Natalie Jeremijenko
| Natalie Jeremijenko | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, University of Queensland, and Griffith University, Queensland |
| Website | environmentalhealthclinic |
Natalie Jeremijenko (born 1966) is an artist and engineer whose background includes studies in biochemistry, physics, neuroscience and precision engineering. She is an active member of the net.art movement, and her work primarily explores the interface between society, the environment and technology. She has alternatively described her work as "X Design" (short for experimental design) and herself as a "thingker"[clarification needed].[1] She is currently an Associate Professor at New York University in the Visual Art Department, and has affiliated faculty appointments in the school's Computer Science and Environmental Studies.
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Early life
She grew up in Mackay, Queensland, the second of ten children to a physician and a schoolteacher. Her parents were champions of domestic technology, and Jeremijenko claims that her mother was the first woman in Australia to own a microwave.[2]
Education
She holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Queensland, and holds other qualifications across the sciences and the arts. She also carried out coursework for two other PhD's: one in Australia on Neuroscience[2] and another at Stanford University[clarification needed].[2]
| Year | Degree | University | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | BFA (with Honors) | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | Digital Information: "Explorations in Scientific Representation Exploiting Surround Sensory Input (Virtual Reality)"[3][4] |
| 1993 | BS (Conferred) | Griffith University, Queensland, Australia | Neuroscience and Biochemistry[3][4] |
| 2008 | PhD | University of Queensland | Information Environments, School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering[2][4] |
Transition to art installations
In 1988, Jeremijenko co-founded the Livid rock festival in Brisbane.[5] She credits her involvement in helping her move towards public art as she created installations that would appeal to the young crowd.[2]
Notable works
D4PA: Designed 4 Political Action
A catalogue of devices and strategies for political engagement and direct action developed by the Bureau of Inverse Technology and others.[6] Described by Wired Magazine as "the DARPA of dissent".[7]
Live Wire (Dangling String), 1995
In 1995,[8] as an artist-in-residence at Xerox PARC in Palo Alto, California under the guidance of Mark Weiser, she created an art installation made up of LED cables that lit up relative to the amount of internet traffic. The work is now seen as one of the first examples of ambient or "calm" technology.[9][10]
OOZ
Various technological interfaces to facilitate interaction with natural systems as opposed to virtual systems. These interfaces encourage interactive relationships with non-humans and are intended to accumulate the actions of participants into productive local environmental knowledge and the remediation of urban territories.[clarification needed]
HowStuffIsMade
How Stuff is Made (HSIM) is a visual encyclopaedia documenting the manufacturing processes, environmental costs and labour conditions involved in the production of contemporary products.[11] This is a wiki-based collectively produced academic project to change the information available on and about the production.
Feral Robots
An open source robotics project providing resources and support for upgrading the raison d'etre of commercially available robotic dog toys; and facilitating mediagenic Feral Robotic Dog Pack Release events. Because the dogs follow concentration gradients of the contaminants they are equipped to sniff, their release renders information legible to diverse participants, provides the opportunity for evidence-driven discussion, and facilitates public participation in environmental monitoring and remediation.[12]
BIT Plane, 1997
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The BIT plane is a radio-controlled model aircraft, designed by the Bureau of Inverse Technology and equipped with a micro-video camera and transmitter.[13] Its name could be a possible reference to bit plane, meaning a set of digital discrete signals. In 1997 it was launched on a series of sorties over the Silicon Valley to capture an aerial rendering.
Guided by the live control-view video feed from the plane, the pilot on the ground could steer the unit deep into the heartlands of the Information Age. Most of the corporate research parks in Silicon Valley are no-camera zones and require US citizen status or special clearance for entry. The bit plane (with an undisclosed citizenship) flew covertly through this rarified information-space, buzzing over the largest concentration of venture capital in the world, to return with several hours of aerial footage.
Biotech Hobbyist magazine
(1st issue) An online magazine with kits and resources to bring biotech to the garage, bedroom, and everyman, to raise the standards of evidence and capacity for public involvement in the political decisions on the biotechnological future.[14]
Bat Billboard, 2008
Created in 2008, this project's goal was to dispel misinformation, as well as educate people on bats, their habitat, and activities. The billboard was an interactive home for bats that would display written messages based on the sonar messages the bats were sending. This work was showcased at MoMA's 2011 exhibit "Talk to Me".[15]
The Art Of The Eco-mindshift, Oct 2009
During October 2009, Jeremijenko participated in a TED Talk which was filmed on October 2009. Here she discussed her various projects and what she was currently working on with the Environmental Health Clinic. In the TED Talk she also discusses what her plans are to improve the environment in industrious areas like New York City. [16]
Chronology of selected works
| Year | Title | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | xAirport | Installation | http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/xairport/ |
| 2004 | Clear Skies: FaceMasks | http://xdesign.ucsd.edu/facemasks/ | |
| 1999 | Tree Logic | Installation | |
| 1998 | Onetree | Installation | |
| Bitplane | film | ||
| CIRCA: The Ratio Virus | |||
| 1997 | ALifeTree | http://www.onetrees.org/ | |
| Suicide Box | Film | http://www.bureauit.org/sbox/ | |
| 1⁄2 Life Ratio | |||
| 1996 | The Corporate Imagination | Film | |
| Voice Box | Installation | ||
| Crossover Date | http://bureauit.org | ||
| 1995 | Live Wire | Installation | |
| Despondency Index | |||
| 1993 | The Bureau of Inverse Technology | Film |
Awards
- 2011 Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology[17]
- 2005 I.D. magazine annual Forty (#37)[18]
- 1999 Rockefeller Fellow
- 1999 Technology Review's Top 100 Young Innovators[19]
Personal life
She is divorced. She was previously married to the sociologist Dalton Conley[20] with whom she had two children: E and Yo.[21][22] Jeremijenko also has a daughter, Jamba, from a previous relationship.[2]
See also
Further reading
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References
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- ↑ http://www.biotechhobbyist.org/
- ↑ http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/talktome/objects/
- ↑ https://www.ted.com/talks/natalie_jeremijenko_the_art_of_the_eco_mindshift/transcript?language=en
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External links
- Natalie Jeremijenko's home page with info about projects
- xDesign Environmental Health Clinic
- 2012 outdoor work at Socrates Sculpture Park
- Info from Yale University
- Profile of artist with descriptions of her work
- video interview at Connected Environments exhibit at the Neuberger Museum of Art
- MoMA Talk To Me Exhibition Site
- Natalie Jeremijenko TED Talk
- EngvarB from August 2014
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- Living people
- Ubiquitous computing researchers
- 1966 births
- Australian women artists
- Australian engineers
- Women in engineering
- Critical design practitioners
- Conceptual artists
- Environmental artists
- Installation artists
- Australian emigrants to the United States
- Media theorists
- Digital artists
- Griffith University alumni
- University of Queensland alumni
