Annina Ruest (also spelled Annina Rüst) is a Swiss artist-technologist and associate professor at the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at

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. She is known for her work in

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including software art and electronics-based art. Her works often focus on political issues within tech

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, including

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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

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in 2006 and a Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences from

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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruest, Annina Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Swiss women artists Swiss digital artists Women digital artists Swiss contemporary artists