Project Collaborators
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Jessica Rajko
Jessica Rajko is the project director of "Politics of the Grid." She is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar exploring the lived experience of data and digital technologies. As an assistant professor at Arizona State University, her work blends praxis and scholarship from somatically informed dance, critical feminist scholarship, and human-computer interaction design. She is a founding co-Director of the ASU Human Security Collaboratory, a non-departmental collective of artists and scholars addressing complex problems affecting the security of individuals and communities, with a special emphasis on digital technologies and their uses. Considering issues such as digital civil rights and equity in digital culture, her research aspires to disrupt normative narratives of how we perform digital technology and how digital technology performs us. For more information visit her website, jessicarajko.com.
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Laina Carney
Laina Reese Carney is a performer and choreographic contributor to "Politics of the Grid." She received her BFA in Modern Dance Performance from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and is currently in her last year of her MFA in Dance at Arizona State University. She has toured and performed nationally and internationally, and has taught dance, as well as choreographed, throughout Chicago, Las Vegas, and New York City with companies such as the Joel Hall Dancers, Wrapsody Dance Company, and Ailey II. She currently serves as instructor of record for Ballet II and Hip Hop at Arizona State University. Laina is an active member of the service organization, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, and currently serves as a chair on the Chicago Area Peace Action (CAPA) board.
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Erin Donohue
As a child, Erin was firmly committed to being a dancer or a meteorologist. One of those oddly-matched pursuits worked out. Working with and for artists is where she thrives: Erin worked as the education director at Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa, which is also her alma mater. She has spent the past three years as a project manager for Liz Lerman and also manages Liz’s projects at Arizona State University. Erin performs as a freelance dancer and is thrilled to be working with such a powerhouse team of women for this project.
Project Contributors
Lisette Borja
Lisette Borja is a fourth-year media design student at Arizona State University. Lisette got her start working with media design and art in high school where she took her first drawing, coding, and animation classes...
Lawrence Fung
Born in the concrete jungles of Hong Kong, architectural lines, and fashion has always been a significant influence on Lawrence. After obtaining his degree in Finance and Supply Chain Management at Arizona State University, Lawrence decided to pursue a career as an artist...