MNL - Finding the Heart in Technology

Victoria Vesna, Ph.D., is an Artist and Professor at the UCLA Department  of Design Media Arts and Director of the Art|Sci Center at the School  of the Arts (North campus) and California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)  (South campus). Although she was trained early on as a painter (Faculty  of Fine arts, University of Belgrade, 1984), her curious mind took her  on an exploratory path that resulted in work can be defined as  experimental creative research residing between disciplines and  technologies. With her installations she investigates how communication  technologies affect collective behavior and perceptions of identity  shift in relation to scientific innovation (PhD, CAiiA_STAR, University  of Wales, 2000). Her work involves long-term collaborations with  composers, nano-scientists, neuroscientists, evolutionary biologists and  she brings this experience to students. Victoria has exhibited her work  in 20+ solo exhibitions, 70+ group shows, has been published in 20+  papers and gave 100+ invited talks in the last…