Ivar Smedstad
Biography
Ivar Smedstad was born in Oslo, Norway 1961. Working in video since 1984, Smedstad uses rapid-paced editing and morphing to deconstruct and fragment video/audio sequences. Employing time as a sculptural medium, he creates a pastiche of image and sound, and through repetition builds rythmical structures. Smedstad received his BFA in Performance/Video at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1988. From 1988 to 1992 he held the position as Technical Director at Electronic Arts Intermix. From 1992 to 93 Smedstad was a fellow in the Department of Media Art at Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. Currently Ivar Smedstad is a lecturer at KHM Köln.