University of Minnesota
Moving Image Studies
cscl@umn.edu
612-625-4170


Moving Image Studies

People

Lynn Lukkas

Lynn Tjernan Lukkas

Lynn Lukkas

612/626-7699
Art W207 RegisCtr 418 21st Ave S

Department Affiliations

University Affiliations

  • Liberal Arts: Moving Image Studies Graduate Minor [Website]

Specialties

  • video
  • film
  • interdisciplinary art

Educational Background

  • M.F.A.: Media Arts - Photography, Video, Film, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1988.
  • B.F.A.: Studio Art, Minor: Humanities, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1985.

Publications

  • Oculus: Crossing Boundaries in Cyberspace, Art, and Consciousness. Lukkas, Lynn, 2000.

Research Activities

  • Temporal Properties of the World: Film and Media Installation, 2010 - 2011
  • Touch Me / Don't Touch Me: Interactive video installation, 2009 - 2010
  • Telling Time: Film and Media Installation, 2007 - 2010
  • Biosensor Projects: A series of interactive installations controlled by the biological functions (breath, heart rate, brian waves) of the performer or users body, July 2001
  • Interaktions Labor: Collaborative performance with Paulo Chagas, composer; Johannes Birringer, Choregapher; Marija Stamenkovic, dancer; and Carrie Shaw, soprano, July 05, 2004 - July 20, 2004
  • Oculus Projects: A series of interdisciplinary artworks that use global positioning systems and interacive technologies as poetic devices, 1998

Creative Activities

  • Exhibition: Oculus: Alexandria, "Speaking Truths," Intermedia Arts Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: 2002
  • Exhibition: Oculus: Yangtze, In Cape Town One City Festival and Month of Photography Exhibition, The Castle, Cape Town, South Africa: 2002
  • Exhibition: Oculus: Yangtze, Crowe T. Brooks Gallery, St. Louis, MO: 2002
  • Exhibition: Oculus: Tibet, Steensland Gallery, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN: 2002
  • Exhibition: Oculus: Tibet, "Between the Virtual and the Actual," Media Arts, St. Louis, MO: 2002
  • Bi-annual online exhibition: Oculus: Tibet, "Maine New Media/Boston Cyber Arts Festival," Cyberspace, The World: 2001
  • Exhibition: Oculus: Ireland, "The Third Minnesota National Print Biennial," Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: 2001
  • Exhibition: Oculus: Tibet, TranspolyBlue: A Digital Exposition," Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO: 2001
  • Solo exhibition: La Virtud Negra, Walker Art Center - Out There Series - Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN: 2000

Professional Activities

  • McKnight Summer Fellows Presentations, "Computer-Human Interfaces: The Oculus Projects," University of Minnesota Graduate School, Minneapolis, MN: 2002
  • Visiting artist, University of North Carolina, Department of Art and Communication Studies, Raliegh, NC: 2001
  • "Exhibition Lecture: Oculus Tibet," St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN: 2001
  • Member, CLA Faculty Assembly, Univeristy of Minnesota: 2002 - 2003
  • Member, Information Technology Fee Committee, University of Minnesota: 2002 - 2003
  • Member, Grad School Policy and Review Council: 2001 - present
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Art Department, University of Minnesota: 2001 - present
  • Member, College Art Association: 1994 - present
  • Member, Inter Society of Electronic Artists: 1994 - present

Awards

  • Jerome Foundation Media Arts Grant, 2001
  • McKnight Photography Fellowship, 1999
  • Bush Foundation Artists Fellowship, 1996
  • University of Minnesota Grant-in-Aid of Research and Artistry, 2001
  • University of Minnesota McKnight Foundation Summer Fellowship, 2001

Courses Taught

  • ArtS 8410 - Studio Critique
  • ArtS 3603/5630 - Experimental Video
  • ArtS 1601 - Experimental and Media Arts
  • ArtS 3602/5620 - Narrative Video
  • ArtS 5490 - Super 8 Guerilla FIlmmaking
  • ArtS 3306/5360 - Installation and Performance
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