Ken Rinaldo was born in New York in 1958. He is internationally recognized for his interactive installations that blur the boundaries between the organic and inorganic and explore the experience and evolution of technological cultures. His work questions the diffuse limits in which hybrids arise. The “biological”, the “machine”, species of algorithms and their original intelligences are unexpectedly mixed in order to better understand the complex ecologies that these semi-living species create.
Rinaldo is focused on trans-species communication and research methods to understand animals, insects, and bacterial cultures as models for emerging artificial intelligence: how they interact, self-organize, and cohabit Earth.
Ken Rinaldo’s works have been exhibited internationally in various museums, festivals, and art galleries, such as the António Prates Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal, Nuit Blanche in Canada, Ocean World Museum in Russia, Ars Electronica in Austria, Lille International Arts Festival in France, La Maison d’Ailleurs in Switzerland, Vancouver Olympics in Canada, Platform 21 in the Netherlands, Transmediale in Berlin, AV Festival in England, Caldas Museum of Art in Colombia, Arco in Spain, Te Papa Museum in Wellington, New Zealand, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo in Seville, Spain, Kiasma Museum in Finland, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Pan Palazzo Delle Arti in Italy, V2 SURDO in the Netherlands, Siggraph in Los Angeles, Exploratorium in San Francisco, Itau Museum in Brazil, Biennale of Electronic Art in Australia, and the National Center for Contemporary Art in Russia.
Awarded in 2004 at Ars Electronica in Austria for his work “Augmented Fish Reality,” Rinaldo also received the First Prize Vida 3.0 in Madrid for his work “Autopoiesis,” which also earned an Honorable Mention at Ars Electronica in 2001. In 2008, Rinaldo and Youngs received the “Green Leaf Award” from the United Nations Environment Programme for the “Fountain Farm” project.
Rinaldo is a member of the Senior Academic Council of Antennae Magazine and author of “Interactive Electronics for Artists and Inventors.” His work has been featured on radio and TV, including international channels such as BBC, ORF, CNN, CNET, CBC & Discovery Channel.
A selection of publications on his work includes
