Faculty Research
Current Collaborative Efforts
Josephine Anstey (josephineanstey.com) is currently collaborating with Stuart C. Shapiro, Computer Science & Engineering, UB; Sarah Bay-Cheng, Theater & Dance, UB; Nancy Anderson, Visual Studies; Stephanie Rothenberg, Visual Studies; Debbie Burnhams, Computer Science, Canisius College.
Stefani Bardin (petrifiedunrest.net) is currently working with assistance from the following institutions: Sense of Smell Institute, New York, NY; Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA; and individuals: Christine Hassan, Biochemist, International Flavors & Fragrances, Paris, France; David Szanto, University of Gastronomic Sciences, North America & Charge de cours for Gastronomie et Société at UQAM.
Marc Böhlen (realtechsupport.org) is currently collaborating with Juan Carlos Augusto, School of Computing & Mathematics, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK; Hans Frei, Architect, Zürich, Switzerland; Kevin McGee, Nat'l University of Singapore; Simon Penny, UC at Irvine, USA; Rolf Pfeifer, AILAB, University of Zürich, Switzerland; Kim Sawchuk, Concordia University, Canada; Jeff Schneider, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
Elliot Caplan (elliotcaplan.com), Artistic Director of the Center for the Moving Image, is currently collaborating with David Felder, Music, UB; Melanie Aceto, Theater & Dance, UB; Fred Sachs, Physiology & Biophysical Sciences, UB; Tom Furlani, Center for Computational Research, UB; Ann Murphy, Dance Dept., Mills College; Daniel Boord, Film Studies, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder; Cathy Childs, Dance, University of Chichester.
Erik Conrad (peripheralfocus.net) is currently working with Sha Xin Wei and the Topological Media Lab at Concordia University in Montreal.
Tony Conrad (tonyconrad.net) was recently featured in the 53rd Venice Biennale and continues to travel widely (Berlin, Lausanne, Tokyo) performing and presenting his sonic and visual work.
Sarah Elder [Interview forthcoming] is currently conducting a project titled “Surviving Climate Change: Impacts, Responses, Strategies and Resilience in an Alaska Native Village.” Using documentary video and ethnographic fieldwork, the project will research and document the economic and social consequences of climate change in the remote Yup'ik Eskimo village of Emmonak, Alaska, which sits on the Yukon River and the Bering Sea coast.
Loss Pequeño Glazier is the author of the acclaimed Digital Poetics and Director of the Electronic Poetry Center. His collaborations have consisted largely in the organization of the international E-Poetry Digital Poetry Festivals which have taken place in Buffalo, Morgantown (WV), London, Paris, and Barcelona. In his work with digital poetry and dance, he has collaborated with dancers in the U.K., France, and New York, most notably with dancer/choreographer Melanie Aceto. A selection of his digital works and other writings can be found at his EPC author page.
Al Larsen (propertyistheft.com) Al Larsen's research interests include the media ecology of youth subcultures and physical computing for performance.
Dave Pape (resumbrae.com) Dave Pape is currently collaborating with Stuart Shapiro, Sarah Bay-Cheng and Real Dream Cabaret.
Teri Rueb (terirueb.net) recently opened a new work in Germany called Elsewhere : Anderswo. Recent presentations include talks at the International Conference on Interaction Design at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, an Intel Research Sponsored Studio at the University of Oregon, and at Electronic Time-Based Media at Purdue University. Current works-in-progress include Moving Landscapes (funded by the LEF Foundation) and Color Line: Race and Radical Ecology at the W.E.B. DuBois Homesite in the Housatonic River Valley. She is currently completing her doctorate at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Mark Shepard (andinc.org) is a director of the Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies and currently collaborates with Omar Khan, Architecture, UB; Jordan Geiger, Architecture, UB; Michael Stefanone, Communication, UB; and Kazys Varnelis, director of the Network Architecture Lab, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation.