Janene Higgins is an American media artist whose work focuses on print, motion design, and video art. She was a former art director for '' Vanity Fair'' magazine and

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; her video ''Over Water: Transitive States'' was presented at the

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2021, and her projection design for the opera ''Die Grösste Fuge'' premiered at the Beethoven festival "BTHVN 2020" in Bonn, Germany. Higgins' career began in editorial design, where she held positions at ''

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'', '' Fame'', and '' Working Woman'', culminating in three years as a designer for ''Vanity Fair''. As an art director for Polygram, she designed the CD cover and soundtrack package for the Larry Clark film ''

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''. At

, she oversaw the art direction of over 100 CDs and corresponding marketing collateral. Her work in motion design exists in projects for Marc by Marc Jacobs,

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Publications, and

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. Higgins has collaborated with composers and improvisors of New Music. Her work has been performed and exhibited at the

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, The New York Video Festival at Lincoln Center;

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in Kassel, Germany; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon; City of Women festival, Slovenia; and NYC performance venues Roulette, Experimental Intermedia, and Eyebeam Art + Technology Center. Her video and projection design were in the operas ''Binibon'', ''Port Bou'', ''Filiseti Mekidesi'', and ''Die Grosste Fuge''. Higgins has organized seven events for

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’s Clocktower Gallery in Tribeca, NYC. These included “Release”, an evening of solo performances by a sampling of New York noise musicians; and “Timebomb”, a four-night series of music, poetry, film/video, and cyberculture. This series was documented in the CD release ''Timebomb: Live At The Clocktower Gallery'' issued by PS1 Contemporary Art Center. CD: ''Timebomb-Live at the Clocktower Gallery''
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References

External links

Official Site: video art

Official Site: graphic design

The New York Press: "Suspension"
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