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Name: Garnet Hertz Born: 1973, Canada Homepage: http://www.conceptlab.com Bio: Garnet Hertz is a Fulbright Scholar, Research Fellow at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, and is a doctoral candidate at the University of California Irvine. He also holds an MFA from the Arts Computation Engineering program at UCI and has completed UCI's Critical Theory Emphasis. His current interests include the history, theory and practice of art that engages with technology, media theory, old/new media, digital culture and robotics. He has shown his work at several notable international venues including Ars Electronica, DEAF and SIGGRAPH and is also founder of Dorkbot-Socal, a monthly Los Angeles-based lecture series on electronic art. Popular press about his work is widespread, disseminating through 25 countries including The New York Times, Wired, The Washington Post, Slashdot, NPR, USA Today, NBC, CBS, TV Tokyo and CNN Headline News. |
EDUCATION |
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PhD Program in Visual Studies, University of California Irvine Concentration: Technocultural studies, media theory and interdisciplinary arts practice. Dissertation: This research tracks and analyzes the term "new media" within contemporary media arts and media theory. It outlines the rise of the term in technologically-oriented arts practices in the mid-1990s, its subsequent decline around 2003, and how it has been continuously challenged within media arts and media theory though concepts of media archaeology, media-in-transition and subcultures of obsolete and do-it-yourself technologies. Expected Completion: Summer 2009 (currently ABD) Advisors: Mark Poster and Peter Krapp |
2005 |
Master of Fine Arts in Arts Computation Engineering, University of California Irvine Concentration: Technology, art and robotics: "Animal-Machine" (199 page thesis) Advisors: Simon Penny, Mark Poster, David Reinkensmeyer, Antoinette LaFarge |
2005 |
Critical Theory Emphasis Graduate Program, University of California Irvine |
1997 |
BFA, Studio Art (Magna Cum Laude), University of Saskatchewan, Canada |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS |
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2007 |
Dutch Electronic Art Festival, DEAF07 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
2007 |
ZOO, with Amy Youngs and Ingrid Bachmann InterAccess, Toronto, Canada |
2007 |
Emergent Reaction, with Casey Reas, Simon Penny & Peter Cho San Luis Obispo, California, USA |
2006 |
STRP Festival Eindhoven, Netherlands |
2006 |
Latitude 53 Edmonton, Canada |
2005 |
The Art Formerly Known as New Media, curated by Sarah Cook and Steve Dietz Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada |
2005 |
Hybrid Creatures and Paradox Machines, directed by Gerfried Stocker Ars Electronica 2005, Linz, Austria |
2005 |
ArtBots 2005, curated by Douglas Repetto, Michael John Gorman, and Marie Redmond SJMC / The Ark, Dublin, Ireland |
2005 |
Hybrid Vigor 2005, organized by Simon Penny Beall Center for Art & Technology, Irvine, USA |
2004 |
Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (Solo Exhibition) Machine Project, Los Angeles, USA |
2004 |
Guerilla Studio SIGGRAPH 2004, Los Angeles, USA |
2004 |
Hybrid Vigor, organized by Simon Penny Beall Center for Art & Technology, Irvine, USA |
2003 |
Twitch, curated by Risa Horowitz Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Canada |
2003 |
The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture, curated by Bruce Grenville Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada |
2003 |
Posthuman System #1: Cockroach with Wireless Video, curated by Brenda Cleniuk (Solo Exhibition) Neutral Ground Gallery, Regina, Canada |
2002 |
Reload, curated by Hayal Pozanti and Mehmet Sinan Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey |
2001 |
Ghost Town, curated by Gilles Hébert, Dan Ring, George Moppett, Noreen Neu, and Alexandra Stratulat Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada |
2001 |
Eyesyrup, curated by Neil Zakiewicz CADE 2001, Glasgow, Scotland |
2001 |
Pacemaker (exploring relationships through the computer interface), curated by Mary Cross Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Guelph, Canada |
1998 |
Digital Documentary, curated by Steve Dietz pARTs Photographic Arts, Minneapolis, USA |
1998 |
Arts Électioniques, 1re Biennale de Montréal, curated by Sylvie Parent Montréal, Canada |
1998 |
Cyberarts 98: .NET Participant, jurors: Broeckmann, De Kerckhove, Gehorsam, Ito, Simon Ars Electronica 1998, Linz, Austria |
1998 |
IMAGINA 98 Monaco |
1997 |
Desktop IS, directed by Alexei Shulgin www.easylife.org/desktop/ |
1997 |
Incomplete Dislocations, curated by Liz Mac Dougall, Andreas Guibert, Julie Lapalme, and Bob Rogers Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Canada |
1997 |
Web Projects, curated by Frank Teksum Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway |
1995 |
Emporium (Solo Exhibition) AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada |
1995 |
Art on Site, curated by Brenda Burne Site specific installation, Saskatoon, Canada |
AWARDS / GRANTS |
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2008 |
University of California Irvine, Humanities Associates Graduate Student Teaching Award Nominee |
2008 |
University of California Irvine, Dean of Humanities Research & Travel Award |
2007 |
Honorable Mention, Vida 9.0 Art & Artificial Life International Competition, Madrid |
2007 |
University of California Irvine, Dean of Humanities Research & Travel Award |
2006 |
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, Emulex Fellowship |
2006 |
University of California Humanities Research Institute, SECT 2006 Grant |
2005 |
The Canada Council for the Arts, Media Arts Travel Grant |
2005 |
The Saskatchewan Arts Board, Visual Arts Creative Production Grant |
2005 |
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, Emulex Fellowship |
2005 |
University of California Irvine, School of Humanities Regents' Fellowship |
2003 |
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, Research Fellowship |
2003 |
University of California Irvine Arts Computation Engineeging Graduate Program, Academic Fellowship |
2003 |
Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program Foundation, Graduate Student Program Scholarship |
2002 |
The Canada Council for the Arts, Media Arts Production Grant |
2002 |
The Canada Council for the Arts, Media Arts Travel Grant |
2002 |
The Saskatchewan Arts Board, Media Arts Professional Development Grant |
1997 |
The Saskatchewan Arts Board, Visual Arts Creative Production Grant |
1997 |
University of Saskatchewan, BFA Distinguished Exhibition Award |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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2008 |
Pedagogical Fellow University of California Irvine |
2008 |
Teaching Assistant: Computer Games as Art, Culture, and Technology University of California Irvine, Department of Undergraduate Education (Interdisciplinary) |
2007 |
Teaching Assistant: Computer Games as Art, Culture, and Technology University of California Irvine, Department of Undergraduate Education (Interdisciplinary) |
2006 |
Teaching Assistant: Computer Games as Art, Culture, and Technology University of California Irvine, Department of Undergraduate Education (Interdisciplinary) |
2002 |
Adjunct Professor: Introduction to Digital Media University of Regina, Department of Media Production and Studies |
2002 |
Instructor: HTML Code Soil Digital Media Suite |
2000 |
Instructor: Desktop Publishing Using Adobe Photoshop Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Kelsey Campus |
1997 |
Instructor: Introduction to Adobe Photoshop The Photographer's Gallery |
GUEST LECTURES |
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2007 |
Concordia University, Montréal, Canada |
2006 |
University of California San Diego, Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts Lecture Series |
2006 |
Dorkbot Eindhoven, in conjunction with STRP Festival (Netherlands) |
2006 |
University of California Irvine, Emulex Fellows Lecture Series |
2006 |
University of California Irvine, Department of Dance |
2006 |
University of California Irvine, School of Engineering (EECS) |
2006 |
University of California Irvine, Informatics (Paul Dourish Research Group) |
2005 |
University of California Irvine, Department of Film & Media Studies |
2005 |
IEEE Sensors 2005: The 4th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Conference on Sensors |
2005 |
California State University Long Beach, Art Department |
2005 |
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Computer Science Human Computer Interaction Lab |
2004 |
Dorkbot SF (San Fransisco) and Survival Research Labs |
2004 |
University of California San Diego, Department of Visual Arts / Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts |
2002 |
University of Regina, Department of Visual Art |
2002 |
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Commerce |
2001 |
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Art and Art History |
2001 |
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre |
2000 |
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Engineering |
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS |
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2008 |
GSFIR 2008: Forum on Interdisciplinary Research CalIT2, University of California Irvine, USA |
2008 |
CAA2008: College Art Association 96th Annual Conference Dallas, Texas, USA |
2007 |
Epicenter: University of California Digital Arts Research Network University of California Riverside, USA |
2007 |
GSFIR 2007: Forum on Interdisciplinary Research CalIT2, University of California Irvine, USA |
2005 |
Defense: Models, Strategies, Media. Organized by Peter Krapp, Felicity Scott, and Beatriz da Costa University of California Irvine, USA |
2002 |
ArtSci2002. Hosted by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc., The American Museum of Natural History & the Graduate Center of the City University of New York CUNY, New York City, USA |
2002 |
Bridges II International Consortium for the Study and Exploration of Interdisciplinary Collaborative Processes in Art, Culture, Science and Technology Banff New Media Institute, Canada |
2002 |
Crossing Over: Negotiating Specialization in an Interdisciplinary Culture University of Regina, Canada |
PUBLICATIONS |
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2005 |
Animal-Machine Masters Thesis, Arts Computation Engineering, University of California Irvine |
2002 |
Interview with Steve Dietz BlackFlash - Canadian Journal of Photo-based and Electronic Art Production |
2002 |
E.A.T.: An Interview with Billy Kluver Explorations in Art and Technology, Springer-Verlag |
2002 |
Le Parrain de l'art et de la technologie: un entretien avec Billy Kluver du groupe E.A.T. (Translated by Kathleen Goggin and Pierre Robert) Archée Cybermensuel |
CITATIONS |
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2007 |
L'Image ramifiée: Le Photographique du Web Élène Tremblay (ed) with Bardini, Frenkel, Kroker, Lalonde, & Lamontagne, Éditions J'ai VU |
2007 |
Screen- und Interfacedesign: Gestaltung und Usability für Hard- und Software Torsten Stapelkamp, Springer |
2006 |
"Biocomponents: Bringing Life to Engineering" in Ingenia (Issue 27) Peter Moar, The Journal of the Royal Academy of Engineering |
2005 |
Hybrid: Living in Paradox (Exhibition Catalog) Gerfried Stocker & Christine Schöpf (eds), Hatje Cantz |
2005 |
Roboter: Geschichte _ Technik _ Entwicklung [German edition] Robots. Genese d'un peuple artificiel [French edition] Daniel Ichbiah, Knesebeck Verlag / Editions Minerva |
2005 |
A Strange Dance: The Creative Collaborative Origins & Processes of "9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering" Robin Oppenheimer, ACM Press |
2004 |
Internet Art (World of Art) Rachel Greene, Thames & Hudson |
2004 |
The Body and the Screen: Theories of Internet Spectatorship Michele White, MIT Press |
2003 |
Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology Stephen Wilson, MIT Press |
2003 |
Twitch (Exhibition Catalog) Risa Horowitz (ed.), Steve Dietz & Jennifer Woodbury, aceartinc. |
2001 |
The Origin and Development of Robotic Art: Towards a Chronology of Robotic Art Eduardo Kac, Convergence 7:1, University of Luton Press |
2001 |
Toward a Third Culture: Being In Between Victoria Vesna, Leonardo 34.2, MIT Press |
2000 |
Eden by Wire: Webcameras and the Telepresent Landscape Thomas J. Campanella, in Goldberg's "The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet" (MIT Press) and Mirzoeff's "The Visual Culture Reader" (Routledge) |
2000 |
Tele-Agency: Telematics, Telerobotics, and the Art of Meaning Edward A. Shanken, Art Journal 59:2 |
2000 |
Web Work: A History of Internet Art Rachel Greene, ARTFORUM 38 |
2000 |
The Question Concerning Humanity: Obsolete Bodies and (Post)Digital Flesh Bernd Herzogenrath, Enculturation, Vol. 3, No. 1 |
1997 |
With the Desktop as a Canvas Matthew Mirapaul, The New York Times, 1997 December 18 |
PRESS SYNOPSIS |
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The New York Times, Wired News, L.A. Times, MSNBC, NPR, CBC, TV Tokyo, ORF, Deutsche Wella, Arte (Paris), Associated Press, Make Magazine, Discovery Channel, Science Channel, Artforum, London Times, I.D. Magazine, and CNN Headline News. Assorted press in Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belguim, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States. Over twenty-five interviews on television, radio and film. |
LECTURE SERIES ORGANIZATION |
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Dorkbot SoCal (Founder & Organizer). Monthly meeting of Southern Californian electronic artists, hackers, and theorists. Presenters have included Tom Jennings (World Power Systems), Mark Allen and Sky Frostenson (c-level / Waco Ressurrection), Beverly Tang (Rhizome.LA / Sublimina), Lucas Kuzma (UCLA), Paul Yarin (Blackdust / RealSimSystems), Perry Hoberman (USC), Dan Novy (Flash Film Works), Spot Draves (Electric Sheep), Doug Goodwin (Reactive System), Ryan Schoelerman (elint arts lab), Annina Ruest (t-t-trackers.net), Schoenerwissen/OfCD, Andreas Schlegel, Daniel Sauter, Janet Hansen (Enlighted Designs), Brett Stalbaum (UCSD), Paula Poole (paintersflat.com), Neil Kearns, Marcos Novak (UCSB), August Black (UCSB), Dan Overholt (UCSB), Julian Bleecker (USC), Peter Brinson (USC), Phil Stearns (CalArts), Jay Mark Johnson, Jonah Brucker-Cohen (Trinity College Dublin), Casey Reas (UCLA), Mark Daggett (Radical Software Group), Naomi Spellman (UCSD), Michael Lew (MIT Media Lab Europe), Samuel Coniglio (Space Tourism Society), Jennifer Silbert (3form Architectural), Tod E. Kurt (Hacking Roomba), Mark Frauenfelder (Boing Boing / Make Magazine), Jed Berk, Phil Ross, Suzanne Stefanac (Digital Content Lab at the American Film Institute), Allison de Fren (alt.sex.fetish.robots), Greg Elliott (UCI), Simon Penny (UCI), Mr. Jalopy (Hooptyrides / MAKE Magazine), Bob Blackstock (Laminar Sciences), Eric Kurland, Ray Zone (ray3dzone.com), John A. Rupkalvis (StereoScope International), Dave Bullock (eecue), Rama Hoetzlein (UCSB), Damon Seeley (Electroland), Thomas Edwards, Gilad Lotan (ITP). |
RESIDENCIES / RESEARCH |
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2007 |
Text Encoding Seminar & Workshop at UC Santa Barbara, led by Julia Flanders & Syd Bauman Organized by Alan Liu of the UC Transliteracies Project and the UCSB Early Modern Center |
2006 |
Research Assistant, Transliteracies Project Directed by Alan Liu as a University of California Mulit-Campus Research Group on the Technological, Social, and Cultural Practices of Online Reading |
2005 |
BioTech Art Workshop by Symbiotica, led by Oron Catts and Gary Cass Organized by Beatriz da Costa, Kavita Philip and Natalie Jeremijenko |
2002 |
Soil Digital Media Suite / Neutral Ground Gallery and Artist Centre Artist in Residence, 17 month term |
CONSULTING / CORPORATE |
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retired |
Development of over 200 multidisciplinary commercial and cultural sector projects. Formats include: web, touchscreen, CD-ROM, print, flash, video, type, information design, identity, prototype development, events, electronics, robotics, software and object/system construction. Clients include Hollywood/film, academia, advertising agencies, cultural industries, startups, manufacturing and electronics sectors. |
ADVISORY BOARDS |
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2008 |
Saskatchewan Arts Board |
2007 |
Soil Digital Media Suite |
2002 |
SNMDA |
2001 |
Graphic Designers of Canada |
2001 |
Video Verite Electronic Media Arts Center |
2001 |
NextFest Digital Motion Picture Festival |
2000 |
Saskatchewan Arts Board |