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How Marcel Duchamp Influenced Technological and Digital Art of The Future:
Short clip from Marcel Duchamp: Art of the Possible

©Association Marcel Duchamp/ ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York [2019]
Produced by Michelle Taylor

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2024 is the year art & science collide!

In collaboration between LA ACM SIGGRAPH & EZTV Online Museum - The festival began when Santa Monica College wished to do an exhibition in acknowledgement of the 45th anniversary of EZTV and its 40 years of collaborations between EZTV and SIGGRAPH.

Three of Santa Monica’s leading cultural institutions: Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica College, and 18th Street Arts Center in collaboration with Santa Monica Arts Commission's Media Arts Subcommittee, LA ACM SIGGRAPH & the EZTV Online Museum introduces a new, innovative six-month long festival that celebrates the synthesis of art and science by focusing on the diverse and highly fascinating works of digital art.

There has never been a time when art and technology were not synergistically intertwined. Ever-informing and evolving each other, inspiring each other to greater heights, and inventing innovation from two differing, yet inter-related perspectives.

DNA Festival Santa Monica delves into the very ethos at the heart of this creative love affair and celebrates the best in both recent creativity, as well as recognizing and honoring the early developers and adopters of digital art history.

Many DNA Events are simultaneously a part of The Getty’s PST Art: ‘Art & Science Collide’ events

Tom Van Sant- working at NASA and independently, rendered first digital images of Earth, paving the way for things like Google Earth. View Exhibition

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DNA Festival is proud to honor this event in the name of digital art visionaries Kate Johnson (1969-2020) and Patric Prince (1942-2021)

Kate Johnson

1969 - 2020

“ Kate’s practice was hybrid, working in forms often presented outside conventional platforms. She exhibited large-scale projections and videos and critically acclaimed works in a variety of media and genres, exploring the nexus and connections between art, anthropology, technology and social justice. She is at the forefront of women working in large-scale site-specific digital projection, creating massive original projections that locally graced iconic places such as the Getty Center, LA City Hall, West Hollywood Park and Japan American Cultural Center. “

Excerpt from - https://artillerymag.com/kate-johnson-1969-2020/https://artillerymag.com/kate-johnson-1969-2020/

Patric Prince

1942- 2021

“ Patric D. Prince was a pioneering American collector of digital art. As a key figure in early computer and digital art, she was one of the first to recognise the importance and potential of these new art forms. Over the course of her career, she had many different roles: as collector, curator, gallery founder, art historian, and Professor at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), as well as a supporter and friend to many of the artists she worked with.”

Excerpt from - https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/patric-d-prince-digital-art-visionary

Felicia Hudson

1970-2024

Due to a senseless act of gun violence, the life of a wonderful person was abruptly and prematurely ended. And a cheerful voice has been silenced.

Felicia Hudson was a long-time member of Santa Monica College’s Center for Media & Design’s staff. In that capacity, she assisted us in the set-up and logistics of the two DNA events that took place there, before her tragic passing. She was warm, big-heated and willing to brainstorm and help in getting these two events to go smoothly and drama-free. We so appreciated her spirit as well as her indispensable help.

 We so often overlook those indispensable people who are working behind the scenes at events. These people are unrecognized, unheralded and are invisible to attendees, but their considerable contributions are recognized to those who are involved in the actual production and administration of the events.

Felicia Hudson was a wonderful spirit who tirelessly contributed to the smooth functioning of events that DNA held at our partner and collaborator: Santa Monica College’s Center for Media & Design. The SMC community has lost a friend and colleague, and her efforts reached beyond there and to the greater LA community. She will be missed.

Our sincerest condolences to Sheila Cordova and all the faculty, administration and staff at SMC. 

 Thank you, Felicia. We wished we would have gotten to know you better.

As we honor her life and legacy, we invite you to contribute to the Felicia Hudson Legacy Fund. Through this fund, her spirit will continue to uplift those in need. Thank you for joining us in remembering Felicia and ensuring that her legacy lives on.

https://foundation.smc.edu/areas-to-support/felicia-hudson-legacy-fund.php