Scott Draves


ISEA Bio(s) Available:


  • ISEA2002

    Scott Draves a.k.a. Spot is a visualist and programmer residing in San Francisco. He received an Honorable Mention from the Prix Ars Electronica in 1993 for a computer graphic still image “Flame #149”, and a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1997 for a thesis on metaprogramming for media processing. Spot then migrated to the San Francisco Bay Area to do startups, first the Transmeta Corporation, then Fastforward Networks, which was bought by Inktomi. He regularly projects live video for underground parties and at dubs, and is finally working full-time on art.

Last Known Location:


  • San Francisco, California, US

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