Category: People
Biographies, profiles and appreciations of an eclectic collection of people of interest to iRez authors.
Meeting Donna Haraway
Earlier this month, Trilby’s typist had the opportunity to hear Donna Haraway speak in real life. Haraway…
Yordie Sands
iRez’ head cheerleader Yordie Sands has been “running silent, running deep” for a couple of weeks now…
Enter Heidegger
Given that I am using a Hermeneutic Phenomenological approach, it must come as no surprise that Heidegger’s…
Virtual Reality of Theater
I can’t deny that I am a huge fan of Antonin Artaud’s oeuvre, or that his conceptualization…
Virginia Heffernan
CAMBRIDGE, MA, 27 March — Harvard English Literature PhD, former New York Times columnist, and current Yahoo!…
Word Viruses and Other Pre-Recordings
Not surprisingly, my favorite writer of all times is William Burroughs. I went so far as to…
Caitlin Upton
PASADENA, 24 August 2007 — At the Miss Teen USA Pageant held here tonight, finalist Lauren Caitlin…
Nastia Liukin
SAN JOSE, 1 July — Reigning Olympic Gymnastic All-Around Gold Medalist Anastasia Valeryevna “Nastia” Liukin will not…
Previz #67 – Charlotte, Forever
As much as I love Marina Abramovic, Charlotte Moorman holds a special place in my heart. She…
Oh Marina!
Is it just me or is anyone else really excited about seeing “The Artist is Present” on…
Alan Turing & Title IX
BLETCHLEY PARK / WASHINGTON DC, 23 June — Today is British mathematician Alan Turing’s 100th birthday! Today…
Esra’a Al Shafei
BAHRAIN / LONDON / BISCUIT BAY, 9 April — From my dorm room at King’s College in…
Eric Whitacre / Virtual Choir
LINCOLN CENTER, 2 April — At the nexus of TED’s elitism, Thomas Kinkade’s populism, Sigfreid & Roy’s…
Timmie Jean Lindsey
HOUSTON, 16 March 1962* — today Timmie Jean Lindsey underwent the world’s first silicone-gel breast implant surgery….
Thomas Kinkade, dead at 54
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA, 6 April — Thomas Kinkade, “The Painter of Light” died today of unknown, and…
James B. Lansing
Do they rock? That’s like asking if Ferrari’s are fast. — Ogsard Yesterday I wrote about my…
Garry Winogrand Challenge
ART & ARTIST NETWORK – GROUP NOTICE SUBJETCT: Garry Winogrand Challenge FROM: FaithXue Resident DATE: 3/27/2011 Hello!…
Tizzers Foxchase
[2011/01/06 07:12] Tizzers Foxchase: <3 [2011/01/06 07:13] Vaneeesa Blaylock: hey Tizzers [2011/01/06 07:13] Tizzers Foxchase: hai! [2011/01/06…
Kate Miranda
Vaneeesa left me a long list of people she wanted me to blog about. She said she…
Sascha Pohflepp
Pohfelpp’s video is about a world that never was, yet is couched with iconography and design aesthetics we remember so well from childhood that we strangely, unexpectedly, effortlessly find ourselves slipping into this alternate river of time.
Felicia Day
The truth is that Felicia Day does not piss me off, she amazes me. She saw a lack of opportunity so she created opportunity. She felt disdain for gamers, so she created a web series that celebrates gamers. She understands the media of our age.
Nienke Klunder
LONDON, 4 July — Like Nikki S. Lee and Cindy Sherman, Nienke Klunder uses transformations of her…
Happy Holidays!
I recently started the Moment series. They’re just “moments” large or small that stumble across my virtual…
Rineke Dijkstra
After posting David Goldblatt’s famous swimsuit photo, I sort of felt like I had to do a…
