An Xiao Mina
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An Xiao Mina is an American artist and designer who makes new media art
. She focuses on social media art. In 2009, she started the Brooklyn Museum's
Twitter commission, 1stfans, with a project involving Morse code
. It was the museum world's first socially networked membership . She also founded @Platea, a global social media art collective that has exhibited and performed throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Australia and Western Europe . An Xiao Mina grew up in Los Angeles and Manila
and also used to live in New York .
She was listed in The Guardian's "who's who" of the Twitter art world
in 2009 and she's written about social media art for the New York Foundation for the Arts
and as a columnist for Art21
's Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web , which she started. She also wrote an influential essay on social media art for Hrag Vartanian's
A Hyperallergic .
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
. She focuses on social media art. In 2009, she started the Brooklyn Museum's
Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is an encyclopedia art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum holds New York City's second largest art collection with roughly 1.5 million works....
Twitter commission, 1stfans, with a project involving Morse code
Morse code
Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment...
. It was the museum world's first socially networked membership . She also founded @Platea, a global social media art collective that has exhibited and performed throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Australia and Western Europe . An Xiao Mina grew up in Los Angeles and Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
and also used to live in New York .
She was listed in The Guardian's "who's who" of the Twitter art world
Art world
The art world is composed of all the people involved in the production, commission, preservation, promotion, criticism, and sale of art. Howard S. Becker describes it as "the network of people whose cooperative activity, organized via their joint knowledge of conventional means of doing things,...
in 2009 and she's written about social media art for the New York Foundation for the Arts
New York Foundation for the Arts
The New York Foundation for the Arts was created in conjunction the in 1971. The organization gives grants to individual artists and writers and developing arts organizations with a mission to '.'-NYFA's Programs:...
and as a columnist for Art21
Art21
Art:21 - Art in the 21st Century is a PBS series, educational resource, archive, and history of contemporary art. It premiered in 2001, and is now broadcast in over 50 countries worldwide. Premiering a new season every two years, Art:21 is the only series on United States television to focus...
's Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web , which she started. She also wrote an influential essay on social media art for Hrag Vartanian's
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian was born in Aleppo, Syria, raised in Toronto, Canada, and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. He is a writer, critic and curator who regularly contributes to AGBU News Magazine, Ararat Magazine, and other publications...
A Hyperallergic .