Christo Allegra
Christo Allegra is an information designer and media artist. Presently, he is a partner at Spatialize, a Digital Media network that seeks to create new experiences in new interfaces.[1]
Allegra's interest in digital art began in the 1990s, when he took a course called Exploring the Internet.[2] He received his bachelors degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins University. Later, Allegra completed a master's degree in Fine Arts at UCLA's Design|Media Art program.[2][3] He was a student at School for Poetic Computation in 2014.[4][2]
Allegra is a freelance artist. His work has been exhibited at the Fringe Gallery,[5] the New Wight Gallery,[3] wild project,[6] and The Con Artist Collective.[7] He has worked with many companies including Bloomberg Media, Charles Schwab, and The New York Times.[2] He uses his art to express his beliefs on queer politics, WTC,[clarification needed] financial data, visualization, and physicalized narrative.[4]
Notable work[edit]
His notable works include
- phi face, his work digitally manipulating Apple CEO Tim Cook's face based on Apple Stock price data, a take on Chernoff faces.[8]
- MARCO, a programmatic painting tool.
- Swen of the Wirble, joint work with Banyan Fierer exploring the destruction in the wake of the Xenia, Ohio tornado.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Partners". Spatialize. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Penney, Margaret (2016-06-27). "Interview with Christo Allegra | Sessions College". Retrieved 2021-12-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Design | Media Arts graduate students say "Hello World" in final art exhibition". Daily Bruin. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Christo Allegra | School for Poetic Computation". sfpc.io. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Inhale, Exhale: Swen of the Wirble". SLUG Magazine. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- ↑ "ATTA BOY". thewildproject. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- ↑ "We Regret to Inform You - joyscopa.com". joyscopa.com. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- ↑ VR, Road to (2016-12-01). "Everything Wrong with Traditional Data Visualization and How VR is Poised to Fix It". Road to VR. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
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