Jess Irish
Associate Professor of Media Arts and Design
Email
irish@newschool.edu
Office Location
Parsons Faculty Hotseat
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is an award-winning artist, designer and writer who makes lyrical nonfiction films and cross-genre media. Her recent films include , , and . Her collaborative design practice focuses on environmental justice and empowering forms of new media. She is the principal designer for , which creates media and analyses on shale gas infrastructure.
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Her films have been received honors such as 鈥淏est Environmental Film鈥, 鈥淏est Hybrid Film鈥, 鈥淏est Experimental Documentary鈥, 鈥淏est Video Art鈥 and 鈥淏est Editing.鈥 Her films have screened in festivals both nationally and internationally. Her art works have been featured in media such as Art Forum, METROPOLIS, RES, and Artweek magazines. She has received project funding by the Foundation and was one of four artists to be supported by California Arts Council in its first round of individual grants for digital media. Former collaborative design includes open source software projects , . She was the founding co-director of , an award-winning non-profit in central LA.听
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Irish is an Associate Professor of Design and Technology in the , where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in design research, hybrid works and new media. She received her studio MFA from UC Irvine and her creative writing MFA from 麻豆传媒色情片. She lives in the Hudson River Valley, NY with her family of humans and dogs.听
Research Interests
media design, participatory frameworks, non-linear narratives, sustainability, community activism
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