Ed Emshwiller

Biography

Edmund Alexander Emshwiller was an American visual artist known for his science fiction illustrations and pioneering experimental films. He established himself in the late '60s as a science fiction illustrator and avant-garde cinema pioneer with works such as Relativity (1966) and Image, Flesh and Voice (1969). His groundbreaking video works explored the relationship between external reality and subjective feelings through experiments with synthesizers and computers.