James Tunick

Bio &
Contact

James Tunick

Art

Technology

Music

Websites

Technology

James Tunick's technology projects for Studio IMC are all related to audience participation with billboards, movie screens, and other digital screens through video tracking, cell phone, and voice. Tunick is creator and lead developer of the following software products:

>> IMCfaceplate (patent pending) is software that accurately tracks faces and advertising impressions. See www.IMCfaceplate.com
>> IMCtv (patent pending) is advanced interactive media player software for digital screens & interactive advertising. See www.StudioIMC.com
>> IMCmobile is mobile software that ties into traditional ads as well as IMCtv screens. See www.StudioIMC.com
>> IMCspace is social software & 3D mapping tools that integrate with IMCtv & IMCmobile. See www.StudioIMC.com

Art

James Tunick's art works are about the need for free speech in public spaces. The works invite audience particiaption and combine media such as immersive film, public sculpture, AI, 3D gaming software, and spatial sound art. His recent work is focused on "the Next Net" (or the "Outernet").

2009: Web Art. "Add-Art". Eyebeam online exhibition providing millions of Web users with an option to view to art instead of ads while Web browsing.
2008: Interactive installation. "From Fluxus to Media Art". Maya Stendhal Gallery. With other artists such as Andy Warhol and Nam June Paik.
2007: Parallel Cityscapes stereoscopic environment. "Stereovision". USF Contemporary Art Museum. With other artists such as Chuck Close.
2006: Interactive Installations. "Beyond TV". Museum of TV & Radio in New York City.
2006: Park of the Future proposal for interactive art works in a park in LA finalist in compeitions with UCSD and featured in the LA Times.
2005: CINE (Collaborative Immersive Networked Environment) finalist in SOP III Design Competition with Yale Law School, Harvard, and NY Law School.
2004: Infinite City, immersive environment with 3D graphics and gesture control featured in "Convergence" art show at the Chelsea Art Museum.
2004: Infinite City published in Jean-Marc Gauthier's book, "Virtual Sets and Pre-Visualization for Games, Movies and the Web" (2005).
2002: 9/11 interactive memorial sculpture "WHY" in large format photograph in 9/11 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
2001: 9/11 Sculpture featured in full page photograph in Rolling Stone Magazine, November 22nd issue.

Music

James Tunick's computer music compositions are experiments in musical hybridity that are meant to inspire the listener to see the the music as if the sounds are part of an immersive 3D space. Some songs are used as soundtracks in Studio IMC immersive environments & interactive installations in Times Square & in movie theaters. Several compositions have also been used as soundtracks in independent films. See all music here

Websites

James Tunick's Websites are quite diverse. From the sites he created for Studio IMC to blogs and independent Website development projects, Tunick has built many dynamic sites for Web and for phone.

My Websites
www.StudioIMC.com
www.Mapcidy.com
www.Web5design.com
www.IMCexpo.net

www.Webbyslist.com

My Blogs
www.Mapcidy.com
www.studioimc.blogspot.com

Client Websites
www.CurrentProtocols.com
www.Web5design.com
www.TheOnePercentDocumentary.com
www.JonasMekas.com
www.ChelseaArtMuseum.com/YA

Client Mobile Websites
www.GoldsGymMobi.com
www.WildcatMobile.com

Facebook Applications
NRDC Environmental Action Application
Green Day (the band) video promotion for NRDC

Bio

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James Tunick received his BA from Yale University & received his Masters in New Media from NYU Tisch Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).

He is Founder of Studio IMC, a new media agency in New York City. Studio IMC clients have included the Museum of Modern Art PS1, Heineken, Hennessy, Clear Channel, US Army, Diesel, NBC/Universal, National Amusements, the NJ Nets, the NRDC, and many others.

Tunick is also CEO of Mapcidy with partners like MoMA PS1 & Carnegie Hall.
In addition, Tunick owns a Web design firm called Web5design.
His work has been featured in Rollingstone Magazine, the Museum of Modern Art, & in the book, Virtual Sets and Pre-Visualization for Games, Movies & the Web.
Tunick's art & technology have also been featured in the Time Warner Center, Times Square, & the NY Times, LA Times, on NY1 News, & The Discovery Channel.
He also has two patents pending & has a Studio IMC research lab in New York City & an office in Harrison New York.

Contacts

Phone: 917-446-8116
Email: JTunick@StudioIMC.com
Twitter: www.Twitter.com/jamestunick
LinkedIn: LinkedIn