠東國際數位建築設計獎［Far Eastern International Digital Architectural Design Award (FEIDAD)］,以及兩次的加拿大朵拉‧摩佛‧摩爾獎（ Dora Mavor Moore）。
Beesley有皇后大學以優異成績取得視覺藝術學位、漢博學院的科技學位，以及多倫多大學的建築學位。
Philip Beesley is a professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. He was educated in visual art at Queen’s University, in technology at Humber College, and in architecture at the University of Toronto. At Waterloo he serves as Director for the Integrated Group for Visualization, Design and Manufacturing. His Toronto-based practice PBAI is an interdisciplinary design firm that combines public buildings with exhibition design, stage and lighting projects. The studio’s methods incorporate industrial design, digital prototyping, and mechatronics engineering.
Beesley is engaged in the rapidly expanding technology of responsive architecture. He has authored and edited ten books and has been featured by Artificial Life (MIT), LEONARDO, WIRED, and in a series of TED talks. His work was selected to represent Canada at the 2010 Venice Biennale for Architecture, and he has been recognized by the Prix de Rome in Architecture, VIDA 11.0, FEIDAD, two Governor General’s Awards and as a Katerva finalist.
www.philipbeesleyarchitect.com
2011-12 Hylozoic Soil Series 11, Meta.Morf Festival, Trondheim, Norway [currently in development]
2011-12 Simons Aurora, Simons West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton [currently in development]
2012 Hylozoic Series: Sibyl, 2012 Biennale of Sydney, Cockatoo Island, Sydney [commission]
2011-12 Protocell Field, DEAF Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands [commission]
2012 Hylozoic Soil Series 10, Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid [commission]
2012 Hylozoic Series: Vesica, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand [commission]
2011-12 Cloud Brocade, Festival Bains Numeriques, Paris, France and Stitches: Suzhou Fast Forward, WORKshop, Toronto 2011
2011 Hylozoic Veil, The Leonardo, Salt Lake City, 2011 [permanent]
2011 Hylozoic Ground Collaboration, Cambridge Galleries Design at Riverside, Ontario 2011
2011 Hylozoic Soil Series 9, immersive interactive environment for The Leonardo, Salt Lake City
2011 Sargasso, Toronto Luminato Festival, Brookfield Place Galleria, June 2011 [commission]
2011 Hylozoic Series: Stoa, immersive interactive installation for Lexus Hybrid Art, Moscow, May 2011
2011 St. Exupery Field, Galerie St. Exupery, Reims, France, Feb. 2011
2010 Aurora, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Oct. 2010
2010 Hylozoic Ground: Hylozoic Series 8, immersive interactive sculptural environment, Canadian representative to the 2010 Venice Biennale in Architecture, Venice, Italy, September -November 2010
2010 Alameda Field: Hylozoic Soil Series 7, Laboratorio Arte Alameda/Festival de Mexico, Mexico City, April 2010
2010 Meduse Field: Hylozoic Soil Series 6, Mois Multi Festival, immersive installation for Québec City, Feb'10
2009 Sargasso Fields, immersive installation for CITA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Aug'09
2009 Sargasso Cloud, immersive installation for Pluto Festival Opwijk Belgium Oct'09
2009 Hylozoic Soil Series 5 immersive installation for Medialab Enschede, Holland Oct'09
2009 Hylozoic Soil Series 4, immersive installation for Biologic Gallery, SIGGRAPH, New Orleans, Aug.'09
2009 Epithelium, Ball State University, March'09 [installation, acquired by Ball State].
2009 Hylozoic Soil Series 3, immersive installation for 2009 VIDA Awards, the Matadero, Madrid, Feb'09
