Annina Ruest Explained

Annina Ruest
Field:Software art, art, new media art
Works:A Piece of the Pie Chart, Be Counted, Discotrope, eRiceCooker
Awards:LACMA ART+TECHNOLOGY Lab,[1] [2] [3] Prix Ars Electronica Honorary Mention,[4] Transmediale Software Award[5] [6]

Annina Ruest (also spelled Annina Rüst) is a Swiss artist-inventor and associate professor at the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University.[7] [8] She is known for her work in new media art including software art and electronics-based art. Her works often focus on political issues within tech culture, including gender representation and online privacy.

Biography

Ruest attended Zurich University of the Arts, graduating with a Diploma in Visual Communications with New Media Emphasis in 2003. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from University of California, San Diego in 2006 and a Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2008.[6] In 2009 she joined the Department of Transmedia at Syracuse University where she was a tenured Associate Professor.[9] In 2017 she left Syracuse University to join the Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University.[10]

Selected works

Ruest began working as a software artist while attending Zurich University of the Arts, independently and as a member of the software art collective LAN.[11] Her more recent work has integrated electronics including eRiceCooker[12] and Discotrope: The Secret Life of Solar Cells,[13] a collaboration with Amy Alexander. Her works often focus on the role of gender in tech culture, including Be Counted,[14] A Piece of the Pie Chart.,,[15] [16] [17] Bad Mother / Good Mother.[18] [19] and Pac-Mom: A game about gender, work, and food insecurity [20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Art + Technology Lab Artists Visit L.A.. LACMA Unframed. 8 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Lau. Wanda. LACMA Announces Its Art + Technology Lab Grant Recipients. Architect Magazine. 9 March 2015.
  3. News: Finkel. Jori. Los Angeles Museum Grants to Promote Art and Technology. 9 March 2015. The New York Times. April 9, 2014.
  4. Web site: Ars Electronica 2003: Code . Ars Electronica Archive . 8 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150522/http://90.146.8.18/en/archives/picture_ausgabe_02_new.asp?iAreaID=63&showAreaID=63&page=12&pagesize=10&order=name . 2 April 2015 .
  5. Web site: Open Source Art Hack: LAN Tracenoizer 2001. Netartcommons - Walker Art Center. 9 March 2015.
  6. Web site: Annina Ruest CV.
  7. Web site: Hoffman. Jascha. Carbon Penance. The New York Times Magazine. The New York Times Magazine. 26 July 2016.
  8. Web site: FAU Honors College Professor Annina Ruest. Florida Atlantic University. https://web.archive.org/web/20170817203924/http://www.fau.edu/honors/academics/faculty/faculty_anninaruest.php. 2017-08-17. dead.
  9. Web site: Annina Ruest Transmedia Department web page . Annina Ruest Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts . 8 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140629/http://vpa.syr.edu/directory/annina-r%C3%BCst . 2 April 2015 .
  10. Web site: FAU Honors College- Professor Annina Ruest. www.fau.edu. 2017-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20170817203924/http://www.fau.edu/honors/academics/faculty/faculty_anninaruest.php. 2017-08-17. dead.
  11. Web site: LAN. d-i-n-a. 8 March 2015.
  12. Web site: Portfolio . Annina Rüst.
  13. Web site: Discotrope: The secret nightlife of solar cells . Discotrope.
  14. Web site: Be Counted . b-counted.appspot.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20150425230700/http://b-counted.appspot.com/ . 25 April 2015.
  15. Web site: Annina Rüst Projects. Annina Rüst.
  16. Web site: A Piece of the Pie Chart . Annina Rüst.
  17. Web site: Frank. Priscilla. Badass Feminist Robot Puts Pie Charts On Actual Pies. Huffington Post. 9 March 2015.
  18. Web site: Bad Mother / Good Mother: an audiovisual performance. www.anninaruest.com. 2018-04-23.
  19. News: Motherhood Opens Artist Eyes to New, Exciting Materials. 2018-04-19. KCET. 2018-04-23. en.
  20. Web site: PAC-MOM: A game about gender, work, and food insecurity . 2023-11-13. 2023-11-13. en.

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