JoAnn (Jody) Gillerman
Art Resume

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

PROFESSOR of media arts, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA (1976-present)

CO-FOUNDER & OWNER Viper Vertex interactive (Media Arts), Oakland, CA (1977-present): creative interactives, multimedia exhibits, digital video and electronic media production

EDUCATION

MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1974 -76, video, painting
BA Duke University, Durham, NC, 1968 - 72, technical illustrating, fine arts. liberal arts
Florence, Italy, Syracuse Program, F 1970 art history, printmaking, drawing
Washington University Art School, St; Louis, MO, Sp 1971, printmaking, drawing

PUBLIC WORKS - PERMANENTLY INSTALLED ART AND SCIENCE EXHIBITS

2001- present
Shadow Dance: Eclipse Exhibit (© 2001), Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland, CA
12 flat panel displays, 3 floor sensors, 2 computers, custom software
This multimedia exhibit is not a kiosk, there is no mouse, no keyboard. Shadow Dance: Eclipse Exhibit is an interactive, multi-user, multi-channel, floor-sensor driven environment encouraging its users to create an eclipse by aligning the Sun, Moon and Earth on an arc of 12 high-resolution flat panel displays. By simply moving around the installation space stepping on floor pictures, users interactively create an eclipse (lunar or solar) and explore eclipse information: science, mythologies, art, history, popular culture, and more through graphics, animations, video, pictures, environmental sounds and narrations. Shadow Dance, completed in July 2001, is in the permanent collection of the Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland, CA. (more information: Shadow Dance.)

1999 - present
Innovation Forum Exhibit (©1998/99), The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, CA
2 computers, 6 monitors, video camera, michrophone, custom software
This exhibit creates an interactive forum in which to dialogue about innovations and technology. The Innovation Forum is an interactive, multimedia exhibit that solicits and includes real-time recording and playback of video/audio comments from its viewers. To encourage interaction, the Innovation Forum provides many short video clips by an impressive, diverse "virtual" panel talking on a wide range of issues concerning innovation and technology, how they affect our lives, new explorations and ethical implications. These prominent thinkers, who are interactively accessed, discuss: cloning, patenting life forms. genetic engineering, ethical implications, computer technologies, ubiquitous computers, global access to new technologies, new explorations, cyberspace as community, and more. This highly visual exhibit is diversified, provocative, and informative to encourage users to record their video comments and enter into an evolving discourse on innovations and technology. (more information: Innovation Forum)

SELECTED MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATIONS, PERFORMANCES, SCREENINGS, BROADCAST, PRESS

2003

Abstract "Shadow Dance" accepted for presentation in "Transparent Technologies", 9th biennial Symposium for art, science and technology, Ammeran Center for Arts and Technology, Connecticut College

2002

ARTWEEK:Review - Shadow Dance:Eclipse Exhibit at CSSC

EXPLORATORIUM, YLEM Presentation "Art Capturing Change"

INFORMATION ARTS BOOK: INTERSECTION OF ART, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY- About the Artist's work (Book Author: Stephen Wilson)

2001

CHABOT SPACE AND SCIENCE CENTER, Shadow Dance:Eclipse Exhibit - interactive installation (permanent collection)

KNTV Broadcast: "TECH TALK": Shadow Dance: Eclipse Exhibit shot on location at Chabot Space and Science Center, includes interview with JoAnn Gillerman, creator and co-producer of exhibit - (July, 2001)

KNTV Broadcast: evening News - On locatio Interview with JoAnn Gillerman as co-producer of the New Eclipse Exhibit Shadow Dance at Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland, CA (June, 2001)

BURNING MAN: Volcanic Eclipse Video, screening, curated/invited

EXPLORATORIUM: San Francisco, CA.: Video: Total Solar Eclipses, screening

ASTC (Association of Science & Technology Centers) ExhibitedTraveling Eclipse Exhibit & Innovation Forum Exhibit, Phoenix, Arizona

2000

OAKLAND MUSEUM - HIGH TOUCH / HIGH TECH: "Making Art in the 21st Century" - Presenter

EXPLORATORIUM - YLEM: Artists Using Science & Technology: "Hey, Listen Up! " Presentation

ASTC (Association of Science & Technology Centers) – ExhibitedTraveling Eclipse Exhibit Prototype and Innovation Forum Exhibit, Cleveland, Ohio

1999

THE TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION - "Innovation Forum" Multimedia Exhibit (Permanent Installation)

AAAS CONFERENCE (American Association for Advancements in Science) presentation: "In the Shadow "

Exploratorium, S. F.: Flamingo Eclipse: Peninsula de Paraguana & Volcanic Eclipse video

ASTC (Association Science & Technology Centers) – Exhibited Traveling Innovation Forum Exhibit, Tampa, Florida

1998

HEY, LISTEN UP! - AN URBAN ECO-LITERACY PROJECT, CURRICULUM & INTERACTIVE CD-ROM sponsored by the Urban Habitat Program of the Earth Island Institute, San Francisco., CA. This educational project on environmental justice (environmental racism) included on-site multimedia workshops with high-school youths in Urban Los Angeles (Watts, Compton) resulting in a locally produced interactive CD-ROM created in part by the participants of the involved communities. As multimedia consultan, director, and co-producer of this project, I instructed the multimedia workshops, co- designed a multimedia curriculum on environmental issues for high school students, and directed/produced the collaborative "Hey Listen Up!" interactive CD-ROM. (© 1997-98)

KCSM Broadcast "Women of Vision" series: Volcanic Eclipse Excerpts video and interviewed by Jan Yanahiro (97-98)

ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, St. Louis, MO - Visiting Artist Presentation and Workshop

1997

LA CITE DES ARTS ET DES NOUVELLES TECHNOLOGIES DE MONTREAL-"Cybermonde" THE SUN DROPS ITS TORCH floor pad controlled Interactive Installation - traveling exhibit (Montreal, Quebec, Cananda)

Mill Valley Film/Video Festival: Special 20 year Tribute to Bay Area Video Artists

1996

FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE VIDEO Y ARTE ELECTRONICA, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - INTIJIWANA Interactive CD-ROM

ARTSWIRE ON-LINE GUEST ARTIST: (semi) real-time On-Line Arts forum (August)

Developed personal website: http://www.ViperVertex.com

Produced interactive CD-ROMs:
INTIJIWANA - Interactive CD-ROM with accompanying Installation (©1996)
NIGHT FEEDER - Interactive Movie/Narrative (©93-1995)
THE SUN DROPS ITS TORCH INTERACTIVE CD (©1994-95)

1995


BLASTHAUS gallery - "IN (no sense) DEFENSE": THE SUN DROPS ITS TORCH INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION, VIDEO LAVA ROCK SCULPTURE (San Francisco, CA web page included

UNITED STATES INFORMATION SERVICE, CALCUTTA, INDIA: Presentation, video, slides

Total Solar Eclipse (from Fetapur Sikri, Oct. 24, 1995) and related Interactive Multimedia Exhibits

MILL VALLEY FILM/VIDEO FESTIVAL: Panalist/Presentation "Interactive Art Media & CD-ROM"

PRODUCER & DIRECTOR of "Guided Tours" for PC World New Media Interactive CD-ROM IDG/PC

1994

YERBA BUENA CENTER for the ARTS:AnArchy PARTYCAM Performance, San Francisco, CA (catalog)

ACM MULTIMEDIA '94- "Ubiquitous Art Zone"- THE SUN DROPS ITS TORCH Installation & CD-ROM, EMBARCADERO, San Fransisco, CA (catalog, picture, article)

AnArchy PARTYCAM: "ART TECO", COWELL THEATER, FORT MASON, San Francisco, CA

EXPLORATORIUM - "MultiMedia Special Exhibits" - THE SUN DROPS ITS TORCH multi- channel interactive installation & environment using computers, sound & video laserdisc San Francisco, CA

TAYLOR ART GALLERY, "DIGITAL ARTIFACTS" - KUNDALINI & BASEBALL interactive installation CSU,Chico, CA (poster)

OLIVER ART CENTER GALLERY- "COLOR IN THE SHADOWS: Bay AreaCyberart" – AnArchy Partycam interactive performance: Cal College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA (picture/catalog)

FASHION DESIGN CENTER -"BE-IN -Digital Frontier": EROS INterACTive interactive installation & AnArchy PartyCam Performance

PIER 32, San Francisco, CA - INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE/HUMAN INTERFACE: "AnArchy Partycam"

1993

EROS INterACTive Interactive Installation - "A NEW SENSATION - Gallery of Interactive Art", SEYBOL, MOSCONE CENTER, San Francisco, CA

ELECTRO-HEALING Interactive Installation - SIGGRAPH, TOMORROW'S REALITIES, Los Angeles, CA

DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART, Film/Video Festival: Interactive CD-ROMs (catalog)

SIGGRAPH 20 year Retrospective Film/Video, Anaheim Convention Theater, Los Angeles, CA

1992

SPECTRUM GALLERY "Visual Dialog" International Show - Curated

VIDEO EDITING & PRODUCTION "Pleat Repleat" for Hedstorm Productions, Santa Cruz, CA (92-93)

2ND INT'L VISUAL ARTS CONFERENCE panelist/presentation, "Art & Technology", San Francisco, CA

DESIGN, INSTALLATION, INSTRUCTION for INTERACTIVE COMPUTER/VIDEO/MUSIC LAB for creating cross-disciplinary works, CSU Summer Arts, Humboldt U., Arcada, CA

1991

VOLCANO ART CENTER, Lava Performance, Volcano, Hawaii

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE Documentary video: "FOREVER ACTIVISTS" OPENING MONTAGE (in distribution)

1990

OAKLAND MUSEUM OF ART, ORGANIA slide installation, Oakland, CA

OAKLAND MUSEUM OF ART, Oakland Video Artists, 3 videotapes, CA

ART DIRECTOR, EDITOR, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: NIGHT FEEDER, 90 min. feature video produced on Betacam 1987-1990

Video Post Production: "Paquila - The First Step" Karl Stucki Production: project intended to improve quality of life (basic nutrition, sanitation, medical, care, etc.) in Paquila, Guatemala

1989

CADRE/NCGA: KUNDALINI & BASEBALL interactive performance & panalist, San Jose, CA

WRIGHT MUSEUM OF ART, "CRASH" Computer Art Exhibit -, WI (traveling, catalog)

1988

WINTER OLYMPLICS ARTS FESTIVAL: "Dance & Technology" Presenter/Panal Calgary,Alberta

Curator & Producer: "Electronic Art Gallery Programs" for CSU Stanislaus & CSU System

1987

SIGGRAPH ART SHOW: ORCTAVIA computer graphics slide installation, Los Angeles, CA

1986

SIGGRAPH ELECTRONIC THEATER: "Orchid Live Performance" electronic computer/video/music/model performance, Dallas Convention Center, TX

1985

SIGGRAPH ELECTRONIC THEATER : "Whispers in A Plane of Light" video (catalog)

1984

CADRE '84: WHISPERS IN A PLANE OF LIGHT Live video/music performance, Santa Clara,CA

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART- Fiber Form, video

MILL VALLEY FILM VIDEO FESTIVAL featured video artist, Mill Valley, CA

1983

DIGICON '83: "WHISPERS IN A PLANE OF LIGHT" live performance for video Image Processor, music synthesizer and live model, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, video screenings (traveling WHITNEY MUSIC VIDEOS)

VIDEO FREE AMERICA, ONE PERSON SHOW, San Francisco,CA ,

1982

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Music Videos: Clone Baby, Fiber Form, Punk Tape, New York and traveling

1980

UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE: One Person Show, Berkeley, CA

GRANTS AND AWARDS

CREATIVE ARTIST FELLOWSHIP, Cultural Arts Dept. City of Oakland, 2001

TRAVEL GRANTS AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT, CCAC, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP, 1985

BEST EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO, Hollywood Erotic Film/Video Festival, 1985

BEST EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO, Hollywood Erotic Film/Video Festival, 1984

MULTI-MEDIA AWARD, 3rd Infinite Forum, 1981

NEA INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP, National Endowment for the Arts, 1980


SELECTED BROADCASTS - 1976 -1998
national & international


KQED, KTVU, KCSM, KETC, KRON, WGBH, USA CABLE NETWORK "Night Flight", Japan, Canada, Australia, Europe. Video Tapes Broadcast include: Volcanic Eclipse Excerpts, Fiber Form, Electric Dream, Clone Baby, Orchid, Whispers in a Plane of Light: a live performance, Untitled, Do you Mind this Time?, The Punk Tape, Viper Video, Homage to the Exploration of Venus, You, Pentagon, Collection 1(1 hr) and Collection 2 (1 hr) and others.

SELECTED VIDEO TAPE SCREENINGS & VENUES - 1976 - 2002

The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA; Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, Nevada; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach,CA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; The Kitchen,New York, NY; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Pacific Film Archive, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA ; Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; Chicago Museum of Modern Art, Chicago,IL; John Douglas Cline Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ; St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO. INTERNATIONAL: India, Bolivia, Japan, Denmark, Canada, Austria, France, Germany, Australia, Korea, Mexico, Taiwan.

COLLECTIONS

Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland, CA; The TECH Museum of Innovation, San Jose, CA; Smithsonian Experimental Gallery, DC; Long Beach Museum of Art, CA; Kitchen, NY; Electronics Arts Intermix, NY; Prix Ars Electronica, Austria; Video Free America, CA; Interactiva (Germany); Siggraph Reviews (traveling); Exploratorium, CA; Simon Fraser U., BC, Canada; Emily Carrr Colege of Art, BC, Canada; Metro Television, Australia.

SELECTED DISTRIBUTION - laserdisc, video, books

INFORMATION ARTS": MIT Press - Author: Stephan Wilson (2001-present) publication, distribution; ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS, NORTH LIGHT BOOKS: "CLICK "publication, distribution TANTRA computer graphic painting; "AMAYAKAN"- Japan/L,A.,CA.: ORCHID video, video laserdisc, distribution (1988-present); PARAMOUNT VIDEO, Los Angeles, CA, ELECTRIC DREAM video, theatrical release & distribution; FILMS AROUND THE WORLD, New York, NIGHT FEEDER VIDEO FEATURE, international distribution (1991-1995

OTHER

In the shadow ... total solar eclipses JoAnn Gillerman has been vidotaping and photographing active volcanic lava flows and total solar eclipses around the world for decades. Some of the recent eclipses and lava flows may be seen on her website.

1975 -1978: Built a Sandin Image Processor (Video Synthesizer and Processor) used for production and multi-camera live performances & installations - Moved to Bay Area to perform with the Real* Electric Symphony in a series of live electronic music & video concerts and performances during New Music Month (and continuing afterwards) in many Clubs and Alternative Spaces in and around the Bay Area, CA.