Anne Jin Soo Preston, Project Coordinator, CSOM

Anne is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. Her work focuses on using emerging technology to create art that explores identity, process, and social context. In 2001, Anne was one of the founding members of the Asian American Creative Alliance (AACA), which was created to fill a gap for artists of all genres with interest in contemporary aspects of Asian American Arts and support for those involved in like-minded endeavors.

Phone Communication, Part 1

In the age where machines really do look like they might take over the world, art is being shaped by continually evolving technology. Galleries are having photography exhibitions of people who take pictures and film festivals are putting out calls for artists who create movies -- all on their mobile phones. People are moving from documenting their thoughts in Blogs, using words, to documenting everyday life through Phlogs or Moblogs, using pictures. Phone Communication, Part 1 of 3 was created to comment on society’s adaptation to the immediate effect that mobile phones have on life for a ten-day period, July 15 – July 25, 2004.

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Abinadi Meza is an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota . Meza recently presented his work in Radio, Access, Democracy, a Walker Art Center conference held at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Meza also participated in a live DJ performance, Radio 4x4, with Ben Owen, Damian Catera, and Tom Roe of free103.9, a Brooklyn based transmission arts organization. At Emerging Digerati, Meza will discuss a new projects and works-in progress.

 

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Illusive filmmaker Adam Ginsberg will present a couple of his short films works. Each was done under very short time frames resulting in remarkably succinct pieces. Ginsberg is a junior in cinema studies.