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Yariv Alter Fin, born as Yariv Alter in 1968 in Tel-Aviv, Israel, (he later added Fin to his name) was an early enthusiast
of visual programming and computer animation. While still a teen-ager he formed a mulimedia group called DXM
releasing various audio and video tapes and performing widely in Israel.
His work in computer programming anticipated the Internet, and he has been called the father of YouTube because of the many
video clips he created and circulated. In 1990 he moved to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he completed Bachelor and Master's degrees
in audio-visual programming and graphic design. He became a tireless and beloved teacher of computer art and
worked with various media and art organisations creating CDs, and Internet and TV productions.
His main work theme, "Visual Philosophy", explored the links between fine art and applied design, between theory and practice, old media
disciplines such as portrait art and poetry and new media such as video animation and interactive art.
His academic credentials notwithstanding, he was essentially a loner, a do-it-yourselfer, unbound to prevailing wisdom or practice in life as in art, a free spirit,
a icon to his followers, and an iconoclast to everybody else. His work was also his play.
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