The Encircling Self: In Memory of Maryanne Amacher

Paul Kaiser is a digital artist, filmmaker, and writer. With his two colleagues in OpenEndedGroup, Shelley Eshkar and Marc Downie, Kaiser has created works that span a wide range of forms and disciplines, including 3-D film, dance, installation, music, and public art. Outside collaborators in the performing arts have included such prominent figures as Robert Wilson, Merce Cunningham, Bill T. Jones, Trisha Brown, the Flux Quartet, and Wayne McGregor. In 1996, Kaiser was the first digital artist to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship. More recently, he received the John Cage Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.