Garnet Hertz was born on 1973 and is a Canadian artist, designer and academic.
13 Facts About Garnet Hertz
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Garnet Hertz is known for robotic artworks that are a synthesis of living insects and electronic machinery.
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Garnet Hertz's Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot uses a giant Madagascan cockroach to control a robot that moves through the gallery space.
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Garnet Hertz's publishing works are generally focused on alternative electronic culture in design and art, and include a 10-booklet zine series titled Critical Making, a booklet titled Disobedient Electronics, and a media archaeology book titled A Collection of Many Problems.
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Garnet Hertz has published in the field of human computer interaction, including winning the best paper award with co-authors Silvia Lindtner and Paul Dourish at the ACM Conference for Human Factors in Computing Systems CHI 2014.
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Garnet Hertz is author of the academic monograph titled Art + DIY Electronics by MIT Press in the Leonardo series in 2023.
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Garnet Hertz is formerly the Canada Research Chair in Design + Media Arts at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
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Garnet Hertz was previously Research Scientist and Artist in Residence in the Department of Informatics at the University of California Irvine and was Faculty in the Media Design Program at the Art Center College of Design.
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In 2024, Garnet Hertz taught a university course at Emily Carr University titled "How To Appreciate Graffiti".
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In 2003, Garnet Hertz won a Canada-US Fulbright Award to pursue graduate studies at the University of California Irvine in an interdisciplinary program in art, computer science and engineering.
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In 2008, Garnet Hertz won the Oscar Signorini prize for robotic art.
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In 2013, Garnet Hertz was awarded a Canada Research Chair as Canada Research Chair in Design and Media Arts.
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In 2019, Garnet Hertz was awarded a second term as Canada Research Chair as Canada Research Chair in Design and Media Arts.