Connie Samaras' artistic career as a photographer and videographer has focused on feminism (specifically second wave), culture, technology, sexuality and gender studies, science, and both man-made and natural environments.[1] She is a full professor at the University of California, Irvine.
Samaras has showed her works in museums and galleries across the globe in both solo exhibitions and group shows. Some of her most notable shows include the California Museum of Photography (2011), the New Mexico Museum of Art (2001), Tauranga Museum (2009), the Japanese National American Museum (2008), and the Tijuana V International Biennial of Standards (2008). Her large-scale photographs of Las Vegas were included in the 2001 book Benjamin's Blind Spot.[2]
After the American Century was a photographic project that revolved around the city of Dubai and its vast city construction projects. The work as a whole examines the politics and economics of such extreme constructed environments. Samaras explores the idea of Dubai being a city that is of the future, yet placed in the Arabian desert, an area with a long history.[3] The photos of stark buildings almost entirely devoid of life give the photographs a dysotopian science-fictional feel.[4]
V.A.L.I.S (Vast Active Living Intelligence System) was a photographic project that Samaras worked on through a National Science Foundation's Artists and Writers grant that took her to Antarctica for parts of two years between 2005 and 2007. The premise of Samaras's project was to document the extreme environment and how it affected the surrounding architecture as time passed.[5] In these photos one sees how the ice and harsh environment repeatedly consume the human-made structures in the area, forcing people . to constantly rebuild as buildings made decades ago become buried under layers of snow and ice. Samaras's works from Antarctica reflect a deadpan approach that avoids prompting emotional responses in the viewers.[5]
Angelic States Even Sequences was a photographic project that focused on various cities across the United States, especially on urban forms of surveillance and technological presence.[6]
Major worksedit
Spaceport America (archival inkjet prints, 2010)
After the American Century (archival inkjet prints, 2009)
V.A.L.I.S (archival inkjet prints, 2005-2007)
Angelic States - Event Sequence (archival inkjet prints, 1998-2003)
Dark Side of the Moon (archival inkjet prints, 2003-2005)
Dreaming of the Millennium (photographs and text, 1999-2000)
A Partial Correction ...Voyager Space Probes (C-prints and inkjets, 1994)
Paranoid Delusions (ink, mylar, black and white photos, 1986-1989)
Autoworld (standard video production still, 1989)
Publicationsedit
"American Dreams", The Scholar and the Feminist Online: Gender on Ice (2008)
"Dream, September 10, 2001", X-TRA: Travel Issue (2002)
"Entries and Exits", Terminals: The Cultural Production of Death (1999)
"Abduction, a wretch like me", Whitewalls: A Journal of Language Art (1994)
"Look Who's Talking", Artforum (1991)
Awards and grantsedit
Connie Samaras has received many prestigious awards and grants throughout her career. These include the Andy Warhol Foundation Grant (2011), the National Science Foundation Artist and Writers grant, a Creative Capital Visual Arts Award,[7] the Getty's Mid-Career Visual Arts Fellowship (2006), Anonymous was a Woman (2003), COLA Mid-Career Artistic Fellowship (2003), Banff Centre for the Arts Senior Artist Award (2000) and New Media Institute Residency (1999), and the National Endowment for the Arts Special Exhibitions Grant (1994).
Referencesedit
^University of California, Irvine Department of Art Biography
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artistic career as a photographer and videographer has focused on feminism specifically second wave culture technology sexuality and gender studies science and both man made and natural environments 1 She is a full professor at the University of California Irvine Samaras has showed her works in museums and galleries across the globe in both solo exhibitions and group shows Some of her most notable shows include the California Museum of Photography 2011 the New Mexico Museum of Art 2001 Tauranga Museum 2009 the Japanese National American Museum 2008 and the Tijuana V International Biennial of Standards 2008 Her large scale photographs of Las Vegas were included in the 2001 book Benjamin s Blind Spot 2 After the American Century was a photographic project that revolved around the city of Dubai and its vast city construction projects The work as a whole examines the politics and economics of such extreme constructed environments Samaras explores the idea of Dubai being a city that is of the future yet placed in the Arabian desert an area with a long history 3 The photos of stark buildings almost entirely devoid of life give the photographs a dysotopian science fictional feel 4 V A L I S Vast Active Living Intelligence System was a photographic project that Samaras worked on through a National Science Foundation s Artists and Writers grant that took her to Antarctica for parts of two years between 2005 and 2007 The premise of Samaras s project was to document the extreme environment and how it affected the surrounding architecture as time passed 5 In these photos one sees how the ice and harsh environment repeatedly consume the human made structures in the area forcing people to constantly rebuild as buildings made decades ago become buried under layers of snow and ice Samaras s works from Antarctica reflect a deadpan approach that avoids prompting emotional responses in the viewers 5 Angelic States Even Sequences was a photographic project that focused on various cities across the United States especially on urban forms of surveillance and technological presence 6 Major works editSpaceport America archival inkjet prints 2010 After the American Century archival inkjet prints 2009 V A L I S archival inkjet prints 2005 2007 Angelic States Event Sequence archival inkjet prints 1998 2003 Surface Events archival inkjet prints 1990 present Dark Side of the Moon archival inkjet prints 2003 2005 Dreaming of the Millennium photographs and text 1999 2000 A Partial Correction Voyager Space Probes C prints and inkjets 1994 Paranoid Delusions ink mylar black and white photos 1986 1989 Autoworld standard video production still 1989 Publications edit American Dreams The Scholar and the Feminist Online Gender on Ice 2008 Dream September 10 2001 X TRA Travel Issue 2002 Entries and Exits Terminals The Cultural Production of Death 1999 Abduction a wretch like me Whitewalls A Journal of Language Art 1994 Look Who s Talking Artforum 1991 Awards and grants editConnie Samaras has received many prestigious awards and grants throughout her career These include the Andy Warhol Foundation Grant 2011 the National Science Foundation Artist and Writers grant a Creative Capital Visual Arts Award 7 the Getty s Mid Career Visual Arts Fellowship 2006 Anonymous was a Woman 2003 COLA Mid Career Artistic Fellowship 2003 Banff Centre for the Arts Senior Artist Award 2000 and New Media Institute Residency 1999 and the National Endowment for the Arts Special Exhibitions Grant 1994 References edit University of California Irvine Department of Art Biography Patt Lise Benjamin s Blind Spot Los Angeles ICS Press 2001 University of California Riverside After the American Century Connie Samaras Archived 2013 10 16 at the Wayback Machine California Museum of Photography Bloom Lisa Connie Samaras After the American Century exhibition catalog for 2011 show at the California Museum of Photography a b Newhouse Kristina Connie Samaras V A L I S vast active living intelligence system X TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly vol 10 no 4 Summer 2008 Montalvo Arts Center Enjoy Your Time 2009 http creative capital org projects view 728External links editConnie Samaras website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Connie Samaras amp oldid 1155157657, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
