Ian Pollock Faculty Profile

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Ian Pollock Faculty Profile

Ian Pollock

Associate Professor of Art, Coordinator, M.A. Interaction Design and Interactive Art, Coordinator, Undergraduate Interaction and Game Design Option

Department of Art

E-mail: ian.pollock@csueastbay.edu
Phone: (510) 885-3111
Office: AE1231b
Office Hours: By Appointment
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Ian Pollock holds a Master of Fine Art degree in New Media Art Practice from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Fine Art in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute. He has worked as an educator in fine and applied media art in the United States, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates. Currently, he serves as an Assistant Professor of Art and the Director of the Graduate Program for Interaction Design and Interactive Art at AV狼, East Bay.

Prior to his career in education, Pollock worked in television, launching the San Francisco Government Access Channel Citywatch, as well as in advertising and on the web. He was also a curator for the Southern Exposure Gallery in the 1990s and served as curator and director for Secession Gallery in San Francisco, a project gallery without walls.

Ian Pollock's creative work with communications technologies, the web, and telephones in public spaces has been featured in several anthologies of digital media art. He is a Digital Media Artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, as well as online. His recent projects continue to explore the politics of public space, including the activist street project GuerrillaGrafters, which involves grafting fruiting branches onto sterile city street trees, and the online project BiasMap, which crowd-maps prejudice.

In addition to his creative work, Pollock is involved in transdisciplinary research and collaborations, including game jams, hackathons, playable media, neuroscience, computer science, and afro-futurism, across traditional academic boundaries. He reviews academic and scholarly articles for the Leonardo Journal and for SIGSCE and ITICSCE conferences.

Professor Pollock's creative and professional focus lies in transdisciplinary New Media art, interaction design for social justice and sustainability, creative use of public space, and collaboration in game jams, hackathons, playable media, neuroscience, computer science, and foresight and afro-futurism, as well as social capacity and social capital building.

Professional Focus

New media art, collaborations in fine art & design, new media journalism, social capacity, and social capital building

Education Research Projects
Principal Investigator BRAIN JAM AFTER-SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM	HUSD, YEP and Hayward Promise Neighborhood, Hayward, CA Pilot project for an after-school program that combines neuroscience education and game making taught by CSUEB graduate students in underserved Hayward high schools.	2015
Principal Investigator CSUEB GAME JAM	AV狼 East Bay, Hayward, CA Planned, organized, fundraised and led a student-run a 54-hour game creation event. The research focused on discovering best practices to teach multimedia in a multi-disciplinary and team-based approach. Successful prototype event in academic year 13/14 developed into a series of three events in academic year 14/15. Research is expanding to include STEAM/STEAM research.	2014 - present
Principal Investigator International Study Trip Pilot Program	Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah Women’s College United Arab Emirates Planned, organized, fundraised and led international study trip pilot programs to Cairo, Aswan and Luxor, Egypt (2005) and Istanbul and Bursa, Turkey (2006); trips are now common practice across the nine-campus system:	2005 - 2006
Principal Investigator Soliya Connect Project	Higher Colleges of Technology Sharjah Women’s College United Arab Emirates Established meetings between Connect Program Executives, students, faculty and administrators to explore the implementation of the Connect Program in the Higher Colleges System	2006
Cairo Project Director, Soliya Pilot Connect Project	American University in Cairo Cairo, Egypt Successfully connected students from six universities including Harvard University, American University in Cairo and American University in Beirut via the Internet in discussion and collaborations:	2003
Fund Raising Contact Afghan Education Project	Mazar-Sharif, Afghanistan Served as west-coast fundraising contact in the successful rehabilitation of a university library in Mazar-Sharif, Afghanistan and the construction of a contemporary primary school	2002

Education

MFA, University of California, Berkeley
BFA, San Francisco Art Institute

Courses

Not teaching this semester.

Publications

Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Guerrilla Grafters	«WILD», SAFI Maison & Objet furniture and design fair. Paris, France.	2016
Prototype One	Faculty Exhibition, AV狼 East Bay, Hayward, CA	2014
Guerrilla Grafters	Spontaneous Interventions, Governors Island, New York, NY Spontaneous Interventions, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL Spontaneous Interventions, Venice International Biennale for Architecture, Venice, Italy Open Studios, San Francisco, CA Faculty Exhibition, AV狼 East Bay, Hayward, CA	2014 2013 2012 2012 2012
The Lives of Women	Curator and Participant in photo documentary exchange Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah Women’s College, United Arab Emirates and AINA, Kabul, Afghanistan	2006
Photography works	Faculty Exhibitions, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt Faculty Exhibitions, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt	2005 2004
URValue.com	Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA	2003
Detroit - I Feel Good	SoMarts South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA	2002
Roll Call	SoMarts South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA	2001
The Shock	Seismic Girl Re-Mix CD, Christchurch, New Zealand	2000
Departure Lounge	San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA	1999
Dead Air	Corporeal Sky, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand	1999
Phantom Line	Sinusoidal, San Francisco State University Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA	1999
Among the Missing	Offering Light to the Shadow, New College, San Francisco, CA	1998
Phantom Line	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA	1998 1998
Garden of Eternal Time	Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA	1998
Phreak Boxez	The Box Show, Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA	1998
Garden of Eternal Time	2nd Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA	1998
Among the Missing	Labyrinth of the Dead, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA	1997
Ballad of Expansion	Operation Calm, Venue 9, San Francisco, CA	1997
Transcendental Yellow Rose	Soft, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA	1997
Bouquet (online)	Fahrenheit 451, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA	1997
Museum of the Future	Earart, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA	1997
Bouquet & Zip Gun	Gun as Image, Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL	1997
Local 411	Yerba Buena Redevelopment Zone, San Francisco, CA	1997
50 Stars	Bridges, Annual Artists Committee Exhibition, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA	1996
Ballad of Expansion	Inter-Galactic. 4 Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA	1996
Discards	Secession Gallery, San Francisco, CA	1996
Museum of the Future	SoundCulture, International Sound Festival, San Francisco, CA	1996
The Morgue	New College, San Francisco, CA	1995
At the Gate	Exploration City Site, Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA	1995
Two Stories	Bay Area Awards, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA	1995
Variety is the Spice of Life	Artists Respond to Prop 187, New College, San Francisco, CA	1995
Bouquet & Zip Gun	Arrested Images, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL	1995
0 seconds, 12 minutes, 2 hours, 20 days	Latent August, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA	1995
Variety is the Spice of Life	Artists Respond to Prop 187, MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA	1995
RAW	Rice, Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA	1995
Dead Air	Rooms for the Dead V, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA	1994
Area Code	Summer Sound Lab, The Lab, San Francisco, CA	1994
Commodities	Commodities, Secession, Haynes Gallery, San Francisco, CA	1994
Cartesian Luminaire	Artist Television Access Gallery, San Francisco, CA	1993
Throne	Corazon del Barrio, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA	1993
Sail Cats	1807 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA	1993
Zip Gun	Object Show, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA	1993
The Song of the Shirt	One of a Kind, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA	1993
Bouquet	Rooms for the Dead, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA	1992
365°	The Lab, San Francisco, CA	1992
Eat the Louvre	Anti-Matter Gallery, San Francisco, CA	1992

Publications
Publications
Guerrilla Grafters, Margaretha Haughwout, Tara Hui and Ian Pollock	ISEA 2015 Proceedings Extended Abstract (2p) with Poster Presentation	2015
Biasmap - A Spatial Epidemiology of Hate	AMOS \| Aus guten Gründen seit 1968 2013 Issue 2	2013
Laughter - Every Joke Is A Tiny Revolution	AMOS \| Aus guten Gründen seit 1968 2013 Issue 1	2013
Occupy Possibilities – Reflections On Occupy, Art And Activism	AMOS \| Aus guten Gründen seit 1968 2012 Issue 3	2012
Educating the Third Mind	Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism vol 27, No. 3, November/December	1999
Local 411: Intimate Conversations in Private Space	Leonardo Journal vol 31:4, Leonardo On-Line (ISAST) online	1998
Intimacy, Concept, Interaction: Artistic Potential of Voice Mail and the Telephone	Public Culture, Duke University Press, 26/1998	1998

Presentations

Presentations
Guerrilla Grafters, Poster Session	ISEA 2015 – DISRUPTION Poster Session International Symposium for Electronic Art Simon Fraser University, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Vancouver, British Columbia	2015
Game Jam—Teaching STEAM Across Disciplines	HI-TEC, National conference on advanced technological education Portland, OR	2015
Guerrilla Grafters	TEDxSanJoseStateUniversity, San Jose State University	2014
Issues in Contemporary Web Design and Activist Art Practice	Lebanese International University, Sidon, Lebanon	2012
Guerrilla Grafting	Museum of Art and History Santa Cruz	2011
Islamic Art and Spirituality	Gunn High School	2008
Garden of Eternal Time - Art and Spirit	John F. Kennedy University	1998
Area Code – Telephone Art	ISEA International Symposium on Electronic Art, Rotterdam, NL	1996

Grants and Awards

Grants & Awards
Brain Jam, Afterschool Pilot Project	Wells Fargo Foundation Grant	2015
Excellence in Teaching Award	Honorable Mention, University of California, Santa Cruz	2003
NATOA National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors	Promotional Video Campaign First Place: Election 2000 Promo Video Text Bulletin Board First Place: Citywatch Bulletin Board	2001
Eisner Prize for Excellence in the Arts - New Genres	University of California at Berkeley Eisner Prize for Excellence in the Arts	1998
New Genres Interdisciplinary Project Grant	National Endowment for the Arts/Andy Warhol Foundation Regional Initiative Artists	1996
Project Grant	New Langton Bay Area Awards, San Francisco	1995

Service

Brain Jam After School Program HUSD & Eden Youth & Family Center

Funded by a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation, Students learn how the brain and nervous system works, and incorporate game play and game design into high impact learning. The two main goals of the program are to prepare for and compete in the annual Brain Bee (like a spelling bee but questions about the nervous system), and to learn how to develop fun and functional games (computer, board, card, or group activity). Students benefit by learning some advanced biology and knowing how the nervous system affects memory and controls the body, and the winner of the Brain Bee goes to Maryland to computer in the National Brain Bee. Students present their Games at a presentation on the CSUEB campus.

Other Accomplishments

In The Press
Game Jam Related
CSUEB hosts quarterly game creating contest	Sandoval, Paz, The Pioneer, December 2, 2015	2015
Welcome to the Jam: The Making of Super Street Harassment RPG	Mackey, Bob, US Gamer, June 6, 2015	2015
Unleashing Game Boys and Girls	Barylick, Chris , East Bay Monthly, July 2014	2014
Guerrilla Grafters Related
Guerrilla Grafters	Cahier d'Inspirations/ Book of Inspirations" and video Maison & Objet ( SAFI )	2016
Guerrilla Grafters are Transforming Ornamental Trees in San Francisco Into Fruit-Bearing Trees	Goyal, N. industrytap.com September 30	2015
Grafting Fruit Tree Branches On City Trees Will Grow Free Apples, Pears.	Staff, goodnewsnetwork.org, October 27	2015
Guerrilla grafters secretly graft fruit-bearing branches onto San Francisco trees.	Staff, 2015 revolutionnow.us, September 18	2015
Guerrilla Grafters: San Francisco Trees Receive Secret Treatment	Staff, Expanded Consciousness. October 4	2015
Guerrilla Grafting: Public Trees Spliced to Bear Edible Fruit.	Staff. weburbanist.com, October 22	2015
San Francisco Guerilla Grafters.	Husky, S. ressource0.com	2015
Guerrilla Grafters: A Refreshing Conflict.	Muhlberg, H. fishandbicycles.com, October 5	2015
Sermon, "Fruitful: Have We Fruit?," Luke 13:6-9	Quick, E. bethquick.blogspot.com, September 20	2015
DIY Urbanism: Property and Process in Grassroots City Building	Pagano, C. B. Marquette Law Review, 97.	2014
Visioning a sustainable energy future: The case of urban food-growing.	Biel, R. Theory, Culture & Society, 0263276414536624.	2014
The Present Situation: Resistance, Activist Mapping	Gray, E. Chapter 3 : The Present Situation: Resistance, Activist Mapping. In Resilient community in an era of abandon. Doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia.	2013
Ground Floor: Guerilla Grafters.	Davis, D. 3storymagazine.com, August 29	2013
Greedy Gardeners	Anzelone, M. (2013, June 14). Retrieved November 1, 2015, from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/opinion/greedy-gardeners.html	2013
Verboden fruit en Lente in de Wa	De Groot, C. degroenevinger.net, March 8	2013
Guerrilla Gardeners Unplugged	Simon, Terrie. Urban Dirt, March. 2013	2013
Come Here And Take A Lesson From The Lovely Lemon Tree	Feldstein, L. (2012, October 11). planetizen.com	2012
Guerrilla Grafters	Staff, Out of Place. Radio Netherlands Worldwide. March	2012
Guerrilla Grafters Secretly Graft Fruit-Bearing Branches onto San Francisco Tree	Boyer, Mark. Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation Eco Architecture Green Building, September 17	2012
Tasty, and Subversive, Too	Brown, Patricia Leigh. The New York Times. The New York Times Company, 5 May 2013.	2012
Renegade Arborists Creating Forbidden Fruit in San Francisco	Crawford, Amy. The San Francisco Examiner. The San Francisco Examiner, 4 Jan.	2012
Guerrilla Grafters Covertly Add Fruit-tree Branches to Ornamental trees	Doctorow, Cory. Boing Boing ,25 Sept	2012
Resilient Disobedience: Guerrilla Grafting	Finley, Klint. Technoccult RSS. 27 Sept.	2012
Guerrilla Grafters Turn Ornamental Trees into Fruit-Bearing Trees	Froyo, Rene. The Bay Citizen. 27 Feb.	2012
In San Francisco, a Secret Project Bears Fruit	Ganga, Maria L. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, (11 Sept. 2012	2012
Civil Eats City Fruit Guerrilla Grafting Comments	Larenas, Patricia. Civil Eats. N.p., (23 Mar. 2012	2012
Guerrilla Grafters Go out on a Limb	Levy, Tom. SFGate. (27 Aug. 2012	2012
Guerrilla Grafters	Morton, Simon. Radio New Zealand.(4 Feb. 2012	2012
Guerrilla Grafters	Pitsenberger, Trey.The Blogging Nurseryman by Trey Pitsenberger. (2 Mar. 2012)	2012
Rogue Artists and Organic Graffiti	Pitsenberger, Trey. The Blogging Nurseryman by Trey Pitsenberger (25 Sept. 2012).	2012
Guerrilla Grafters: Splicing Fruit-Bearing Branches Onto City Trees	Price, Andrew. Co.Exist. Fast Company (2012).	2012
Personal Biochar Kilns, Portable Factories, DiY Septic Tank Cleaning, and Guerrilla Grafting	Robb, John. Resilient Communities RSS. ( 15 Sept. 2012	2012
Guerrilla Grafters" Seek to Bear Fruit on Streets of San Francisc	Scoles, Brian.Earth Island Journal \| a Publication of Earth Island Institute,( 9 Mar. 201)2	2012
Guerrilla Grafters	Selke, Lori. EthicalFoods.com. N.p., (Aug. 201)2	2012
Guerrilla Grafters Bring Forbidden Fruit Back To City Trees	Shavelson, Lonny. NPR. NPR, (7 Apr. 2012).	2012
Guerrilla Grafting, a How-To Guide	Slayton, Joyce. The CHOW Blog. CBS Interactive, (11 Jan. 201)	2012
Guerilla Grafters Bring Fruit to the Masses	Thomas, Natalie. SFBay.(Feb.-Mar. 2012	2012
Guerilla Grafters Secretly Splicing San Francisco Trees With Fruit-Bearing Branches	Wilkey, Robin. huffingtonpost.com 04 Jan.	2012
Fruitful Disobedience: Guerrilla Grafters Grow Undercover Orchards	Wilson, Jenny. SmartPlanet. CBS Interactive, (17 Sept. 201)2	2012
The Road Goes On	Bingham, Daniel. ( 23 Dec. 201)1. theroadgoeson.com	2011
Guerrilla Grafters Create Illegal, Fruit-Bearing Street Trees	Grover, Sami. TreeHugger. TreeHugger MNN Holding, (19 Dec. 201)1.	2011
Guerrilla Grafters: Splicing Fruit onto a City's Trees	Staff, Fair Companies. Fair Companies, (13 Nov. 2011).	2011
Guerrilla Grafters Make San Francisco's Trees More Fruitful	Scott, Katie. Wired. Conde Nast, (19 Dec. 2011). Web	2011
Other Reviews
What is Internet Art?	Lunenfeld, Peter, artmagazin.co.yu	2002
Telephone Art	Wilson, Stephen, Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology MIT Press	2001
Women, Art and Technology	Restructuring Power: Telecommunications Works Produced by Women, Judy Malloy, MIT Press	2001
Public Art in Cyberspace	Terri Cohn, Artweek	2001
In Search of the Telephone Opera	Lunenfeld, Peter, Snap To Grid; A User’s Guide to Digital Arts, Media, and Cultures, MIT Press	2000
The Elements: Earth	Terri Cohn, Artweek	1999
Day of the Dead, TechnoStyle	DeMocker, Judy, Wired
The Precise Location of a Moment: Artists and Time in Public Space	Cohn, Terri, Artweek	1997
In Search of the Telephone Opera	Lunenfeld, Peter, Afterimage v. 25, n. 1	1997
Hovering in the Multimedia Background	Potts, John, RealTime	1997