Arild Boman (1940)
Norway

"Arild Boman (1940) is a Norwegian communication researcher, composer, musician and media artist. In addition to creating the music for Pompel & Pilt, his early experiments with digital music with computers, interaction over satellite connections, experimental video art and the fact that he was the first Norwegian to compose music with computers have given him a well-deserved legend status. Boman started video and computer experimentation with music in 1961, and from there played in the band Public Enemies from 1964, made theatre music for an Ibsen series, started Norwegian video art teaching at the Norwegian Academy of Fine Arts in 1974 and the First African Video Art Workshop in Nigeria during FESTAC in 1977. Boman has led investigations of youth, culture and technology in European, African and Asian countries, and of broadband democracy/resident utilization of own cable networks in several countries. From 1987 he was editor of Mediekultur/Kunnskapskanalen, the universities’ television broadcasts of research and art, and in later years he has had exhibitions in Norway and abroad."
(Source, website, BEK)

Work :

• Video Experiment (1974)