Gemma Shusterman - http://atomicbee.com – gemma@atomicbee.com
114 Wilson Ave. Brooklyn, New York 11237 – 917.573.6295

Selected Exhibitions/ Performances

April 2007
“Tilt” Movement Research at Judson Church New York, NY
Interactive Costume/Performance
July 2006
“Manimal” Fringe Exhibitions Los Angeles, CA
Video/Performance/Interactive Installation
January 2006
"SuperElephant” Seamless Fashion Show, Museum of Science Cambridge, MA
Interactive Performance/Costume
January 2006
“Endangered Senses:SuperElephant” Collision 9, Art Interactive Cambridge, MA
Interactive Installation/Perfomance/Video
July 2005
"3x3" Steal My Idea, De Balie Amsterdam, NL
Interactive Performance/Website/Installation
May 2005
"Kitty Skirt" Seamless Fashion Show, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Interactive Costume
April 2005
"Faunacise: Exercise for the Animal Behind the Desk" Media Lab Sponsor Meeting Cape Cod, MA
Performance/Video
May 1999
"Drawing Machines" Mills College Art Gallery Oakland, CA
Interactive Installation

2008 Rockefeller New Media Fellowship Nominee

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA
Media Lab - Computing Culture Group
Master of Science, Media Arts and Sciences
August 2006
Mills College - Oakland, CA
Bachelor of Art Computer Science, Studio Art
May 1999

Talks and Teaching

SIGGRAPH 2008 - Los Angeles
Art Gallery Committee, “Design & Computation” and “Slow Art” Galleries, Art Gallery Juror, Editor of the Art Gallery Catalog
Participated in the review and selection of the works for the 2008 SIGGRAPH juried art gallery.

Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln - Cologne, Germany
Invited Speaker “Surveillant Architecture”
November 2007
Presentation of “Hacking Domestication: Embedded and Surveillant Technology in Animals”, discussion of recent work and research.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA
Invited Speaker, Graduate Arts Forum “Body.Extension”
May 2006
Presentation of work and discussion of embodiment and technology within the framework of contemporary art practice.

Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, Rhode Island
Invited Speaker “Teaching Science”
March 2006
Presentation of recent work, and lecture on embodied technology, animals and the sensorium.

Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporàneo - Seville, Spain
Invited Speaker ”Seminario de arte contemporàneo : El museo alterado. Producciòn, educaciòn y tecnologìas”
November 2005
Participated in a symposium addressing the changing needs of the museum and pedagogical programs. Lectured on the history of arts and arts education education at MIT.

References provided upon request.