Carol LaFayette uses technology to investigate flora, fauna, and phenomena in her laboratory/studio: a regenerating, former ranch in Texas. Her work with leafcutting ants is documented in the PBS series “State of Tomorrow:” the first digital model of a vast, underground Atta texana colony using Ground Penetrating Radar. Some of this work would not be possible without science, physics, and computer programming—LaFayette collaborates with individuals from scientific and technical disciplines to develop ways to experience a landscape differently. Her artwork is in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, New Museum of Contemporary Art, The J. Paul Getty Museum, and Microcinema International. She has exhibited interactive installations and video worldwide, including LAB ’11, Sweden; SIGGRAPH; Zebra Poetry on Film, Berlin; Filmstock, UK; and Solomon Projects, Atlanta. Her work has screened on outdoor billboards in L.A. Freewaves, Los Angeles, and at Victory Media Arts Plaza, Dallas. Reviews of her artwork have been published in BBC Technology News, Chronicle of Higher Education and Wired. She is Associate Professor in the Department of Visualization, a cross-disciplinary program for art and science, and chairs the Artist in Residence Program in the College of Architecture. She received an Award for Distinguished Teaching in the college, and a Thomas Regan Interdisciplinary Faculty Prize. She has been a visiting artist at Parsons New School and at the Hungarian Multicultural Center. This year she is helping to form a national organization for art+science+technology, to support cross disciplinary collaboration, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
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