Introducing Guest Host Dorothy Santos

06/04/19 • 57 min

Dorothy Santos is a writer, curator, researcher, academic, educator, artist, and, currently, a doctoral student at UC Santa Cruz. Her passions run from film to mysticism and "witchy things." She is also the host of Art Practical podcast, PRNT SCRN, focused on bridging the gaps between analog, new media, and digital art practices.

In this episode, SOTA host, Andrew Herman introduces Dorothy and, together, they discuss her journey into the arts, her background in science and love for biology, and the wide variety of interests Dorothy explores through her art writing and creative projects. They also touch upon June's theme, "Queerness," as Andrew hands off the mic for the remainder of the month.

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-About Dorothy Santos-

Dorothy R. Santos is a Filipina American writer, curator, and researcher whose academic interests include digital art, computational media, and biotechnology. Born and raised in San Francisco, California, she holds Bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of San Francisco and received her Master’s degree in Visual and Critical Studies at the California College of the Arts. She is currently a Ph.D. student in Film and Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz as a Eugene V. Cota-Robles fellow.

Her work appears in art21, Art Practical, Rhizome, Hyperallergic, Ars Technica, Vice Motherboard, and SF MOMA’s Open Space. Her essay “Materiality to Machines: Manufacturing the Organic and Hypotheses for Future Imaginings,” was published in The Routledge Companion to Biology in Art and Architecture. She serves as a co-curator for REFRESH, a politically-engaged art and curatorial collective, the program manager for the Processing Foundation, and host for the podcast PRNT SCRN produced by Art Practical.

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-About Dorothy Santos-

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Authorship & Ownership with Beatriz Helena Ramos, CEO & Founder of DADA.nyc

DADA.nyc is a truly unique community of digital artists who are finding new and innovative ways to communicate through their artwork. Moreover, Dada’s CEO and founder, Beatriz Helena Ramos, is exploring radical and visionary ways for artists to support themselves through the power of community--all mobilized by state of the art blockchain technology.

In this episode, Beatriz shares how her commercial success as an artist, animator and entrepreneur ultimately led her to question her legacy, what makes Dada’s community of artists exceptional, and what experiments in new economies for artists Dada is working on.

Learn more at https://dada.nyc/

Show your support for Dada at https://www.seedinvest.com/dada

-About Beatriz Helena Ramos-

Beatriz is many things -- an artist, an illustrator, an animator, an entrepreneur. She has created illustrations for the New York Times, worked on animated series for MTV, Disney and Cartoon network, and exhibited paintings in New York City galleries. Her prolific creative career continues on to include creating comics, illustrating children’s books, photography, set design, sculpture, live action directing, and even puppet making in Prague.

In 2002 she founded Dancing Diablo Studio in New York City, a content studio whose clients include Coca Cola, Macy’s, Kraft Foods, Jet Blue, Bayer, General Mills, Sesame Workshop, Hasbro, PBS, Nickelodeon, MTV, Disney, ESPN and more.

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Queerness with Guest Host Dorothy Santos & Artist, Anum Awan

Dorothy Santos speaks with Pakistani artist, Anum Awan about their new media work focused on non-western narratives, queerness, and spirituality. Together they touch upon the evolution of interactive design, debate the line between design & art, and how Anum incorporates South Asian culture and history in their practice.

Helpful Links

Digital Sufi Shrine, http://www.anumawan.com/digital-sufi-shrine

Dawn of Freedom, https://vimeo.com/315713041

Other Futures, Opens June 14, 2019, San Francisco, https://grayarea.org/event/other-futures/

Tomorrow We Inherit the Earth, Jun 20-22, San Francisco, http://counterpulse.org/event/tomorrow-inherit-earth-revolutions-queer-muslim-future/

-About Anum Awan-

Anum is a Bay Area based interaction designer and new media artist who crafts mixed-reality experiences by blending physical and digital media centering queer, immigrant and non-western narratives. They were born and raised in Pakistan and came to the U.S. in 2008 to pursue a practice in art and design. They are a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art and Design and California College of the Arts.

Learn more at: http://www.anumawan.com/

Follow her @AnumAwan