CONTACT
xtine[at]missconceptions[dot]net
BIOGRAPHY
xtine is a media artist, educator, and co-author of Digital Foundations (New Riders/AIGA 2009). Informed by the history of conceptual art, she uses social networking, databases, search engines, blogs, and applications in combination with popular sites like Facebook, YouTube, or Mechanical Turk, to create web communities promoting interpretation and autonomy. xtine believes art shapes social experiences by mediating consumer culture with rebellious practices. As an educator, she bridges the gap between histories, theories, and production in design and new media education. xtine’s blog is DesignEducator.info.
Recent web projects include Send A Walker Evans (2009), A penny for your thoughts (2009), Mechanical Olympics (2010, 2008), and Delocator (2005 and still going). Send A Walker Evans is a Facebook application that enables users to send and receive select Walker Evans photographs via the Facebook application interface. The app encourages users to revisit Evans’ critically acclaimed documentary photographs from the 1930s and 40s, commissioned by the Works Progress Administration. Mechanical Olympics is a blog where workers on Amazon.com’s Mechanical Turk website were paid to upload videos of themselves performing Olympic events to YouTube. Voting on the amateur videos was concurrent with the Summer 2008 and Winter 2010 Games, resulting in bonus payments for gold place winners on Mturk.com. Delocator is a website where users post and find information about locally owned stores using any US zip code. Delocator.net persuades users to purchase books, coffee and movie tickets from local vendors, in opposition to supporting corporate industries.
xtine has shown or spoken about her work domestically and internationally. Mechanical Olympics is an official honoree of the 13th Annual Webby Awards; and Delocator.net has been positively reviewed in domestic and international media outlets. She has participated in international festivals promoting digital art and culture including ISEA (Northern Ireland), Futuresonic (UK), Electrofringe (AU), Sonar (SP) and Prog:ME (BR). xtine is an assistant professor at California State University, Fullerton. A complete portfolio of her work can be viewed at missconceptions.net.