Nasher Public: Melanie Clemmons on Tech in the Pandemic

Melanie Clemmons talks about tech in the pandemic.

Melanie Clemmons (she/her) is a New Media artist interested in reimagining our use of digital technology toward a softer, calmer, and more careful future. She makes videos, net art, installations, 3D-printed sculpture, and VR (virtual reality) experiences and performances. Her work has been shown at HeK (House of Electronic Arts), Basel, Switzerland; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles; UPFOR Digital, Portland; Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago; TRANSFER Gallery, Brooklyn; Denver Digerati; Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art; ATLAS Blackbox, Boulder, CO; and many other spaces and venues. In addition to exhibiting with galleries and museums nationally and internationally, Clemmons has toured with Pussy Riot, performing live video during their first North American tour, and has collaborated on several of their music videos. Along with Zak Loyd, she makes video performance and installation collaborations as Clemmons & Loyd, most recently in Dallas for Aurora’s Area 3. Clemmons holds an MFA in digital art from the University of Colorado and a BFA from St. Edward’s University. She is an assistant professor of Digital/Hybrid Media at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Likes Charge, Light Tear is on view April 1–25, 2021.

Nasher Public is a public art initiative which aims to generate access to public art by North Texas artists at the Nasher Sculpture Center and throughout the greater Dallas community.

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