Artist and Media Mentors: Students choose their own artist and media mentors. Students also have access to a pool of Mentors. Faculty will make suggestions at the residencies. The following people have offered to work with students. The list is intended as a starting point for students who do not have an artist mentor in mind yet. Mentor choices, along with study plans, need to be approved by Transart faculty after the residency. Information for becoming a mentor and an application form can be found here.
Mentors 2005 (initial list)
AUSTRALIA
Keith Armstrong
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Genres: innovative performance forms, site-specific, networked interactive installations and art-science and arts-health collaborations
Languages:
Andy Polaine
Location: Sydney, Australia (though also Germany in the South West)
Genres: Cyberart, Writing
Languages: English, some German.
Rainer Linz
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Genres: Cyberart, Interactive Art, Interdisciplinary Art, Performance, Sound/Music
Languages: English, German
Melinda Rackham
Locations: Sydney, Australia
Genres: Networked Art, Video
Languages: English
AUSTRIA
Vera Brandes
Location: Cologne, Germany and Vienna or Salzburg, Austria
Genres: Sound, Music
Languages: German, English
Bady Minck
Location: Vienna, Austria and Brussels, Luxembourg
Genres: Film, Video
Languages: Dutch, English, French
Claudia Rohrmoser
Location: Berlin, Germany and Salzburg, Austria
Genres: Animation
Languages: German, English
Ulf Langheinrich
Location: Vienna, Austria
Genres: Sound, Interactivity, Audio-Visual Installation and Performance
Languages: German, English
Hannes Schalle
Locations: Salzburg and Vienna, Austria
Genres: Film, Video, Television, Music
Languages: German, English
CANADA
Sylvia Grace Borda
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Genres: New Media, Net authoring, Photography, Urban Studies
Languages:
Debbie Elliott
Locations: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Genres: Sculpture, Installation, Video, Sound, Performance
Languages:
Chris Joseph
Location: UK and Montreal, Canada
Genres: Cyberart, Graphic Design, Interactive art, Sound/Music, Digital Literature
Languages: English
Jayce Salloum
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Genres: Video, Experimental Art, Film, Installation Art, Interdisciplinary Art, Performance Art, Photography
Languages:
Debbie Elliott
Locations: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Genres: Sculpture, Installation, Video, Sound, Performance
Languages:
CHINA
Wang Quinsong
Locations: Beijing, China
Genres: Photography
Languages:
ESTONIA
Kai Kaljo
Location: Estonia/Tallinn
Genres: video, installation, conceptual art, digital still images, murals, stained glass
Languages:
FRANCE
Marcia Lyons
Location: Paris and New York
Genres: Digital: Web Art, Flash, Digital Video-Cross-Platform, and Broadcasting Live, Performance, Composite 2-d and 3-d Animation, Sculpture/Installation, Web Art, Video, Drawing, Painting
Languages:
GERMANY
Nick Baginsky
Location: Hamburg
Genres: Robotics, Sound, Video, Installation
Languages: German, English
Vera Brandes
Location: Cologne, Germany and Vienna or Salzburg, Austria
Genres: Sound, Music
Languages: German, English
Jürgen Hall
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Genres: Sound / Music
Languages: German, English
Wilma Kiener
Location: Munich, Germany
Genres: Film, Video
Languages: German, English
Nira Pereg
Location: Germany Karksruhe
Genres: Video art and installation
Languages: English, Hebrew
Janice Perry
Location: Frankfurt, Germany and Ferrisburgh, Vermont
Genres: Interdisciplinary Art; Performance Art; Architecture; Photography, Installation Art
Languages:
Claudia Rohrmoser
Location: Berlin, Germany and Salzburg, Austria
Genres: Animation
Languages: German, English
Stephan Timbers
Location: Basel, Munich, Detroit
Genres: Graphic Design, Interactive Art, Photography
Languages: German, English, French
GREECE
Ash Bulayev
Location: Athens, Greece and Plymouth, UK
Genres: Performance Art/Interactive-Reactive Environments
Languages: Greek, English
LUXEMBOURG
Bady Minck
Locations: Vienna, Austria and Luxembourg, Brussels
Genres: Film, Video
Languages: Dutch, English, French
NETHERLANDS
Jan Korbes
Location: The Hague, Netherlands
Genres: Recycling Architecture and Interdisciplinary Art
Languages: German, Dutch, English, Italian, Lithuanian (in progress)
NORWAY
Duba Sambolec
Location: Trondheim, Norway and Ljubljana, Slovenia
Genres: Interdisciplinary art, Performance, Experimental Art, Sculpture
Languages: English, French-passive, Slovenian, Croatian
Torill Elvira Mortensen
Location: Volda, Norway
Genres: Computer games, weblogs, personal publication
Languages: Norwegian, English and German
QATAR
Steven Hoskins
Location: Qatar, Doha and USA, Virginia, Richmond
Genres: Anti-universalism, Post-structuralism, Media criticism and theory
Languages:
SERBIA
Goran Radovanovic
Location: Serbia/Belgrade
Genres: creative documentary film, media and the manipulation
Languages: Serbo-Croatian, English
SLOVENIA
Duba Sambolec
Location: Trondheim/Norway, Ljubljana/Slovenia
Genres: Interdisciplinary art, Performance, Experimental Art, Sculpture
Languages: English, French-passive, Slovenian, Croatian
SPAIN
Juan delGado
Location: England/ London/ Bristol/ Birmingham/ Liverpool
Scotland/ Glasgow/ Dundee/ Edinburgh
Wales/ Cardiff/ Swansea
Spain/ Madrid/ Barcelona/ Bilbao/Valencia
Genres: Experimental Art, Film/Video, Installation Art, Interactive Art, Interdisciplinary Art, Performance Art, Photography
Languages: Spanish, English, Italian
SWEDEN
Pierre Proske
Location: Sweden/Gothenburg
Genres: Cyber Art, Interactive Art, Sound / Music
Languages: Swedish, English
SWITZERLAND
Stephan Timbers
Location: Basel Munich Detroit
Genres: Graphic Design, Interactive Art, Photography
Languages: German, English, French
UNITED KINGDOM
Ash Bulayev
Location: Greece/Athens - Plymouth/UK
Genres: Performance Art/Interactive-Reactive Environments
Languages: Greek, English
Juan delGado
Location: England/ London/ Bristol/ Birmingham/ Liverpool
Scotland/ Glasgow/ Dundee/ Edinburgh
Wales/ Cardiff/ Swansea
Spain/ Madrid/ Barcelona/ Bilbao/Valencia
Genres: Experimental Art, Film/Video, Installation Art, Interactive Art, Interdisciplinary Art, Performance Art, Photography
Languages: Spanish, English, Italian
Chris Joseph
Location: UK and Montreal, Canada
Genres: Cyberart, Graphic Design, Interactive art, Sound/Music, Digital Literature
Languages: English
Gillian McIver
Location: London and the Midlands
Genres: Video, installation with a speciality in site-specfic art, video, digital imaging
Languages: English
Predrag Pajdic
Location: London, United Kingdom
Genres: film, video, photography, sound, installation, performance
Languages: English, Serba Croatian
Alan Sekers
Location: London
Genres: New media, interactive media, Film, design
Languages:
UNITED STATES
Lynn Book
Location: New York
Genres: Interactive art, Interdisciplinary art, Performance, Text-based work
Languages: English
Pavlo Bosy
Location: Morgantown, West Virginia
Genres: Scenography
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, English, Polish
Erica Eaton
Location: USA/New York/Rochester
Genres: video/video installation
Languages:
Steven Hoskins
Location: Qatar, Doha and USA, Virginia, Richmond
Genres: Anti-universalism, Post-structuralism, Media criticism and theory
Languages:
Stephanie Hutin
Location: Valencia, California
Genres: Experimental Animation, Performance
Languages:
Hilary McLellan
Location: Saratoga Springs, New York
Genres: Digital Storytelling and Information Design
Languages:
Elin O’Hara Slavick
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Genres: Photography, Mixed Media, Drawing
Languages:
Janice Perry
Location: USA/ Vermont/Ferrisburgh/ and Germany/Frankfurt
Genres: Interdisciplinary Art; Performance Art; Architecture; Photography, Installation Art
Languages:
Michael Schumacher
Location: USA/New York/New York
Genres: sound and intermedia installations
Languages:
Stephan Timbers
Location: Basel Munich Detroit
Genres: Graphic Design, Interactive Art, Photography
Languages: German, English, French
Annette Weintraub
Location: New York
Genres: Architecture, Video, Cyber Art, Graphic Design, Installation Art, Interactive Art, Interdisciplinary Art, Photography
Languages: