Annina Ruest (also spelled Annina RĂ¼st) is a Swiss artist-technologist and associate professor at the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at
Florida Atlantic University
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. She is known for her work in
new media art
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including
software art and electronics-based art. Her works often focus on political issues within tech
culture
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, including
gender
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representation and online privacy.
Biography
Ruest attended
Zurich University of the Arts
Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, ) has approximately 2,500 students, which makes it the largest arts university in Switzerland. The university was established in 2007, following the merger between Zurich's School of Art and Design (HGKZ) and ...
, graduating with a Diploma in Visual Communications with New Media Emphasis in 2003. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from
University of California, San Diego
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in 2006 and a Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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in 2008.
In 2009 she joined the Department of Transmedia at Syracuse University where she was a tenured Associate Professor. In 2017 she left Syracuse University to join the Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University.
Selected works
Ruest began working as a software artist while attending Zurich University of the Arts, independently and as a member of the software art collective LAN.
Her more recent work has integrated electronics including eRiceCooker and Discotrope: The Secret Life of Solar Cells, a collaboration with
Amy Alexander. Her works often focus on the role of gender in tech culture, including Be Counted, A Piece of the Pie Chart.,,
Bad Mother / Good Mother. and Pac-Mom: A game about gender, work, and food insecurity
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Swiss women artists
Swiss digital artists
Women digital artists
Swiss contemporary artists