Jordan Crandall

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Jordan Crandall (* 1958 in Detroit ) is an American media artist and media theorist .

life and work

Crandall deals with the cultural and political dimensions of new technologies . He gives lectures and publishes numerous articles in magazines . Crandall held various visiting professorships at the University of California, San Diego , the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris and Columbia University .

Jordan Crandall is influenced by Paul Virilio , Henri Bergson , Michel Foucault , Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari . Thematic similarities exist to the theories of Brian Massumi , Bruno Latour and Donna Haraway .

Jordan Crandall started a project in 1990 under the name Blast , which deals with the change in conventional patterns of perception and reception in reading and seeing. In the role of the X-Art Foundation, he explores other forms of authorship related to new technologies.

Well-known works by Jordan Crandall are Drive (1998–2000), Heatseeking (2000), Trigger (2002), Homefront (2005) and Unmanned (2011). Drive is a seven-part video installation that combines traditional film technology with military detection and target processing technologies .

His work has been shown internationally at numerous solo and group exhibitions. Crandall was a participant in documenta X in 1997 .

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Media Art Net Jordan Crandall , accessed December 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ Jordan Crandall accessed December 16, 2018
  3. ↑ Journal of Visual Culture Envisioning the Homefront: Militarization, Tracking and Security Culture accessed on December 16, 2018 (English)
  4. ^ Documenta X short guide / Kurzführer Ostfildern 1997, ISBN 3-89322-938-8 , page 52/53
  5. ↑ Museum Jordaneum Jordan Crandell , accessed on 16 December 2018th
  6. ^ Hatje Canz Jordan Crandall , accessed December 16, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Crandall, Jordan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American media artist and media theorist
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit