Andy & Merja
Andy Best was born in the south of England, 1963. Since 1988 he has lived and worked in Helsinki, Finland. Merja Puustinen was born in Hamina, Finland, 1963. They have collaborated together since 1993. Both have a background in sculpture, video and installation art. They were amongst the first online web artists, and during the mid to late 1990’s worked with virtual multiuser 3D worlds on the internet. With their company Meetfactory they developed a 3D multiuser community platform and virtual pet or tamagotchi for mobile phones. They now concentrate their artistic activites on large scale installations and interactive works. Merja Puustinen is completing doctoral research at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki and Andy Best is commencing PhD research at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.
Work presented:
Lights in the Sky
The camera starts backing away, and tries to escape the ever approaching lights.
