Etan Ilfeld

Etan Ilfeld is a London-based entrepreneur, and the author of Beyond Contemporary Art,[1][2] an image-driven contemporary art book, which spans disciplines ranging from science, design and architecture to new media, film-making and performance art.[3]

Education

Ilfeld graduated at the top of his undergraduate Physics class at Stanford University and was awarded the David Levine Award. He is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa and holds a Masters in Film Studies from the University of Southern California, and a Masters in Interactive Media from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Media and Art

In 2007, Ilfeld founded Tenderpixel Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in central London.[4] In 2008, Tenderpixel began hosting an annual experimental film competition known as Tenderflix.[5] Ilfeld is also a digital artist and his New Kind of Cinema work was showcased at TEDxLondon in 2011, included in the Apparatjik iPhone magazine and archived in Rhizome's ArtBase.[6] New Kind of Cinema was programmed in Mathematica and inspired by the usage of cellular automata after training with Stephen Wolfram in Pisa during the summer of 2009.[7] Ilfeld was also an executive producer of the feature films Killer Pad (directed by Robert Englund), and Remainder an adaptation of Tom McCarthy's Remainder_(novel) directed by Omer Fast. Ilfeld also produced the sci-fi graphic novel, Binary,[8] based on Chris Hinz's award winning Liege-Killer novel.[9] He has written extensively on contemporary art. His article Contemporary Art and Cybernetics was published in the peer-reviewed Leonardo Journal published by MIT Press in February 2012,[10] and his book, Beyond Contemporary Art, was published in October 2012 by Vivays Publishing.[2]

Watkins Media

Ilfeld is the owner of Watkins Books,[11] London's oldest Mind Body Spirit bookshop (established in 1893).[12][13] He is also the editor-in-chief of the Watkins' Mind Body Spirit magazine.[14] In the February 2011 issue of Watkins' Mind Body Spirit magazine, Ilfeld launched the 100 Spiritual List, which ranks the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People in the world.[15] The 100 Spiritual list continues to be published annually.

In 2014, Ilfeld acquired Watkins Publishing, Nourish, and Angry Robot from Osprey Publishing.[16]

Mind Sports

Ilfeld is a competitive strategy games player having won the World Amateur Poker Championship Title in 2010;[17] he is a ranked USCF chess master,[18] and winner of the under 2300 section of the 2003 US Open. Ilfeld is also the inventor of Diving Chess, a chess variant played in a pool such that each player can think during their turn for as long as they can hold their breath underwater.[19][20][21] He is currently the chief organizer of the Mind Sports Olympiad.

References

  1. ↑ "Have we moved Beyond Contemporary Art?". flaneur.me.uk.
  2. 1 2 "Beyond Contemporary Art: Amazon.co.uk: Etan Ilfeld: 9781908126221: Books". amazon.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Book review: Beyond Contemporary Art". we-make-money-not-art.com.
  4. ↑ "Tenderpixel". tenderpixel.com.
  5. ↑ "Tenderflix 2013 - Tenderpixel". tenderpixel.com.
  6. ↑ "A New Kind Of Cinema". Rhizome. 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  7. ↑ "NKS Blog". Thenksblog.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  8. ↑ "Talking Comics with Tim - Jon Proctor on 'Binary' - Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources". Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources.
  9. ↑ "Binary: Amazon.co.uk: Christopher Hinz, Stephan Martiniere, Stuart Moore, Marie Javins, Jon Proctor, Etan Ilfeld: 9781484862742: Books". amazon.co.uk.
  10. ↑ Volume 45, Issue 1, 2012
  11. ↑ Kindred Spirit, Issue 109, March/April 2011
  12. ↑ "Westend Extra, April 2010". Westendextra.com. 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  13. ↑ "FirstyNews, May 2011". Publishingperspectives.com. 2011-05-09. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  14. ↑ Tendertheory Limited (3 December 2011). "Watkins Ebooks and Magazines". App Store.
  15. ↑ "100 Spiritual Power List by Watkins, 2011 | Esoteric News". Watkinsbooks.com. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  16. ↑ "Osprey sells off Watkins, Angry Robot and Nourish". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
  17. ↑ "Results for mso14". boardability.com.
  18. ↑ "Interview with Jewish Chronicle". Thejc.com. 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  19. ↑ http://content.yudu.com/A1vdb5/ChessLifeFeb2012/resources/12.htm Chess Life magazine, February 2012
  20. ↑ "Underwater chess is one of the mind games at Mind Sports Olympiad". thestar.com. 12 June 2012.
  21. ↑ "Board games: bringing the Olympic spirit to the sitting room". Telegraph.co.uk. 3 August 2012.
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