• JURIED and/or GRANT FUNDED GROUP and SOLO INSTALLATIONS

    CZONG MUSEUM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA)
      TWIN CITIES ZINE FEST   
     MINNESOTA ARTS BOARD

    RHETORIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
    TULTAIN VALLEY CREATES
    BAD VIDEO ARTS FESTIVAL
    SAINT CLOUD ZINE FEST
    HAMLINE OPEN STUDIOS

    FRANCONIA SCULPTURE PARK
     ELY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    NORTHEAST SCULPTURE GALLERY  
       PROJECT PROJECT


  • Because Art is the Answer When Nothing Else Works.


  • Using aesthetics to illuminate, educate, and advocate for


    free speech,
    digital civil rights,
    science,
    public health,
    and civic civility.

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CREATIVE DIRECTOR / CO-FOUNDER

THE INSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC ADVOCACY
2017-PRESENT

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / DIRECTOR
SCHOOL OF ENGLISH, DIGITAL MEDIA,
& COMMUNICATION ARTS
NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY:
2018-2023


FOUNDER / ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

DIVISION OF RHETORIC & DIGITAL ARTS
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY:
2011-2017

  • INSTALLATIONS

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR / MULTI-MEDIA ARTIST, WRITER, and/or PERFORMER / MUSICIAN

    w/ the IAA

    CZONG MUSEUM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART   I   TWIN CITIES ZINE FEST   I  MN ARTS BOARD


    FRANCONIA SCULPTURE PARK  I  ELY CENTER FOR THE ARTS  I  NORTHEAST SCULPTURE GALLERY  I   PROJECT PROJECT


    w/ dronesTruck

    UNIV. OF MN INSTITUTE ON THE ENVIRONMENT   I   MISSOURI REVIEW (RUNNER UP: MILLER AUDIO AWARD FOR HUMOR)   I   HAMLINE MIDWAY ARTS FESTIVAL 


    w/ sun silo

    MINNEAPOLIS ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL    I   NORTHERN SPARK ARTS FESTIVAL   I   

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AS CREATIVE DIRECTOR, THE INSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC ADVOCACY

ARTIST STATEMENTS / AESTHETIC AMICUS BRIEFS

  • I STILL DON'T THINK OF MYSELF AS HAVING AN 'ARTISTIC PRACTICE' (GROSS)

    I CALL IT 'SHOWRUNNING' OR 'AESTHETIC ENGINEERING.'

    OR WHY ALL MY FRIENDS AGREE IT'S MAYBE A GOOD THING I DON'T HAVE MY LAW LICENSE AND AN ART COLLECTIVE.

    GO TO THE IAA WEBSITE 
  • BUT WHATEVER WE CALL THIS THING I DO / THE IAA DOES:

    it could get me tenure at an arts school/department

    I've run those departments

    I like showrunning those departments and art collectives.


    GO TO THE IAA WEBSITE 
  • AND IT'S WHY THIS WEBSITE IS, FOR STRATEGIC LEGAL REASONS -- I.E. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS DESIGNED TO PROTECT ARTIST PERSONAS (WHICH CAN BE USED TO PROTECT EVERYONE'S PRIVACY: NO ONE IS DEALING WITH THIS OPEN LANE) --

    PART OF A WELL-DOCUMENTED (INCLUDING ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS) PERFORMANCE ART PIECE (WAITING TO GET FUNDED AND SPRUNG SO WE CAN SHOW ARTISTS/WRITERS/COMEDIANS

    HOW TO ASSERT and LEGALLY DEMAND THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT (SINCE ELONIS) TO A PUBLIC (VERSUS PRIVATE) DIGITAL PERSONA.

    WHICH COULD ALSO OPEN UP [FINALLY] HUGE AREAS OF PRIVACY RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE, PARTICULARLY PEOPLE FACING MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE. [THIS IS WHY WE USE -- WE AREN'T KIDDING -- NORM MACDONALD AS THE EASIEST EXAMPLE IN OUR ACADEMIC/LEGAL RESEARCH ON THIS.]

    #PRIVACY4ALLPERIOD
    #AIISNTFUNNY

    WORKS REFERENCED:
    U.S. v. Elonis
    U.S. v. Jones
    Roe v. Wade
    U.S. v. Dobbs
    "what Norm macDonald can teach X about Y"

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