Juno Morrow Explained

Birth Place:Oakland, California, US
Workplaces:Hostos Community College
Discipline:Artist
Sub Discipline:Game designer

Juno Morrow (born 1986) is an American multidisciplinary artist, independent game designer, educator, and photographer whose work often deals with existential and ontological themes.[1] [2] Morrow received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston in 2009 and her Master of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design in 2015.[3] [4] She is an assistant professor of game design at Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of the City University of New York.[5]

Career

Juno Morrow’s early work primarily consisted of travel and street photography before growing to include interactive media, such as games. In 2014, Morrow released Mastering Tedium, a "tongue-in-cheek" terminal-based laundry simulator game.[6] [7] Oral Perspectives, also released in 2014, is a game designed for VR that uses a microphone and a custom jaw sensor. The game's perspective takes place inside the mouth and is intended to cause discomfort. Her M.F.A. thesis, entitled Depth Perception, is a multimodal experiential installation using virtual and augmented reality technologies.[8] It aims to challenge traditional systemic notions of truth and deconstruct the binary of abstract/mental, material/physical, and artificial/real. In 2018, Morrow was commissioned to create Conspiracy Theories About Myself and Orbtown for inclusion in the DreamboxXx, a unique arcade cabinet featuring nontraditional, queer games and were later sold as a bundle with proceeds going to charity.[9] [10] [11] Conspiracy Theories About Myself is inspired by her experience as a transgender person walking down the street.[12] The goal of the game is to make it home without crying. Conspiracy Theories About Myself later went on to be showcased at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[13] Morrow’s artwork and designs have been exhibited internationally.[14] [15] [16] She has also advocated for making games education accessible to people of color and for labor organization within the games industry.[17] Morrow has also been developing the first public game design degree program in New York City since 2015. She has three games currently in development. The first is called Pruuds vs. Sloots, which is categorized as a fighting game.[18] The second is Under Pressure, which is a small art toy about social control and pressure.[19] The third is called Crisscross, which is a simple platformer inspired by Frogger.[20] She also has a prototype called Dial that is still early in development.[21]

Books

Games

Awards and nominations

DatePublicationAwardRecipient(s) and Nominee(s)ResultRef.
July 15, 2011Dwell MagazineWorld ViewsJuno Morrow (Urban Dreamscape)[25]
2014The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaChina-US Young Maker CompetitionJuno Morrow[26]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Juno Morrow - Hostos Community College. www.hostos.cuny.edu. 2019-09-09.
  2. Web site: Juno Morrow - Gender Unbound Art Fest. 2020-10-23. Gender Unbound. en-US.
  3. Web site: Transgender and Gender Diverse game developers and their games. Checkpoint. en-AU. 2019-09-09.
  4. Web site: Oral Perspectives lets you walk a day in a mouth in virtual reality. Warren. Jamin. 2014-09-18. Kill Screen. en-US. 2019-09-09.
  5. Web site: Juno Morrow - Hostos Community College.
  6. Web site: Tired of Mario World? Enter the Queer Matrixxx With Some LGBTQ Video Game Designers. Maurer. Daniel. 11 May 2018. Bedford and Bowery.
  7. Web site: Mastering Tedium. 2018-10-10. IGF. en. 2019-09-09.
  8. Web site: MFA DT Thesis Show 2015 » Depth Perception. https://web.archive.org/web/20170430140447/http://mfadt.parsons.edu/2015/projects/depth-perception/. dead. 2017-04-30. 2017-04-30. 2019-09-09.
  9. Web site: The DreamboxXx Bundle is a collection of nontraditional, queer arcade games available now on itch.io. Kunzelman. Cameron. 24 June 2018. Kotaku.
  10. Web site: LGBTQ Arcade Game Bundle Celebrates Pride, Supports Non-Profits. 2018-07-03. J Station X. en-US. 2019-09-09.
  11. Web site: Step Inside The Dreamhouse, Where DIY Arcade Games Meet Queer Culture. https://web.archive.org/web/20200530225627/https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/step-inside-the-dreamhouse-where-diy-arcade-games-meet-queer-culture. dead. 2020-05-30. staff/oriana-leckert. 2018-05-31. Gothamist. en. 2019-09-09.
  12. Web site: Listen Now: Some Developers Are Using Video Games To Inspire Empathy But It's Just A Start. NPR One. en-US. 2019-09-09.
  13. Web site: SAAM Arcade 2019: Art, Video Games, and Empathy. Smithsonian American Art Museum. en-US. 2019-09-09.
  14. Web site: Exhibitions - Portraits 2018 - Blank Wall Gallery. Blank Wall Gallery.
  15. Web site: Previewing NYC Media Lab's Annual Summit Demo Session. Hendrix. Justin. 2015-09-02. Medium. en. 2019-09-09.
  16. Web site: Frederick Gallery: March 2018. 2018-02-22. Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. en-US. 2019-09-09.
  17. Web site: GDC SF 2018 Educators Soapbox. https://web.archive.org/web/20181003050911/http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/educators-soapbox/855464. dead. 2018-10-03. 2018-10-03. 2019-09-09.
  18. Web site: Pruuds vs. Sloots by Juno AM. 2020-10-23. itch.io. en.
  19. Web site: Under Pressure by Juno AM. 2020-10-23. itch.io. en.
  20. Web site: Crisscross by Juno AM. 2020-10-23. itch.io. en.
  21. Web site: Dial by Juno AM. 2020-10-23. itch.io. en.
  22. Web site: Juno Morrow - Marginalia (PREORDER) . CLASH Books . 16 May 2020.
  23. Book: urban dreamscapes by Alec McClure Blurb Books. 2010-11-01. en.
  24. Web site: Blood Broker Review: Mass Human Sacrifice should not be this fun!. Vachev. July. Indie Focused Game News.
  25. Web site: O'Neill. Ralston. And the World Views Winners Are.... 2020-10-23. Dwell. 15 July 2011 .
  26. Web site: Morrow. Juno. LinkedIn. 2020-10-22. LinkedIn.

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