[Looking Forward] October 2015 Theme: Electronics / Arraylist Listserv

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ArrayList discussion theme: New Media Foundations: Electronics

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OCTOBER 2015 GUEST THREAD LEADERS Alejandro Borsani [RISD], Paula Gaetano-Adi [RISD], Dawn Hayes [City University of New York], Justin Lincoln [Whitman College], Brittany Ransom [California State University Long Beach], Chris Reilly [Eastern Michigan University]

Alejandro Borsani, Assistant Professor, Division of Experimental & Foundation Studies, Rhode Island School of Design Alejandro Borsani is an artist and educator who explores the intersection of natural and artificial systems by creating videos, installations, sculptures, custom software and electronics. His research is driven by a curiosity about physical phenomena an d the exploration of emergent technologies. His works have been presented in solo and group exhibitions internationally. Currently, he is Assistant Professor in the Experimental and Foundation Studies Division at RISD. He served as faculty in the Creative Computation Program at the Southern Methodist University and in the New Media Arts Program at the University of North Texas. Borsani holds an MFA in Electronic Arts from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2012) and an MFA in Electronic Visualization from the University of Illinois at Chicago (2010). He also received a degree in Audiovisual Design from the School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism at the University of Buenos Aires (2007).

Paula Gaetano-Adi, Assistant Professor, Division of Experimental & Foundation Studies, Rhode Island School of Design Paula Gaetano Adi (born in San Juan, Argentina) is an artist, educator, and researcher working in sculpture, performance, interactive installations, and robotic agents. Her work has been presented extensively in exhibitions and festivals in Beijing, Berlin, Madrid, Moscow, Stockholm, Sao Paulo, New York, Poznan, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Vancouver, among other locales. She was the recipient of different awards and honors, including the First Prize VIDA 9.0 – the international competition on Art & Artificial life; the First Prize ‘LIMBØ’ at the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires; the National Endowment for the Arts, Argentina; the Fergus Memorial Scholarship in 2009 and 2010; and the 2012 “Artistic production Incentive Prize for Ibero-American Artists” awarded by VIDA 14.0. Gaetano Adi received a degree in Audiovisual Communication from Blas Pascal University in Argentina and a MFA with emphasis in Art & Technology, from The Ohio State University. She was visiting scholar at the UCLA REMAP, University of California Los Angeles, and artist-in-residence at Sachaqa Eco Art Center (Perú). She has served as faculty for the Electronics Arts program at the Tres de Febrero National University in Buenos Aires, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, and she directed the undergraduate and graduate program in New Media Art at the University of North Texas. Currently, she is Assistant Professor of Experimental & Foundation Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

Dawn Hayes, City University of New York Dawn C. Hayes tinkers, educates and explores emergent media arts and technology as facilitators of public engagement. She runs COOL Labs (www.coollabs.org) and has taught creative technology-centered courses at CUNY since 2010. Currently, Dawn’s interests include applications of repurposed and networked artifacts as information resources in connected cities. Dawn holds a bachelor’s degree from Muskingum College and has pursued post-graduate studies at Columbia University and NY U.

Justin Lincoln, Assistant Professor, Whitman College Justin Lincoln is an experimental artist and educator teaching New Genres & Digital Art at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. His work involves creative computer programming, the online community tumblr, video montage, and the history of experimental film. He is a prolific presence online and his work shows extensively in international exhibitions and screenings. Recent screenings include The Chicago Underground Film Festival, FILE Digital Languages Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Dallas Videofest, and the exhibition Across Voices: New Media Art 2015 at CICA Museum in Gimpo, Korea.

Brittany Ransom, Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach Brittany Ransom is an artist and educator currently living in Long Beach, California. Ransom is the recipient of numerous awards and grants including the highly competitive Workshop Residency in S an Francisco (upcoming Spring 2016), the Arctic Circle Research Residency (2014), University Research council and Instructional Technology Grant Awards (2013-2014), and the prestigious College Art Association Professional Development Fellowship (2011). Ransom has shown internationally and nationally and has been featured in numerous publications. Her most recent work has been exhibited in Long Island City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas. She collaborates with a number of local institutions and has a current large scale project at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Ransom received her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Electronic Visualization from the University of Illinois at Chicago and her Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Ohio State University with a concentration in Art and Technology. Ransom is currently serving as the Assistant Professor of Sculpture + New Genres at California State University Long Beach. As a member of the faculty of the College of The Arts, she works within the sculpture area and specializes in 3D computerized production / digital fabrication and physical computing / kinetics. Ransom is half african american and italian / german and was born and raised in the small city of Lima, Ohio.

Chris Reilly, Assistant Professor, Eastern Michigan University Chris Reilly is a Detroit-area artist, hacker and teacher. He holds a MFA from UCLA’s School of the Arts and Architecture, and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is currently Assistant Professor of Digital Media in the Art Department at Eastern Michigan University. Since 2003, he has shown work in solo and group art exhibitions in the US, Europe and Asia. Working individually and collaboratively, his artwork explores telepresence, relationships, physical subjectivity and community building with media including games, performances, relational objects, robots, and open-source hardware/software projects.

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