Rosanne G. Marshack
rose@posterchildren.com
http://www.xcodesign.com/website/bios/rose804 West Healey
Champaign, Il 61820, USA
217-359-2418 home 217-417-1609 cell
EDUCATION
M.F.A., Narrative Media, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana
B.S., Computer Science, College Of Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana
B.S., Math and Computer Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana
CAREER SUMMARY
| UIUC Visiting Art and Technology Integration Specialist. In charge of creating a new digital gallery space in Krannert Art Museum. Curating and programming works for CANVAS, a 3-walled 4D open lab and art studio located in new gallery. Facilitate interdisciplinary Art and Technology projects across and off campus. Maintain server and act as webmaster for http://www.canvas.uiuc.edu. Position funded by Beckman Center, Krannert Art Museum and School of Art and Design; other tasks have ranged from giving art gallery tours and helping with technological installations to creating syllabi and teaching classes in Computer Programming for Artists. UIUC Visiting Research Programmer. Data visualization for a 3D Virtual World CAVE/CUBE environment and for smaller, more portable 3D devices. http://www.rehearsal.uiuc.edu/people/rose/landspeeder/ in C++ and OpenGL. Also web application programming in Coldfusion, Flash, Shockwave Lingo, ASP, PHP, mySQL, Microsoft Access, Perl, HTML. Design work using Photoshop, Quark, InDesign, Freehand, Illustrator. UIUC Visiting Project Coordinator. Facilitated interdisciplinary Arts and Technologies projects across the campus of the University of Illinois. Oversaw, acted as technical director or advisor, programmed and designed projects demonstrating increasing penetration of technology into the work of the College of Fine and Applied Arts. List of 30+ projects: http://www.rehearsal.uiuc.edu/website/projectsdata.asp Instructor. With a colleague, I developed and taught a course at the University of Illinois entitled "Computer Programming For Artists." Languages taught: Lingo, Actionscript, Coldfusion, C++, OpenGL, Proce55ing, html. In 2005 I received a Teaching Excellence by Graduate Student Award at the University of Illinois. Narrative Media Graduate Student. I will be receiving my MFA in Narrative Media at UIUC in Spring 2005.
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2005
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Freelance New Media Technologist, Digital Designer. Coldfusion, ASP, Perl-CGI, Java, Flash, Shockwave. Clients include Indianapolis Museum of Art, Visual Understanding in Education, Warner Bros. Records, University of Illinois, American Association of Equine Practitioners, University of California Los Angeles Hammer Museum, Freer-Sackler Gallery Washington DC, The Library of Congress, Thrill Jockey Records, Touch&Go Records. [small sample of design work]
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| Musician + Multimedia Artist. Toured the US and Europe writing and performing original music in a 4-piece rock / experimental technologies band. Created CDs and CD-ROMs for Reprise /Warner Brothers Records, SubPop, City Slang (Berlin), SpinArt, Frontier, Parasol. Appeared on MTV, CNN, Nulle Parte Ailleurs (France). 12 records, 2 EPs, and 1 DVD released (as of 2004). Poster Children / Salaryman.
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1987-present | |
| Chip-level programmer. Programmed walk-in flight simulators in 8086/386 assembler.
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1987-1990 |
CAPABILITIES
12 years Macromedia Director/Lingo Programming/Shockwave/HTML
5 years Flash, Actionscript Programming (including teaching)
5 years Coldfusion / ASP experience with database-driven websites
C++, OpenGL Programming
3D modelling - on the fly - OpenGL, Director 3D
mSQL, MS Access, mySQL databases
CUBE/CAVE Immersive Environment programming, c++ openGL with Syzygy grid OS
Java-script, CGI, Perl scripting
Digital video editing using Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, Premiere, and iMovie
Graphics programs Photoshop, Freehand, Illustrator, Indesign, Quark Express
Enhanced CD compilation and formatting
Digital Video and sound compression formats for CD-ROM and web
QTVR panoramic movie creation with both 3D modeled environments and real objects and landscapes
Sound editing
COMMUNITY EFFORTS
Youth Initiatives. Taught Computer Science / Movie Editing / Web Design workshops for various youth initiatives (Girlzone, etc.).
Women In Engineering. Presented speeches for Women in Engineering and Science, and also for the UIUC Engineering Reflections/Projections programs.
Martial Arts Instructor. Certified H.M.D. Martial Arts Instructor and 1st Degree Black Belt at H.M.D. Academy of Tae Kwon Do in Savoy Illinois. (currently instructing at the Urbana Park District).
Podcast. My partner (Rick Valentin) and I have a weekly podcast (one of the earliest known podcasts, starting 1997) at www.radiozero.us.
PROGRAMMING AND DESIGN PROJECTS
Landspeeder (above, 2005) - My virtual worlds work at UIUC. Working under Urban Planning Professor Varkki George, I am developing a 4-D data visualization of a large dataset for a 3-D Virtual Reality CAVE/CUBE environment. A prototype started in VRML, then I ported it to Macromedia Director Lingo, now I have ported it to C++ and OpenGL. (http://www.rehearsal.uiuc.edu/people/rose/landspeeder/)
Fresh Lipstick (2004) I designed and programmed (html, PHP) a website for Palgrave-Macmillan book Fresh Lipstick, author Linda Scott. (website)
In The Garden Of Antiquities - Indianapolis Museum of Art / Freer Sackler Gallery (2004) I did most of the design work and ALL of the flash programming for this website. (Flash website)
Design+Digital Rehearsal Studio (1999-2004) I designed and programmed this website (flash, html, ASP) to promote the DDRS lab at the University of Illinois. During the 3 years I was Visiting Project Coordinator, I headed, programmed, or acted as technical advisor, for more than 30 interdisciplinary Arts and Technologies projects across the University. Highlights include "Leda And The Swan, An Immersive Mythologica Event" - a digital video set to a 30-piece live orchestral ensemble with live dance, "A Walk Along the Yamuna" CD-ROM study of a project to redesign the landscape around the Taj Mahal... (more projects on website)
Chicago Initiative Project CD-ROM (2004) Interdisciplinary collaborative study of Chicago Technology / UIUC and City Of Chicago Mayor's Council. In this class we studied several hi-tech/creative class friendly cities, ran focus groups, visited and conducted interviews to research what was needed in order to market Chicago as a New Tech Industry city. The final output of our semester was a booklet, CD-ROM and website. (In addition to researching, conducting focus groups and interviews, I also programmed and designed the CD-ROM/Website. CD available upon request - contains internal research information.)
Eggpass.Org (2004-2005) Social network trace project. Coldfusion, Access database. (Programmer, co-creator). (website)
Poster Children "Junior Citizen" Floppy Disk Interactive Press Kit (1995, Sire Records) American Center for Design Annual "100 show" winner.
RTFM, Enhanced CD-ROM (above; 1997, Reprise Records) E-CD, 3D modeling + real life with multi-node Quicktime VR movie serves as a navigational metaphor for an E-CD database filled with games, tutorials, and band information. [Quicktime sample]
Other stuff:
MFA03 (2003) at the University of Illinois, I designed and programmed this flash site. (website)
HMD Academy (2002) Site I designed and programmed and am also an Instructor at this club! (website)
American Association of Equine Practitioners (2001-present) MyHorseMatters website - I programmed this database-driven site using coldfusion, and I do some of the graphics. Did not do overall site design.
The Bridge Sampler - Neil Young Compilation (1996, Reprise Records) I designed and programmed using Director.
Friends TV Show Sampler (1996, Reprise Records) I designed and programmed using Director.
Concerned Theater Japan: The Graphic Art of Japanese Theater, 1960 - 1980 (1998, Krannert Art Museum at UIUC) (I programmed using Director)
VTS- The Visual Thinking Strategies - (1998, 2005) Educational CD-ROM.
New World Record - for Poster Children (1999, SpinArt Records) E-CD with videos and a game
Dental Patient Database (1998, Dad) Hypercard
The Silk Roads - for The Asia Society (1998, Artlook, Inc.) Menu graphics
Library of Congress: Eyes of the Nation (1998, Artlook, Inc) CD/DVD; video editing
KAROSHI - for Salaryman (1999, City Slang Records, Berlin)
The World From Here: Treasures of the Great Libraries of Los Angeles (2001, Hammer Museum at UCLA) ASP-driven searchable art database
State of Illinois IWA project (2001) Coldfusion database-driven prototype for Illinois Government Project
http://www.chinese-xpress.com (2001, local restaurant) paid with food
XCO Design (1993) Design Company I co-own with my husband Rick Valentin (website)
East Asian Languages and Cultures (2001) University departmental site I designed and programmed in Flash.
Ispace Gallery (2002) University of Illinois' Chicago gallery (website)
Prairie Sangha (2002) Coldfusion database-driven
Krannert Art Museum (2001) Designed and programmed website at the University of Illinois
SELECTED DESIGNS (Each of these can be right-clicked or control-clicked on to view bigger)
Or click here to view all designs large, on a separate page.
SELECTED ARTWORKS
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Tickets To The Sunset (2005) Conceptual Art Piece: Tickets to the Sunset for sale on Ticketmaster's web outlet, Ticketweb. If you go to http://www.ticketweb.com and search for "The Sunset" you will see the sun's tour. You can also visit http://www.ticketsToTheSunset.com. Audio field recording of the sunset by Steve Albini will go up on iTunes, Real, Napster, etc on May 31st 2005. Posters by Jay Ryan. |
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Eggpass.org (2004-) Social network trace project. 12 eggs were created with Sculpey clay, inscribed with a website and a number and handed out in class. Recipients are told to visit website and input their egg # and location, then pass egg to a friend. http://www.eggpass.org |
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Windgarden (2001) Digital representation of a "wind garden" - Champaign, Il airspeed is retrieved via random weather server and displayed as movement. Cursor movement also affects display of garden. Try hitting "g" and see what happens. [launch shockwave] |
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Errors (2001) Celebrates syntax and other coding errors. |
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Tornadoes (2003) Translation of tornado frequency data from years 1959 to 1999 into digital candlelight. |
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Genesis (2001) Portion of the beginning of Genesis translated along a path of 9 different web interpreters. Continuing the path of translation of the bible (which was not originally written in English.) |
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Constitution (2003) Constitution appears on a website and degrades (characters randomly change, change is permanent) each time it is accessed. |
SELECTED PERSONAL INTERVIEWS AND PRESS
Wired Magazine (8.06, June 2000) "Strange Attractors - Call it open source rock 'n' roll. The mission of the band Poster Children is to give their fans the tools and inspiration to become as creative as they wanna be...."
University of Illinois Computer Science Alumni Newsletter (Offline while the CS dept re-organizes its site)
Rolling Stone celebrates our farewell to Warner Bros/ Reprise Records.
Baby Sue Magazine This interview is from the 1990s, but still sums up my philosophy.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, PANELS, ETC.
ITG Forum: Imaging Technology Group at the Beckman Institute
Invited talk, "Arts and Technology - My Own Experience"
The Beckman Institute, Urbana, IL
(March 2005)GAMES Women in Engineering and Science Girl's Camp
Keynote Speaker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Careers in Art and Technology" (2004)Milikin University, Illinois
Invited presentation, The Real-Life Business of Music and Art, (2003)
Invited presentation, The Real-Life Business of Music and Art, (2004)
Invited presentation, The Real-Life Business of Music and Art, (2005)Trinity College, Illinois
Invited presentation, "So you wanna be a rock-n-roll star." (2001)SXSW (South by Southwest) Music Festival, Austin, TX
Invited Panel Guest, "DIY Internet Style," (2000)University Laboratory High School "Agora Days"
Invited presentation, "So you wanna be a rock-n-roll star." (2000)The Association for Computing Machinery: Reflections Projections Conference
Invited talk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Engineering Campus
"Art and Music for Computer Scientists" (1998)The 15 Annual CMJ (College Music Journal) Symposium and Music Festival, New York City
Invited Panel guest, Art and Promotion on the Internet (1995)
EXHIBITIONS
iDMAA Conference, Orlando, FL (March 2005) Exhibitor, two pieces, Tornado Landspeeder, 3D Digital Windgarden
Environmental Horizons 2001, Urbana, IL Exhibitor, Landscape Architecture: A Walk Along The Yamuna CD-ROM
American Center for Design 100 Show (1995) Junior Citizen Disk, winner of 100 Show Award
SYLLABUS FOR "PROGRAMMING FOR ARTISTS" (co-developed with colleague Jonas Downey, 2003, 2004)
SYLLABUS FOR "WEB WORKSHOP FOR GIRLS" July 2005. coming soon.
PAPERS
Kaczmarski, Hank, Camille Goudeseune, Benjamin Schaeffer, Lance Chong, Rose Marshack, Lee Hendrickson, Jim Crowell, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2005. "Application Framework for CANVAS, The Virtual Reality Environment For Museums." Presented at EVA London 2005.
2000, Orland, B., and R. Marshack. Taj Mahal Cultural development District: Development Plan. CD-ROM. Ministry of Tourism, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana.
Videotape and Information Media.
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
2003, Orland, B., and R. Marshack, A Walk Beside the Yamuna: Engaged Communication. Architecture+Design, India. (Refereed Journal)
COMMERCIAL PUBLICATIONS
Marshack, R. "Making Enhanced CDs," Lycos/Wired Webmonkey, 11 Feb 2002
Marshack, R. "Rose Marshack’s Rock Reality," Public Eye, Urbana Independent Media Center, Feb 2002
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Award for Teaching Excellence by Graduate Student, University of Illinois, 2005, for co-developing syllabus for and teaching "Computer Programming For Artists."
American Center for Design Annual 100 show. Poster Children "Junior Citizen" Floppy Disk Interactive Press Kit (1995, Sire Records)
Brodie Grant – College of Fine and Applied Arts, School of Art and Design, UIUC Fall 2002
Brodie Grant – College of Fine and Applied Arts, School of Art and Design, UIUC Fall 2003
Brodie Grant – College of Fine and Applied Arts, School of Art and Design, UIUC Fall 2004