Ephemeral Media: what do you do when your art is not permanent?

FA 103 from 11:30 AM to 12:20 PM and on Zoom

Contact Prof. Demaray at demaray@rutgers.edu for more info
This Spring Semester at Rutgers Camden, we have embraced the topic of Ephemeral Media: what do you do when your art is not permanent? Featuring artists Sue Huang, Jemila MacEwan, and Elena Soterakis. All talks and/or workshops occur in FA 103/FA 105 Sculpture studios. Bring your lunch and prepare to be impressed!

ZoomOnArts Fall 2025: Ephemeral Media/Visiting Artist Lecture Links and Info
Topic: ZoomOnArt/Visiting Artist Lecture link for Spring 2025
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Feb 12: Sue Huang

Sue Huang is a new media artist whose work addresses collective experience. Her current projects explore ecological intimacies, human/nonhuman relations, and speculative futures. Huang has exhibited nationally and internationally, including with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles; the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati; VISUAL Carlow in Ireland; Philadelphia Contemporary; ISEA in Montreal; and Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria. Huang has previously been a resident at Leonardo@Djerassi; Creative Science, NEW INC (Science Sandbox/Simons Foundation); LMCC at The Arts Center at Governors Island; and the Studios at MASS MoCA. She received her MFA in Media Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and her BS in Science, Technology, and International Affairs from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Huang is currently an assistant professor in Art & Design at Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. https://studiosuehuang.com/
The direct link to the archived talk is here: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wjFldXHmJVfY013mrYMzy8TYDxTknRQT/view?usp=sharing

 

 

 

April 2: Jemila MacEwan

Jemila MacEwan b.Scotland is an environmental artist known for their earthworks, installations, performances and expanded cinema projects. Their work takes an expansive view of time and geography, often created through slow acts of physical endurance. MacEwan invites audiences to take an interspecies perspective for working through the overwhelming emotional toll of reckoning with anthropogenic climate change and mass extinction.MacEwan is a NYSCA/NYFA fellow, TEDxBoston Planetary Fellow, and Philip Hunter Environmental Art Fellow. MacEwan has presented work internationally and is an alumni from Art OMI, Banff, Skowhegan, and LMCC residency programs.
www.jemilamacewan.com
The direct link to the archived talk is here: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G74c6ayMSXsdQj7SDbMGL1-NnxWf8HBQ/view?usp=sharing

 

 

 

 

April 7th, Elena Soterakis

Elena Soterakis is the Co-founder and Executive Director of BioBAT Art Space, a nonprofit gallery merging art and science at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Her curatorial work and art practice explore ecology, environmental degradation, and the nature-technology relationship through exhibitions, residencies, and STEAM programming.

In her art practice, Soterakis has collaborated with institutions such as the Environmental Protection Agency, Tokyo University, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Twist Bioscience, and Space Perspective, blending scientific research with artistic expression. Her 2021 project, To Space, From Earth — DNA Capsule, was sent to the International Space Station, where her artwork was encoded into DNA through a collaboration with Twist Bioscience.
https://elenasoterakis.com/

The direct link to the archived talk is here: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10yLon9oinMg94o24jh9LrfLi5yeHmB1P/view?usp=sharing