Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Marisa Olson (born 1977 in Augsburg) is a new media artist, curator, critic, and media theorist. In 2004 she auditioned for popular American television show American Idol as an artistic project. Over the course of three months of daily \"training exercises,\" it is revealed that she is critiquing gender norms entrenched by the show, while also using the popularity of her site to speak to readers about using their voice to vote in elections as well as on the show. Olson is an active writer and lecturer in the field of media theory and politics. She occasionally teaches in NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program graduate program in the Tisch School of the Arts, was previously Assistant Professor of New Media at SUNY, Purchase, and is currently Visiting Critic in the Digital+Media Department at RISD. Her work combines performance, video, drawing, and installation to address the cultural history of technology, experiences of gender, and the relationship between pop culture and politics. Olson was a founding member of the Nasty Nets' \"Internet Surfing Club\", a web-based net art group documenting and remixing their experiences online. Through Nasty Nets and with the sponsorship of Rhizome she premiered a new DVD at the New York Underground Film Festival and was the subject of an exhibition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival."@en }
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- Marisa_Olson abstract "Marisa Olson (born 1977 in Augsburg) is a new media artist, curator, critic, and media theorist. In 2004 she auditioned for popular American television show American Idol as an artistic project. Over the course of three months of daily \"training exercises,\" it is revealed that she is critiquing gender norms entrenched by the show, while also using the popularity of her site to speak to readers about using their voice to vote in elections as well as on the show. Olson is an active writer and lecturer in the field of media theory and politics. She occasionally teaches in NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program graduate program in the Tisch School of the Arts, was previously Assistant Professor of New Media at SUNY, Purchase, and is currently Visiting Critic in the Digital+Media Department at RISD. Her work combines performance, video, drawing, and installation to address the cultural history of technology, experiences of gender, and the relationship between pop culture and politics. Olson was a founding member of the Nasty Nets' \"Internet Surfing Club\", a web-based net art group documenting and remixing their experiences online. Through Nasty Nets and with the sponsorship of Rhizome she premiered a new DVD at the New York Underground Film Festival and was the subject of an exhibition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.".