Marc Tasman

    • Director, Digital Arts and Culture Program
    • Senior Teaching Faculty, Anthropology
    • Senior Teaching Faculty, Center for Jewish Studies

    Education

    • MFA, The Ohio State University
    • BFA, University of Louisville

    Teaching Schedule

    Course Num Title Meets
    DAC 113-201 Internet Culture No Meeting Pattern
    DAC 289-101 Internship in Digital Arts and Culture, Lower Division No Meeting Pattern
    DAC 336-801 Media Graphics TR 1pm-2:15pm
    JAMS 113-201 Internet Culture No Meeting Pattern
    JAMS 336-801 Media Graphics TR 1pm-2:15pm

    Courses Taught

    • JAMS 113 - Internet Culture
    • JAMS 232 - Photojournalism
    • JAMS 336 - Media Graphics

    Teaching Interests

    • Digital Arts and Culture
    • Visual Communication
    • Social Media
    • Culture Jamming
    • Fair Use
    • Memes
    • Cultural Theory and Practice

    Research Interests

    • Photography and representation
    • Identity and Narrative
    • Internet Culture
    • Digital Humanities

    Related Activities

    • Selected Presentations and Exhibitions Exhibitions
      • 2015  TRUTH BE TOLD, invitational group exhibition, CultureJam MKE, Live Artist Studio Gallery, Milwaukee, WI. People’s Choice Merit Award with Luke Farley for the collaborative pieces, “Sporting Goods.” http://www.culturejam.me/event/past­event/truth­be­told/2015
      • 2015   NATURAL LEGACY, solo exhibition, Tenth Street Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
      • 2014  THE FAMILY SHOW, solo exhibition, Back House Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI.
      • 2014  INTÉRIEUR TROUVÉ, solo exhibition, Galerie Remise, Saint-Hippolyte, QC, Canada.
      • 2013   DEAR FAMILY, I LOVE YOU, solo exhibition, Founders Hall Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc, WI
      • 2012   NEW MEDIA CAUCUS SHOWCASE, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Los Angeles, CA. Curator, Paul Catanese
      • 2010   WISCONSIN TRIENNIAL 2010 (May 22-Aug. 15) Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA), Madison, WI. Curator of exhibitions, Jane Simon. (Catalogue), http://mmocatri.org/category/artist-profiles/page/4/.
    • Recently Published Images
    • Conference Presentations
      • 2016 "Race for the Prize: Proto-Selfie as Ritualized Photographic Endurance Performance" Invited Speaker, Kern Conference on Visual Communication: Selfies, Self-Portraits, and Social Media, Rochester Institute of Technology, April 15, 2016.
      • 2015 “Future Cultures,” curated speaker, TEDxUWMilwaukee React Differently, Milwaukee, WI. October 3, 2015 http://www.tedxuwmilwaukee.com/
    • Video Screening
      • “Who is Stealing My Signs?” 45th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 2007
    • Featured in Book

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