CODEMANIPULATOR is an architect, artist and designer.

Amongst others Codemanipulator invented and coined the terms:

• CodeManipultions
• CodePainting
• CodePoetry
• CodeMovies
• CodeSculpture
• CodeArchitecture
• CodeEverything!

As soon as it became possible with the WWW, Codemanipulator began inventing&playing&creating&manipulating within this medium, in the sense of ART. He has created the “www.art” consciousness. This process had though a much earlier beginning. He started farther back, when there was no WWW, while he was exploring Architecture and Art and - on the other hand - technological labs, where he had seen the technologies, that only many years later were about to see daylight.

To some degree Codemanipulator is a scientist. His works are often exhibits needed to underscore his thesis and his statements in art, in architecture and in design. From another point of view they are also the ground for exploration. Both attitudes are strictly related to each other.

Short CV

1971 born

Interdisciplinary activity between: architecture, urban design, art, Internet and new media. Exhibitions and publications about architecture, art and new technologies.

In the middle of the 80’s Active participation in the “Desktop Revolution”

1987 First intensive examination with the linkage of programming and art

1989 Practical course in GMD National Research Center for Information Technology – St. Augustin/Bonn (GMD)

1992 - 1997 architecture study

With start of the WWW beginning of artistic occupation with programming and design in the World Wide Web

1995 “Bring the net to paper”, “I want to see pixels”, “I want to see the net”

1996 Works of the series “CodePainting”, “CodePoetry” and “CodePainting-Interactive”

1996/1997 “CodeManipulations” – manipulations of code, exhibitions and prizes, publications
“010111010 – The City in the City” receives two recognized Architecture/Urban Design prizes

1998-2000 The other point of view – Antipixel – theory against “Meaning”-less digitization leading to a coded
“Meaning”-full digitization

2001-2002 Active participation and promotion of the “Webstandards” movement

2003-2005 “CodeMovies” – continuation and development of code in new ranges and technologies (XML, SVG)

He lives and works in 01001010011101 and 01001111001001.