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Doug Barrett
Visiting instructor
M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts, Ph.D., SUNY-
Buffalo; work considers sound, performance, and
technology as critical components of the digital arts;
Barrett ‘s artworks, music, and writing have been
exhibited, performed, and published throughout North
America and Europe: Incubator Arts Project (New York),
Diapason Gallery (New York), the Wulf (Los Angeles),
Theater Perdu (Amsterdam), Universität der Künste
Berlin, Université de Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallée, Phoebe
Zeitgeist Teatro (Milan), University of Huddersfield
(UK), Sonic Arts Research Centre (Belfast, UK) and
Neutral Ground (Canada); his writing is published in the
interdisciplinary literary journal Mosaic (U of Manitoba)
and Contemporary Music Review (Edinburgh); Barrett
received a research grant to Berlin from DAAD (German
Academic Exchange Service) in 2009.
Rick Barry
Professor
M.F.A., Pratt Institute; president, Desktop Design
Studio; past president of the Graphic Artists Guild of
New York; Board of Directors, NYC ACM SIGGRAPH;
chair SIGGRAPH 2003 courses program; chair NYC
MetroCAF 2005; ACM SIGGRAPH director for education
2006–2009; founding member of ACM SIGGRAPH
Digital Arts Committee; chair, Digital Arts at Pratt
Institute,1995–2000; interim chair, 2004–2006.
Thomas Bonè
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
Professional digital and traditional animator
and cartoonist with over 14 years of professional
work experience in varied works from film,
television, illustrations, web, advertising and
merchandising productions.
Liubomir Borissov
AssociAte Professor
Ph.D., Physics, Columbia University; M.P.S, Interactive
Telecommunications, New York University; B.S.,
Mathematics and Physics, California Institute of
Technology; Global Vilar Fellow, Tisch School of the Arts,
NYU; exhibitions: New Interfaces for Musical Expression
conference, Japan, 2004; Canada 2005; Lincoln Center
Summer Festival, NYC; the Kennedy Center, Washington,
D.C. Borissov has taught at Harvestworks, Parsons
School of Design and the Columbia University Graduate
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.Svjetlana Bukvich-Nichols
Visiting AssociAte Professor
M.F.A., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; B.F.A. Sarajevo
University’s Music Academy; film and multimedia
theater composer, producer; recipient of the Soros and
ASCAPLUS Awards; exhibitions: The Tribeca Film Festival,
Anthology Film Archives, and AMC Theaters in New
York City; SABCTV Art Works, South Africa; Louisiana
Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen; International
Festival Mosaics ’97, London; Sarajevo Winter Festival
’98; Immedia ’98, University of Michigan; Museum
of Science, Boston; Institute on the Arts and Civic
Dialogue, Harvard University.Aharon Charnov
Visiting instructor
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, M.F.A., Rochester
Institute of Technology; has worked as a Digital Artist
at The Jim Henson Company, Pixel Liberation Front,
Animatus Studios, Callaway & Kirk, Homer; projects
include Paranormal Activity (iPod game), Bob the
Builder, Sid the Science Kid (3 seasons), The Incredible
Hulk, and Terminator Salvation.Elliot Cowan
Visiting instructor
B.A. Visual Communication, Independent College of
Art and Design; Post-graduate degree, Animation,
The Victorian College of the Arts; international writer,
director, animator and illustrator who has completed
work for diverse clients such as Sesame Street, Viacom,
Elizabeth Arden, and Scholastic; has worked in almost
every facet of media production including an 11-year
stint producing commercials and work on animated
feature films; his award-winning short film series The
Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead is
currently in production as an independent animated
feature; and his pen and ink drawings have been
exhibited many times.Edward Darino
Adjunct AssistAnt Professor
Ph.D., UEU on New Technologies; M.F.A., Tisch School of
Art, New York University; designer, on-air identification
for Manhattan Cable, HBO, Calliope, USA Networks,
Con Edison, USA Olympics, Snoopy and Superman
specials; editor, director, and special effects supervisor
for Hollywood Stars, Grand Entertainment, Disney
Entertainment, Discovery, Galavision, and many
others. Darino’s Special Effects Library is used in 62
countries worldwide.Marianna Ellenberg
Visiting instructor
M.A., Slade School of Art; B.A.,Wesleyan University;
2009 LMCC Swing Space residency; exhibitions: The
N.Y. Underground Film Festival, 2007, The Collectif
Jeune Cinéma, 2003, LA Freewaves, 2006; forthcoming
exhibitions: “The Pleasures Seekers,” Chashama Gallery,
NYC, 2009, “Hysteria,” UC Long Beach, 2008.