An Interview with Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint of Ecoarttech By Sophia Kosmaoglou.
Sophia Kosmaoglou interviews Cary Peppermint and Leila Nadir, co-founders of ecoarttech (2005). An artist duo working at the intersection of media, technology, and environments. Cary and Leila work interdisciplinarily, drawing on ideas and methodologies from digital studies, philosophy, literature, ecological science, critical/cultural studies, and art. Their work uses mobile technology and digital networks to offer alternatives to both the idea of the technological fix and the romantic return to nature. http://www.furtherfield.org/features/interviews/interview-leila-nadir-and-cary-peppermint-ecoarttech Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint founded Ecoarttech in 2005. They teach Video Art and Sustainability Studies at the University of Rochester in New York and they work with a range of institutions, including the Whitney Museum, Turbulence.org and the University of North Texas. They have exhibited at MIT Media Lab, Smackmellon Gallery, European Media Art Festival, Exit Art Gallery and the Neuberger Museum of Art. In June 2012, they will be artists in residence at Joya: Arte+Ecología, an off-the-grid residency program based at Cortijada Los Gázquez in Parque Natural Sierra Maria-Los Velez in Eastern Andalucía. Sophia Kosmaoglou, is a conceptual artist with a history of working in a broad range of media and more recently with a focus on performance and sound intervention. Kosmaoglou recently submitted her practice-led Phd thesis entitled "The self-conscious artist and the politics of art: from insitutional critique to underground cinema". She also teaches art studio practice, particularly sculpture and video & film production, critical theory and the history and philosophy of art since the mid-nineteenth century, politics, curating and professional development. A video editor with film-making experience and experience in the media industries. Also a member of arts collective Exploding Cinema. Other interests lie in collaborative practice, extra-institutional or self-organised practices, sustainability, politics and confrontation. -- Other Info: Furtherfield - A living, breathing, thriving network http://www.furtherfield.org - for art, technology and social change since 1997 Also - Furtherfield Gallery& Social Space: http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery About Furtherfield: http://www.furtherfield.org/content/about Netbehaviour - Networked Artists List Community. http://www.netbehaviour.org http://identi.ca/furtherfield http://twitter.com/furtherfield _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
