Biography
James P. Werner is Assistant Professor of Media Arts at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA, where he holds a dual placement in the Art and Design Department and in the Science, Technology and Society program (STS). His research focuses on contemporary art practices involving new media participation, and the evolution of the gallery and museum through media collaborations. He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters on new media in fine art, including “Post media awareness and the evolution of the art museum” in Techno-Ecologies II: Acoustic Space #12 (2014). His artwork is exhibited nationally and internationally.Rosemary O’Neill is Associate Professor of Art History at Parsons School of Design at The New School, USA. She is the author of Art and Visual Culture on the French Riviera, 1956-1971 (2012), and the book chapters, “La Cédille qui Sourit: Aesthetic Research under the ‘sign of humor’” (2012), “Ecole de Nice: Action Artistique et bonne humeur” (2010) and “Le ‘naturalisme intégral’ de Pierre Restany: la perception disciplinée et la dématérialisation de l’objet,” in Le Demi-Siècle de Pierre Restany (2009). She has contributed to several museum catalogues including Posco Art Museum, Seoul, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC, South Bank Center, London, and Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice.
