6.22.2009

Opening the exhibition


photo by KIBU

Here comes more info on Nina Czegledy, who opens the event. Thanks, Nina!

Nina Czegledy, media artist, curator and writer works internationally on collaborative art& science& technology projects. She has produced time based and digital works, won awards for her artwork and exhibited widely. Czegledy has lead and participated in workshops, forums and festivals worldwide. Her academic lectures lead to numerous publications in books and journals.
Czegledy exhibited with the ICOLS group in Australia, the US (2004-2005) with the Girls& Guns collective's in Europe (2005). "What will you do to cool the earth?" a public art project in collaboration with Greg Judelman and Daniel Barber was commissioned by the City of Toronto in 2007 and presented in 2009 at the Govett-Brewster Gallery in New Zealand. Resonance, the Electromagnetic Bodies Project, Digitized Bodies Virtual Spectacles, Points of Entry and the Aurora touring projects initiated by Czegledy, focus on the changing perception of the environment and the human body and are presented via on-line and on-site events internationally. Czegledy curated numerous digital art and video programs presented in more than 30 countries. President of Critical Media a Canadian based Knowledge Institute,. Czegledy, is a Senior Fellow, KMDI, University of Toronto, Associate Adjunct Professor Concordia University, Montreal, Honorary Fellow, Moholy Nagy University of Design, Budapest, member of the international space art network, co-chair of the Leonardo Education Forum (LEF), executive board member of Increate.org (NZ) board member of Leonardo/ISAST, member of the OLATS scientific community and and ex-officio chair of ISEA.

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