Title: Exploring Hybrid Media Art Practices

via Zoom or join watch party in ATLS 208

Abstract:  This talk will present a whirlwind tour of recent projects in DIY biology, open science hardware, and hybrid media art practices at the Social and Digital Systems Group (SANDS, https://sandsystems.org/) at Arizona State University. The overarching goal of our work is to support public engagement with science and technology in informal learning environments such as makerspaces, art studios, or community centers. My talk will cover our forays into DIYbio experimentation, design and deployment of open science hardware, and hybrid media art projects that demerged from amateur science work. Through these materially-oriented projects, I examine touchpoints across science, technology, media art, and traditional fine arts practices, and the questions and possibilities these afford for broader participation. 

Bio:  Dr. Stacey Kuznetsov is an assistant professor at the School of Arts, Media, and Engineering, at Arizona State University with a joint appointment at the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering (CIDSE). She holds a PhD from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Earlier, she worked for a small startup company called Google. She received a BA from New York University with a double major in Philosophy and Computer Science. Her current research examines how people participate in science outside of professional setting through studies of low-cost tools, community knowledge sharing, and hybrid media art practices. https://search.asu.edu/profile/2532063