John Michael Boling Work

• Created CULTURESPORT, an animated series creative studio and meta-brand created entirely in the open-source 3D software Blender
• CULTURESPORT is an evolved idea from 14 year old John
• The project questions if a chatbox became self aware, how would it survive or maybe even take over the world
• He believes his work does not have to be planned or understood in the process of creation
• Art for him is always a work in progress which is part of the reason why he created Nasty Nets
• He believes in another side of art where it is fun where you can go three years without presenting anything
• Mostly creates his work in Blender
• Learn more about CULTURESPORT here

Marisa Olson Work

• Work is based around media theory
• Open beliefs for art
• Believes in creative identification of anyway
• She created a performance piece inspired by Nancy Holt's Boomerang project
• She retraces and mirrors Holt's actions
• The piece is displayed with Holt's orginal video looping side by side with Olson's replica.
• She wanted to compare and contrast the two different times and communities
• Read more about this project here

Joel Holmberg Work

• His work replicates the Internet
• His templates are often exsisting sites
• Meant to show that the Internet is now a part of daily life and is often taken for granted.
• His work proves that not only does painting hold a significant place in visual culture, but it can reflect the Internet in a way it could not otherwise achieve if trying to represent the Internet.
• Below is a painting of Joel Holmberg's representing the Internet
• Read more about his projects here

Gutherie Lonergan Work

• Investigates Internet presets and plug-ins and stock images—caches of photos, video, and code that were merely given and everywhere available
• His work questioned the divides between online and offline, to display the relation between the two experiences
• Lonergan created a piece called Babies First Steps and uploaded it to Youtube back when Youtube was infant
• Babies First Steps is a montage of pixelated videos by parents marking a milestone in their children’s development from newborn to toddler
• To gather this footage, he used the Lycos search engine to locate video files on individual homepages
• Can be found today in the center of an otherwise empty page, the background of which is shaded a nursery-wall pink, shown below.
• For more about Lonergan Work click here