Amy Alexander

Why this artist matters now

<p class="large">Amy Alexander (b. 1965; San Francisco, California) has worked in net art, software art, networked installation, audiovisual performance, film, video, music, and information technology. She is a professor in the Visual Arts Department at the University of California, San Diego, and her research and practice focus on how contemporary mediums—from performative cinema to social media—change along with cultural and technological shifts. Alexander’s projects have been exhibited at venues including the Whitney Museum of American Art and the New Museum in New York; Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria; Transmediale, Berlin; as well as [ACM] SIGGRAPH, ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Art), ZERO1, and NIME (New Interfaces for Musical Expression). Her club performances have been featured at Sonar, Barcelona; First Avenue, Minneapolis; and Melkweg, Amsterdam. Alexander’s work has been discussed in publications including <em>WIRED</em>, the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>Slashdot</em>, <em>Ecrans</em>, <em>Leonardo</em>, the <em>Boston Globe</em>, and the <em>Washington Post</em>.</p>

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