Art Papers Jury
- Art Papers Jury
Mouna Andraos
Working in new media for almost a decade, Mouna Andraos reinvents everyday electronic experiences to trigger our imagination and stimulate conversations about the roles they play in our lives. She holds a master’s degree from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunication Program and is an alumna of Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in New York City. She has shown work and led workshops in various locations, including the 2008 YAP installation at PS1/MoMA in New York, Beirut’s Olympiades culturelles, the Société des Arts Technologiques (Montréal), the San José Biennale, and the Nagoya Design Center. Her work for the Montréal-based interactive agency Bluesponge has won prizes from Communication Arts, the Webbies, Best of Show at the SXSW Festival, and a CyberLion in Cannes. Mouna was recently awarded the Phillys Lambert design award for her work with designer Melissa Mongiat.
Tad Hirsch
Tad Hirsch is an artist and designer currently employed as Senior Research Scientist with Intel’s Social Insights Lab, where his work focuses on the uses of technology for advocacy, civic engagement, and environmental sustainability. He is also a founding member of the Institute for Applied Autonomy new media arts collective. Hirsch’s works have been exhibited at ISEA, ZKM, Ars Electronica, The New Museum, the Centre Georges Pompidou, and the New Millennium Museum. Hirsch has been the recipient of several prestigious awards and commissions, including an Award of Distinction at Prix Ars Electronica 2000 and Rhizome Net Art Commissions in 2002 and 2006. He has taught art and design at the Rhode Island School of Design, the University of Oregon, and Carnegie Mellon University. Hirsch holds a PhD in media arts and sciences from MIT’s Media Lab, and an MDes in interaction design from Carnegie Mellon University.
Craig S. Kaplan
Craig S. Kaplan is an associate professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. He is interested in computer graphics applications in art, architecture, and design, and makes occasional forays into human-computer interaction and computational geometry. A native of Montréal, Craig has a bachelor’s degree in pure mathematics and computer science from the University of Waterloo and a PhD in computer science from the University of Washington. He is a member of the board of the Bridges organization, which organizes the annual Bridges conference on art and mathematics, and an associate editor of the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. Several of Kaplan’s Islamic star patterns were displayed in the 2008 Design & Computation art exhibition at SIGGRAPH.
Jason Edward Lewis
Jason Edward Lewis is a digital media artist, poet, and software designer. He founded Obx Laboratory for Experimental Media, where he directs research/creation projects devising new means of creating and reading digital texts, developing systems for creative use of mobile technology, and using virtual environments to assist Aboriginal communities in preserving, interpreting, and communicating cultural histories. He co-founded the Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace research network investigating how Native people can shape our digital media future. Lewis is deeply committed to working on conceptual, creative, and technical levels simultaneously. His creative work has been featured at the Ars Electronica Center, ISEA, SIGGRAPH, Urban Screens, and Mobilefest; his writing about new media has been presented at conferences and festivals on four continents; and his projects have won awards at the Ars Electronica and imagineNative festivals. He is currently an associate professor of computation arts at Concordia University (Montréal).
Mine Ozkar
Mine Ozkar, an architect by training, holds a master of science degree in architectural studies and a PhD in design and computation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her current research is on shape studies with regard to computation in design, visual computation, and implementation of shape algebras. She has also published on the history, theory and practice of foundational design education, and on curriculum changes in architectural education. She is an associate professor at Istanbul Technical University.
Despina Papadopoulos
Despina Papadopoulos is a design strategist with extensive experience in systems design, prototyping interfaces, and production development. A graduate of NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program and with an MA in philosophy, she has led and...
