Perry Hoberman
Unexpected Obstacles

Perry Hoberman is an installation and performance artist whose work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and Europe. He works with a variety of technologies, ranging from utterly obsolete to seasonably state-of-the-art. From 1992 to 1995, he was the Art Director at Telepresence Research, a company specializing in Virtual Reality applications. A retrospective survey of Hoberman's work, "Unexpected Obstacles" was exhibited during summer 1998 at the ZKM Mediamuseum in Karlsruhe, Germany, and before that at Gallery Otso in Espoo, Finland. "Systems Maintenance", a commission from Hull Time Based Arts, premiered at theCornerhouse in Manchester, England in September as part of ISEA 98, and was also shown at ROOT 98 in Hull, England and DEAF 98 in Rotterdam. "Lightpools or El Ball del Fanalet", a collaboration with Galleria Virtual, premiered at the Miro Foundation in Barcelona in November 1998. Hoberman is represented by Postmasters Gallery in New York, and has taught at the San Francisco Art Institute, the Cooper Union School of Art (NY), and the School of Visual Arts (NY)
 

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