Stephanie Rothenberg is an American artist who lives and works in

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, New York and

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, New York. Rothenberg's interdisciplinary practice combines elements of performance and installations with networked media in the creation of public interactions.

Background

Stephanie Rothenberg graduated with a master's degree from the Department of Film, Video, and New Media at the

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in 2003. Rothenberg is an Associate Professor of the Department of Art at the

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where she teaches within Design and Emerging Practices.

Collaborations

In 2009, Stephanie Rothenberg co-founded ''Studio REV-'' with Rachel McIntire and

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. Rothenberg has collaborated with

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, Byron Rich, Bobby Gryzynger, Brian Clark, and Megan Michalak among others.

Notable work

* ''Best Practices in Banana Time'' - a live performance talk show about leisure and labor in the digital realm that occurs simultaneously in the virtual environment

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and in a physical theater. The project has been performed at

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(with the exhibition “The Workers”),

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(2010), and

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among other venues. * ''Invisible Threads'' (aka ''Double Happiness Jeans'' or ''Double Happiness Manufacturing'') - a collaboration with

. Double Happiness is a

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manufacturing plant in

to build jeans based on orders made in real life. The jeans are designed and assembled in the factory and then delivered back into real life by being printed on fabric via a large format printer. The result is a tangible, wearable (however impractical) pair of pants. The project began in 2007 and was shown at the 2008

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in the New Frontiers exhibition. In 2008, ''

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'' reported that the Kluger Agency, a product placement advertising company, contacted Rothenberg's collaborator

of the Anti-Advertising Company and Double Happiness Jeans in an attempt to attract the company to "participate in a brand integration campaign" by purchasing mention within a forthcoming

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song. * ''The Garden of Virtual Kinship'' - Rothenberg created a live networked garden of plant beds in the shape of continents, to form a world map that plotted real-time monetary exchange data from online crowdfunded charity projects onto the geographic regions that benefit from the transactions. The project has been presented at

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among other venues.

References

External links

Official website

hyperallergic
review of Garden of Virtual Kinship
Money Lab Reader: An Intervention in Digital Economy
features essay on The Garden of Virtual Kinship by Rothenberg {{DEFAULTSORT:Rothenberg, Stephanie Living people American digital artists Women digital artists Artists from Buffalo, New York School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni Artists from Brooklyn 21st-century American women artists Year of birth missing (living people) University at Buffalo faculty