{"588773":{"#nid":"588773","#data":{"type":"event","title":"CANCELLED:  Talking Craft \u2014 Making Identity: Cat Mazza","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the Talking Craft \u0026ndash; Making Identity series, we will host Cat Mazza at Georgia Tech for a talk and panel discussion\u0026nbsp;Thursday 3\/30\/17.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCat Mazza combines craft with digital media to explore the overlaps between textiles, technology and labor. Her practice combines tactical media, activism, craft-based art making and animation towards what has been described as \u0026ldquo;craftivism.\u0026rdquo; She is founder of the craftivist collective microRevolt (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.microrevolt.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.microrevolt.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E) that builds around the question \u0026ldquo;What if social change was not simply a consequence of governing or economic policies; and small, disconnected resistant acts overlapped to nudge along change?\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHer work has shown at the Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum (London), the Museum of Arts and Design (New York City), Triennale di Milano (Italy), Garanti Gallery (Istanbul), the J\u0026ouml;nk\u0026ouml;pings l\u0026auml;ns Museum (Sweden) and the Milwaukee Art Museum. She has also exhibited at new media festivals The Influencers (Barcelona); Futuresonic (Manchester), FILE (S\u0026atilde;o Paulo) and Ars Electronica (Linz). She has presented her work in artist lectures at numerous venues including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Harvard University and California College of the Arts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMazza was an early staff member of the New York City art and technology center Eyebeam from 1999-2002. She received her MFA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2005), a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University (1999) and is Associate Professor of Art at UMass, Boston (2007-present).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHer site:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.post-craft.net\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.post-craft.net\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWhen:\u0026nbsp;3\/30\/17\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMazza\u0026rsquo;s talk: 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPanel with Karen Glass (Zerowaste) and Jess Jones (GSU): \u0026nbsp;11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWhere:\u0026nbsp;Dramatech,\u0026nbsp;349 Ferst Dr NW,\u0026nbsp;Atlanta, GA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMore info:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dm.gatech.edu\/talkingcraft\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/dm.gatech.edu\/talkingcraft\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETHIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COMPLICATIONS WITH THE SPEAKER\u0026#39;S FLIGHT. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As part of the Talking Craft \u2013 Making Identity series, we will host Cat Mazza at Georgia Tech for a talk and panel discussion\u00a0Thursday 3\/30\/17."}],"uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-03-14 20:40:35","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:12:23","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-03-30T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-03-30T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-03-30T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-03-30 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-03-30 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-03-30 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.microrevolt.org","title":"microRevolt"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173749","name":"Cat Mazza"},{"id":"173750","name":"craftivism"},{"id":"173751","name":"microRevolt"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}