Carla Gannis is a transmedia artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She produces works that consider the uncanny complications between grounded and virtual reality, nature and artifice, science and science fiction in contemporary culture. Fascinated by digital semiotics, Gannis takes a horror vacui approach to her artistic practice, culling inspiration from networked communication, art and feminist histories, emerging technologies and speculative design.
Gannis’s work has appeared in exhibitions, screenings and internet projects across the globe. 2022 projects include “Welcome to the wwwunderkammer,” at the Pérez Art Museum (Miami, FL) and “The Elevated Line” at Ryan Lee Gallery (New York, NY). A regular lecturer on digital art and extended reality, in March 2019 Gannis was a speaker at the SXSW Interactive Festival on the panel “Human Presence and Humor Make Us Better Storytellers.” Publications that have featured Gannis’s work include The Creators Project, Wired, FastCo, Hyperallergic, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, El PaÍs and The LA Times, among others. In 2015 her speculative fiction was included in DEVOURING THE GREEN:: fear of a human planet: a cyborg / eco poetry anthology, published by Jaded Ibis Press.
Gannis holds a BFA and MFA in Painting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Boston University, respectively. Currently, she is Industry Professor at New York University (NYU) in the Integrated Design and Media Program, Department of Technology, Culture and Society, Tandon School of Engineering. She is also a Year 7 Alum of NEW INC, in the XR: Bodies in Space track, New York, NY.
wwwunderkammer first premiered at Telematic Media Arts (San Francisco, CA) with Gallery Director Clark Buckner.
Learn more about Carla Gannis: carlagannis.com
ARTIST ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
Halsey Institute Staff and Interns
Bryan Granger, Former Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs
Exhibition Essay
Marian Mazzone, Professor, Modern and Contemporary Art
Dance Installation
Annex Dance Company
Telematic Media Arts
Clark Buckner, Director and Founder
Telematic Media Arts 2020 Installation Assistance
James Patterson
Bryant Kiyoshi Cortopassi
Jillian Shea
Janine Kelly
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
Jay Mollica, Director of Digital Engagement
Kelani Nichole, Curator
Synthesis Gallery and Pylon Gallery
Giorgio Vitale, Director of Synthesis Gallery
Julia Schmelzer, Director of Pylon Gallery
Miriam Arbus, Independent Curator
Original Music
Luke DuBois
wwwunderkammer Catalog Essays
Clark Buckner
Natasha Chuk
Charlotte Kent
Bruce Sterling
The Archive to Come Catalog Essays
Clark Buckner
Charlotte Kent
Featured wwwunderkammer Experts
Leah Roh
Regine Gilbert
Charlotte Kent
Regina Harsanyi
Ahmed Ansari
Studio Collaborations & Assistance
2022-2023
Sculpture Collaboration
Ross Keong and Tess Adams
3D Print Fabrication Consultant
Ross Keong
Hologram Production / 3D / VR / Video & Animation Production
Tess Adams
Web AR Design & Development / Research & Production
James Lee
Web VR Producer & Director / 3D / Video, Animation & Print Production
Austin Fenn
2019-2021
Web VR Producer & Director / 3D / Video & Animation Production
Sue Roh
Web VR + Desktop VR Production / Mobile AR / Research & Production
Noth Liu
Desktop VR + Mobile AR Design and Development
Indira Ardolic
VR/AR Research & 3D Production
Calvin Lee
Production Assistance
Zoe Adams and Tess Adams
Supporters of the Project:
NEW INC
Ahmed Elgammal, Founder of Playform Studio
Dorothy Santos
Julie Walsh
Asher Remy-Toledo
Tina Rivers Ryan
Currents New Media Festival
ONX STUDIO
Cleveland Adams
Archive to Come Artists: Alfredo Salazar-Caro, Alicia Escott, Antonio Roberts, Auriea Harvey, Bayeté Ross Smith, Caroline Sinders, Christina Corfield, Clareese Hill, Claudia Hart, Danielle Siembieda, Darrin Martin, David Bayus, Faith Holland, Faiyaz Jafri, Gabriel Barcia-Colombo, Genevieve Quick, Gretta Louw, Hank Willis Thomas and Kambui Olujimi, Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Jamel (Jam No Peanut) MC-Ting Budong, Jenifer Wofford, LaJuné McMillian, Laura Gillmore, Laura Hyunjhee Kim, Laura Splan, Leila Weefur, Liss Lafleur, Lorna Mills, Lynn Marie Kirby and James Kirby Rogers, Mads Lynnerup, Maggie Roberts [Orphan Drift], Mark Amerika, Mark Klink, Martina Menegon, Mary Flanagan, Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia, Mohsen Hazrati, Molly Soda, Noth (Qinyuan) Liu, Penelope Umbrico, Porpentine Charity Heartscape, R. Luke DuBois, Ranu Mukherjee [Orphan Drift], Rosa Menkman, Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Sean Capone, Shaghayegh Cyrous, shawné michaelain holloway, Sherie Weldon, Snow Yunxue Fu, Surabhi Saraf, Susan Silas, Tamiko Thiel, Tiare Ribeaux, Yuliya Lanina
Artificial Intelligence Platforms
Playform.io
Chat GPT3
Midjourney AI
Hologram Technology
Looking Glass
Virtual Reality
Mozilla Hubs, HTC Vive & Oculus Quest
3D Printing & Fabrication + Plating
The Specialists
Maquette
Roboto NYC
Vinyl & Xanita Board Production and Installation
Red Falcon Ink
Framing
Artizom
Carpet
Fine Rugs of Charleston
