Researching a New Media Artist, Part 1

I began my search at Rhizome.org. After much exploration of these different portfolios I came across the artist Barbara Agreste. I originally gravitated towards her because of the way she blends traditional media with new media in her 2D pieces, such as her collages of giclee, paper, ink, and acrylics in the "Chain," "Blue," and "Blood" projects. She uses what I feel to be a fresh technique to acheive a new quality of images that are unacheivable without the use of new media. Her films, which range between stop motion, computer tequniques, and 35mm animations. The most interesting of these films to me was "The Chequered Tunnel," because of the nod to surrealist imagery and disorienting movement. The longer version is well worth taking the time to watch. Her work is a seamless tie between traditional and new media, and to me this collaboration of work by human hands and by machine compliments the haunting imagery. A more in depth artist's resume can be found here.

Some other points of interest:
I scouted around on her links page to see what projects she has worked on with other artists. I saw that she has been a part of the Rawhead Dance Theatre, which is a really innovated dance group, and while their videos are usually just clips of a bigger piece, their ideas are very inspiring. She also did a piece for the group Disturb.the.Peace{Angry Women}. This website is a collaboration of a number of modern female artists making statements about their frustration as women of this world.

Her biography, listed on her website, Rhizome, and her collaborative projects states that she currently lives in London and exhibits and attends world-wide film festivals. It is also to be noted that she frequently visits Italy, where she is originally from.