HUMN-306

Born in Vancouver, I live and work in Barcelona, where I'm a critic, curator and educator. In BCN I teach design theory at EINA, as well as curate, write and do policy and publishing work. At ECUAD I teach in design theory and special topics. One research area is art and radical politics; another is critical and activist design. I've written internationally for art journals and contribute book and catalogue essays. In Institutions by Artists (2012) I discuss Barcelona art activism and urban critique; an article on anarchist cultural collectives is in a Sitesize book (2014) . I've also written on and curated critical designers like Martí Guixé and Curro Claret. Other shows have featured Jessica Stockholder, Lebbeus Woods and Susana Solano; an exhibit on email scams toured Spain; I did a major group show, A Dilema, at ASM in Barcelona in 2013-14. In 2018 I curated "Vicinities" in Spain, with David MacWilliam and Marià Dinarès.

Dr. Garnet Hertz is Canada Research Chair in Design and Media Arts and is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Design and Dynamic Media at Emily Carr. His research explores DIY culture, electronic art and critical design practices. He has shown his work at several notable international venues in seventeen countries including SIGGRAPH, Ars Electronica, and DEAF and was awarded the 2008 Oscar Signorini Award in robotic art. Hertz is founder and director of Dorkbot SoCal, a monthly Los Angeles-based lecture series on DIY culture, electronic art and design. He has worked at Art Center College of Design and University of California Irvine. His research is widely cited in academic publications, and popular press on his work has disseminated through 25 countries including The New York Times, Wired, The Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, NBC, CBS, TV Tokyo and CNN Headline News. More info: http://conceptlab.com/