Today in class a few of my classmates presented their “superstars” as part of the class’ “Superstar Smackdown” assignment. While I knew two of the four superstars presented, I picked up a ton of great links. Links which follow a superstar do not necessarily correspond to them but were merely mentioned during the presentation.

Superstars:

Daniel Brown
www.play-create.com
www.danielbrowns.com

Gary Hill
Titles by Gary Hill at Electronic Arts Intermix

Bruce Mau
www.experimentaljetset.nl
Transmaterial (website) (book)

Nando Costa
Linn Olofsdottier Costa
Modernista!

Some other links mentioned in class:
Josh Davis / Praystation
James Patterson / PRESSTUBE
John Maeda
Plumb Design (now Thinkmap)
aesthetics + computation group
karlssonwilker inc.’s TELLMEWHY : The First 24 Months of a New York Design Company

Some other artists that I’m considering as my “superstar” (I threw a design firm and artist collective in for good measure):
Tomato
Blast Theory
Marina Zurkow
Camille Utterback
Anthony McCall

For my field guide I would like to focus on security / surveillance cameras. Here are some related links:
Institue for Applied Autonomy
New York Surveillance Camera Players