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Many of you are wondering how to make a difference with your thesis ideas. Sometimes, it takes a bit of looking into the work of your peers to see how your ideas can be more inspired.
Here’s an organization (ASCI) that dedicates itself strictly to the intersection of art and science. This is where the MFA DT design discourse dwells as well. Check out ASCI member, Camille Seaman’s photo exhibit at: http://www.camilleseaman.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=3258&Akey=WX679BJN. A stunning reportage of icebergs that are melting away as global warning takes its toll. Or…http://www.devorahsperber.com/ where Deborah Sperber analyzed the way that we see pixels and reproduced Master works with spools of colored thread. A revealing method for the way that human beings interpret the world through vision.
The late Robert Rauschenberg–a true pioneer in art/technology/science, for example, pioneered a relationship between artists and the engineers as Bell Labs. E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology) The crossing of disciplines sparked innovation among the engineers as well as the artists. This is why looking at the intersection between design, technology and the human condition is a fertile field for innovation.
Check out:
http://www.asci.org/BellLabs/
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/03/34840
As you are mining the world around your for thesis inspirations, check out what your MFA thesis peers are doing at other schools around the world. Try to get in touch with them and begin a conversation (email is OK) with them.
For those of you who want to be challenged in the world of interaction, check out the topics for the call for papers of the ACM Multimedia Information Retrieval conference. Perhaps your thesis could be presented there in 2009.
Check out: http://press.liacs.nl/mir2008/…perhaps you will want to attend this year’s MIR to get a dose of inspiration in the fall.
Remember to begin with the end in mind.
Best,
Anezka
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Anezka Sebek, Director of the Parsons MFA in Design and Technology Program (Associate Professor)
Indonesian-born Anezka Sebek has been fulltime faculty with Parsons The New School for Design’s MFA in Design and Technology since 1999. She coordinates the BFA Animation and Motion Graphics Sequence of electives and teaches in the Motion Research Collaboration and Thesis studios.
Her extensive professional career in the film industry includes projects for television, advertising, documentaries and feature films for such companies as R/Greenberg Associates, HBO, Curious Pictures. She is best known as a Visual Effects and Computer Animation Producer for technologically complex projects that combine live-action with digital effects. She has written, produced, and directed music videos and short films and is currently pursuing a PhD in Sociology and Media at The New School for Social Research. Ms. Sebek has served on several ACM Siggraph Electronic and Animation Theater juries (www.siggraph.org), Ars Electronica, and also helped create UNESCO’s Africa Animated! http://www.africa-animated.org program in Nairobi, Kenya.
Ms. Sebek’s life’s work has focused on the environment, feminism, queer activism, and media literacy for youth.
