LUCY H G     the League of Imaginary Scientists

biographical narrative

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Lucy H G is a media artist, a filmmaker, and the interdisciplinary research coordinator for the League of Imaginary Scientists.  Her visual experiments, creative diagrams, and interactions fit in between realms, where microbiology mingles with geopolitics and mechanical engineering animates human biology.

 

EDUCATION

The Kitchen Summer Institute: Performance, Technology, and Text: 2002
Claremont Graduate University.  M.F.A.:  Multimedia:  2001
Armory Center for the Arts fellowship program:  2001
Boston College.  B.A.:  Philosophy, Studio Art:  1997
Universidad San Francisco de Quito:  Fine Art:  1995

FILMS
Onsdag, 6:45 AM, filmed in Trondheim, Norway Ð 2007 (HG Solomon)
Wednesday, 2:45 pm, filmed in Sydney, AU - 2006 (HG Solomon)

INTERACTIVITIES/ INTERMEDIA

SELECTED NETWORKED PERFORMANCES

SELECTED SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS and PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

CONFERENCES/ TALKS/ WORKSHOPS
Electrosalon.  TEAS Intercontinental Media Arts and Performance Discussion presented online through the Escape Artists in Vancouver, Canada:  April, 2008.
El Festival Internacional de la Imagen:  Remote participation in Realtime Jam Sessions Workshop presented with Aether9 at Manizales, Colombia and online:  April, 2008.
The Gerrit Rietveld Academie:  Remote participation in intercontinental Cym-directed workshop on real-time performance and Aether9 in Amsterdam:  March, 2008.
California State University, NorthridgeIntersections between Interactivity and Public Art:  2008.
Mutamorphosis: Challenging Arts and SciencesReally Real Estateª unveiled in Prague, Czech Republic; organized by CIANT, Leonardo, and the Hexagram Institute:  2007.
Samand êslenskra Myndlistarmanna (SIM:  The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists):  presentation of works by The League of Imaginary Scientists:  2007.
VJ Theory:  LetÕs Chat Ð What is Realtime Interaction?  Intercontintental networked discussion on VJ Theory, Practice and Future Directions Locally and Globally, presented by The Escape Artists:  2007.
University of Wisconsin, MadisonImaginary Science at TRANS Visual Culture Conference:  2006.
California Institute of the Arts:  Presentation of Imaginary Science and interactive works:  2006.
Electrofringe (Newcastle, Australia):  Telematic presentation on networked media and streaming technologies at Electrofringe:  September, 2006.
University of London:  Presentation on network (mis)communication at (re)Actor: The First International Conference on Digital Live Art:  September, 2006.
Cultural Exchange Station (T‡bor, Czech Republic): Artist talk:  2006.
University of Newcastle (Ourimbah, Australia):  Presentation of videos and interactive works:  2006.
Los Angeles Municipal Gallery:  Presentation of Dwellings, hybrid of technology and architecture:  2005.
Musei—n (Colombia):  Presentation on video installations in the Imaginary Science series:  2005.
Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (Norway):  ÒA Science of the Mundane,Ó a presentation on hybrid science and technology art works dealing with elements from everyday life:  2005.
Gallery Blunk (Norway):  Artist talk:  2005.
Museum of Making Music (Carlsbad, California):  Panelist for Live Program Notes, a discussion on collaboration for live multimedia:  2005.
University of California, San Diego:  Artist/participant in Powering Up/Powering Down:  2004.
University of La Verne (California):  Artist talk:  2004.
Los Angeles Mission College:  Presentation of a series of workshops on Interdisciplinary Collaboration for faculty at Los Angeles Mission College:  2003.
Los Angeles Mission College: workshop series, A Career in the Arts and Multimedia:  2002.
Claremont Graduate University (California):  Panelist for Theory and Practice:  2000.

RESIDENCIES and INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
Creative researcher at e-MobiLArt in Greece, Finland, and Austria:  2008 Ð 2009.
Artist in residence at the Cultural Exchange Station in Tab—r, Czech Republic:  2008.
Interactive researcher in interactive movement at Tanzfabrik in Berlin:  2007.
Artist in residence at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder in Trondheim, Norway:  2007.
Media Artist in residence with dance collaborative Blindsight:  2007
Artist in residence at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California:  2006.
Artist in residence at the Cultural Exchange Station in Tab—r, Czech Republic:  2006.
Artist in residence at the Gunnery Studios in Sydney, Australia:  2006.
Artist at Troika Ranch Interactive Isadora Workshops in New York:  2005.
Guest Artist at Trondheim Academy of Fine Art:  2005.
Artist in residence at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder in Norway:  2005.
Artist at The Kitchen Summer Institute at The Kitchen in New York:  2002.

ARCHIVES

CATALOGS and BOOKS

FELLOWSHIPS, INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, and HONORS

SELECTED REVIEWS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

POSITIONS and ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
League of Imaginary Scientists.  Research Coordinator and Imaginary Scientist:  2005 Ð present.
Remote Control Monkey.  Creative Director and Technologist:  2005 Ð present.
HG Solomon.  Collaborator in filmmaking team:  2006 Ð present.
California State University, Northridge.  Visiting artist for Public Art:  2008.
California Institute of the Arts.  Artist in Residence at CalArts School of Film and Video, Inter-play workshop on telematic interaction:  2006.
VJ TheoryEssayist for publication edited by Ana Carvalho and Brendan Byrne:  2006.
Trondheim Academy of Fine Art.  Guest Artist:  2005.
Rim Magazine.  Contributing Multimedia Critic for Mexico City-based art magazine:  2001 Ð present.
The Institute of Arts and Multimedia at Los Angeles Mission College.
Advisory Board Member:  2005 Ð present;
Co-founder of the Institute of Arts:  2005;
Director of Multimedia Studies:  2001 Ð 2005;
Assistant Professor of Multimedia Studies:  2001 Ð 2005.
J. Paul Getty Museum.  Workshop Facilitator:  2001.
El Camino College.  Web Design/Interactive Instructor:  2001.
Armory Center for the Arts.  Art Instructor:  2000 Ð 2001.
Claremont Graduate University.  Seminar, Photography in the Digital Era:  2000.
Generation IX Technologies, Inc.  New Media Artist:  1998 - 2000