Machiko Kusahara

DATE:       June 2nd 2009, 17.00 – 18.30
PLACE:     Interface Culture Lab, Sonnensteinstr. 11-13, 2. floor
Lecturer:   Machiko Kusahara, Ph. D, Professor, School of Culture, Media and Society, Waseda University
Title:         "Device Art: A View on Art, Design and Technology in Japan Today"

biography:
Machiko Kusahara is a scholar in media art and theory who has published and curated in interdisciplinary field connecting art, science, technology, culture, and history. Since early 1980s she has given lectures and published texts extensively on digital media art and culture. Her current research activities focus on intersection of media technology and Japanese culture such as Device Art (MediaArtHistories, MIT Press, 2007), panorama (Panorama Phenomenon, Mesdag Panorama, 2006), and utsushi-e (Japanese traditional magic lantern show). Kusahara served as a jury for Ars Electronica, SIGGRPH, ISEA, to name a few, and was involved in launching NTT/ICC and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Her texts are included in The Robot in the Garden (MIT Pres), Art&Science (Springer) among others.