Exploring how to make space in this alien aesthetic machine~
Tianran works in digital marketing for art and cultural institutions, alongside project management for a design and production studio. She used to work as a digital talent agent and producer, specializing in new media and creative technologies.
Tianran is also a transdisciplinary creative practitioner. Her work investigates the aesthetic mediation of digital writing, the materiality of artificial intelligence, and urban space-making practices. Her multimedia projects encompass independent publishing, photography, installation, writing, and workshops.
Tianran was born in Hangzhou, China, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York.
MFA: Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design, The New School
BA: Global Liberal Studies in Contemporary Culture and Creative Production, New York University
Research interests:
- computational aesthetics
- technopolitics, infrastructure
- digital writing as imperial technology
- (im)materiality and transmediality of digital media
- trasnlingual practice
- embodiment and affect
- meaning making and value production
- human agency, space-making and creative intervention
- epistimology and knowledge representation
Contact:
tianran.space@gmail.com
@_tianran_
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