[ISEA98] Paper: Ellen Grimes & Annie Knepler – Wider contexts: Electronic Media as sites for public art

Abstract

A presentation of the work of Journal of Ordinary Thought, Chicago. Journal of Ordinary Thought publishes reflections people make on their personal histories and everyday experiences. It is founded on the propositions that every person is a philosopher, expressing one’s thoughts fosters creativity and change, and taking “control of life requires people to think about the world and communicate the thoughts to others. JOT strives to be a vehicle for reflection, communication and change.

  • Ellen Grimes, US, works as an architectural designer, researcher and teacher in Chicago. With Douglas Garofalo and Helen Tsatsos, she is currently working on “Digital Geographies”, a series of projects that document and demonstrate opportunities for links between landscapes and digital technologies. Her built work includes residential, commercial, and institutional projects. She is a Visiting Designer at the School of the Art Institute and an adjunct assistant professor at the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She has a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago. She has also worked extensively as a management consultant and financial planner.
  • Annie Knepler, US, is a teacher and editor in Chicago. For the past three years she has worked with the Neighborhood Writing Alliance (NWA) as the Associate Editor and Publications Coordinator for the Journal of Ordinary Thought. Through the Writing Alliance, she also leads an adult writing group on the Near West Side of Chicago. She is a lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her current course, “Exploring Home and Community: the Intersection of Public and Private Space,” focuses on issues of housing in and around the Chicago area. She has a Master of English from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is a co-editor of Crossing Cultures, an anthology of readings about cultural encounters and identity.