Eric Parren (NL/US) is an interdisciplinary artist operating out of Helsinki. His practice includes the combined use of new and traditional digital and analog media, through which he investigates our understanding of the ideas and technologies that shape the future. Eric's works are often visceral, sensory experiences exploring modes of perception and the physics of light and sound. Informed by a deep knowledge of the histories of media arts, electronic music composition, and expanded cinema, his work makes links between the past, the present, and what is to come.
Eric is a Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University in the Department of Art and Media where he conducts research on artificial life, embodied cognition, and mechatronics. Previously he taught courses on programming and electronics for artists, realtime audiovisual systems, kinetic / light / sound art at NYU Shanghai, ArtCenter College of Design, and UCLA. He is a founding member of the art collective Macular, co-organizes the annual Conflux Festival, and runs the experimental music show La Force Sauvage.
Eric studied at the Interfaculty ArtScience of the Royal Academy of Art and Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where he received his BFA in 2009. He went on to study at the Design Media Arts department of the University of California Los Angeles, where he was awarded his MFA in 2012. His works have been shown at galleries and festivals across Europe, North America, and Asia.