DANMite,colloquium /Gail Wight
Real Life & Artificial Animals
A discussion of recent work, including collaborations with other species; homages to animals that have played important roles in the history of science; and imaginations of animals that might come to be. In addition, specific research that has informed this work, particularly the contributions of animals to the development of technology and our close kinship with them, will be presented for colloquy.
Bio
Conceptual artist Gail Wight investigates issues of biology and the history of science and technology through her art. She holds an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute, a BFA from the Studio for Interrelated Media at Massachusetts College of Art, and is on the faculty of Stanford University's Art Department, where she runs the studio for Experimental Media Art. She has exhibited her work internationally.