[ISEA2012] Curator Statement: Various Artists – VISIONS AND FANTASIES

Curator Statement

This selection of new animations highlights both manual and digital modes of production as well as hybrid forms. The films cover a variety of themes and subjects, from examining contemporary issues of international deforestation to fantastical visions of our futures on other planets.

  • Gregory Bennett, Auckland, New Zealand, is an artist who works with 3D animation, motion capture, projection mapping, interactive media and virtual reality.  gregorybennett.net
  • Lucy Davis & Anne Morgan Spalter, USA. Anne Morgan Spalter(born 1965) is an American new media artist working from Anne Spalter Studios in Providence, Rhode Island; Williamsburg, Brooklyn; and Brattleboro, Vermont.  annespalter.com
  • Reese Inman lives and works in Belfast, Maine, USA.   reeseinman.com
  • Cynthia Brinich-Langlois & Joseph Mougel, USA. Cynthia Brinich-Langlois grew up in Bethel, Alaska. She teaches printmaking and digital art as an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.   sites.uwm.edu/brinichl.  Joseph Mougel received an MFA in photography from the University of New Mexico, where he also studied video and interactive media and participated in the immersive post-studio program Land Arts of the American West.  josephmougel.com
  • Chia Yu Chen, Australia/USA   chiayuchen.com