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Tamiko Thiel
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2024 SIGGRAPH Distinguished Artist Lifetime Achievement Award in Digital Art.
XR Hall of Fame
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attn: brainiacs and computer history nerds (and those who like a fascinating story about product design) — rejoice!

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Electric Dreams — Tamiko Thiel on the Connection Machine
Before touchscreens dominated our technological imaginations, there was a mysterious black cube with pulsing lights that became the physical manifestation of artificial intelligence—and Thiel realized its visual story.
www.thetonearm.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Thanks to @lawrenceperyer.com and @thetonearm.com for really caring and taking the time for a long and detailed chat about my Japanese/German origins and how they influenced my work! ❤️🙏❤️
By blending her mechanical engineering background with her father's theories on spatial perception, digital artist Tamiko Thiel creates immersive digital environments that communicate emotional truths about displacement and ecological crisis.

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The Virtual Gardens of Tamiko Thiel | The Tonearm
By blending her mechanical engineering background with her father's theories on spatial perception, digital artist Tamiko Thiel creates immersive digital environments that communicate emotional truths about displacement and ecological crisis.
www.thetonearm.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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I'm not sure who turned my words into a meme, and included U.S. citizens (most of whom do not want a new war!), but I appreciate how many people are connecting with it.

May all of us, in all of our different situations, somehow help bring the justice this world so desperately needs. 💔
June 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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I’m at the NYC anti-Trump protest, where thousands upon thousands of people have shown up in the cold rain. I can’t see the start or end of the crowd.
April 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Big crowd at #HandsOff on Grand Rapids. Spotted a Greenland (!) flag.
April 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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People often ask what a coalition of 200,000 can do. The answer’s simple — with all our free time (since a lot of us got fired), we’re out here causing a lot of good trouble.
April 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Omar: They want you to think it is ok to snatch people in the middle of the night and disappear them.
April 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Thousands of people crowded in front of the Washington Monument on Saturday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump and top adviser Elon Musk’s dismantling of federal agencies, alleged circumventing of due process and introduction of tariffs.
Thousands rally in D.C. as Trump protesters gather across U.S.
In Washington and across the country, demonstrators rallied in opposition of the president’s agenda
www.washingtonpost.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Why isn‘t the media emphasizing how Trump decimated the FAA before the collision, rather than repeating his obvious lies about DEI???
Trump deliberately plunged the FAA into chaos as soon as he took office. Musk pushed out the FAA Administrator so the agency was leaderless, Trump fired the entire safety advisory board. He bullied staff to accept buyouts.

Not a surprise the tower was “not normal”.
February 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
„Matrilocality typically co-occurs with cultural practices that benefit women and keeps them embedded in their family support networks. … backed up by the finding that they were more likely than their male peers to be buried with valuable items.“
news.artnet.com/art-world/ea...
Archaeologists Find Evidence of Women-Led Society | Artnet News
Archaeologists discovered evidence of the women-led society in Europe at a rare Iron Age site in southwest England.
news.artnet.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.

Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
January 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
OPENING 13 Feb Chiostro del Bramante Rome! Showing augmented reality artwork "Forest Flux/Waldwandel" (by me and /p) tamikothiel.com/waldwandel/ as wall-sized livestream projection in exhibit "Flowers: Art from the Renaissance to Augmented Reality!"

www.chiostrodelbramante.it/post_mostra/...
FLOWERS. Art from the Renaissance to Augmented Reality - Chiostro Del Bramante
From February 14th, 2025, at the Chiostro del Bramante in Rome, an exhibition exploring flowers in art, timeless symbols that transcend history.
www.chiostrodelbramante.it
January 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
November 27, 2024 at 2:52 PM
How come when I try to find posts on “Art” I get a big nothing??? 🙁
November 17, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Hi Y'all! I've been creating immersive environments since around 1988 - this one is more recent: "Enter the Plastocene" (with /p) at MEET Digital Culture Center, Milan/Italy in 2021.
October 1, 2023 at 1:19 PM