JESSICA J. RAJKO Assistant Professor, Arizona State University 1001 South Forest Mall, Dixie Gammage Hall, Room 232, Tempe, AZ 85287 [email protected] jessicarajko.com EDUCATION May 2009 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ MFA Dance & Interdisciplinary Digital Media (Outstanding Graduate of the Year) May 2005 Hope College, Holland, MI BA Dance Performance and Choreography/Psychology Double Major ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2014-present Arizona State University, School of Film, Dance and Theatre, Assistant Professor Founding Co-Director, Human Security Collaboratory Advisor, Dance/Interdisciplinary Digital Media & Performance Concentration 2012-2014 Scottsdale Community College, Faculty Adjunct 2011-2012 Grand Canyon University, Faculty Adjunct 2009-2012 Arizona State University, School of Dance, Faculty Associate ARTWORK AND CREATIVE RESEARCH Many of my creative projects are large-scale, transdisciplinary, collaborative works that result in multiple performances, exhibitions, and publications. I. Juried and Commissioned Choreography International 2016 Vibrant Lives: Handmade Amplified (4 hours). Invited for presentation in Highs & Lows an experimental performance series curated by MD301, 4Bid Gallery at OT301, Amsterdam, The Netherlands National 2017 The Banality of Surveillance (10 minutes). DUMBO Dance Festival, juried submission to dance festival curated by Young Soon Kim, Brooklyn, NY 2015 Topography (9 minutes). Pop Up New Media Festival, Interdisciplinary performance festival curated by Western New Mexico University professor Peter Bill, Silver City, NM Regional 2017 I’m Not as Think as You Drunk I Am (60 minutes). Commissioned performance fully produced and financially supported by Mesa Arts Center, Virginia G. Piper Theater, Mesa, AZ 2017 Me, My Quantified Self, and I (60 minutes). Self-produced 3-day event which included guest performances, open cyber security labs, and a panel discussion related to personal data by the Border Quants collective, Unexpected Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2017 Me, My Quantified Self, and I (20 minutes). Commissioned presentation for the 10-year anniversary of Breaking Ground Dance Festival, the most prestigious contemporary modern dance festival in metro Phoenix, curated by Carley Jessica Rajko 1 Conder, performed at Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ 2016 Vibrant Lives: DataPLAY (60 minutes). Co-created with Eileen Standley, a real- time composition commissioned by SPARK! Mesa’s Festival of Creativity, a large public arts festival that involves international artists and sees over 10,000 attendees annually, curated by Shawn Lawson, performed at Mesa Arts Center, Mesa AZ 2015 I’m Not as Think as You Drunk I Am (60 minutes). Original evening-length dance work presented at one of the most popular music venues in downtown Phoenix, included performances by two local bands and a local DJ, self-produced, Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ 2015 The Recreational Art of Letting Go (8 minutes). juried performance for Breaking Ground dance and film festival, curated by Carley Conder, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ 2015 The Recreational Art of Letting Go (8 minutes). Phoenix Art Museum’s Andy Warhol exhibit gala opening, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ 2014 The Amyloid Project (30 minutes). Subsequently Teathered Dance Concert, curated by Carley Conder, Terpsicore Studios, Phoenix AZ 2014 The Amyloid Project (30 minutes). an original composition commissioned for the SPARK! Mesa’s Festival of Creativity, a large public arts festival that involves international artists and sees over 10,000 attendees annually, curated by Shawn Lawson, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa AZ 2012 Introspect (8 minutes). en CORE Dance Concert, invited work for local dance showcase concert curated by Candy Jimenez, Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix AZ 2012 Introspect (8 minutes). Play! Digital Arts Festival, Curated by urbanSTEW, MADCAP Theaters, Tempe AZ 2012 Introspect (8 minutes). Expresiones Cinco Dance Concert, invited performance for Dulce Dance Company’s annual festival curated by Candy Jimenez, Playhouse on the Park, Phoenix AZ 2012 Introspect (8 minutes). Experimental Arts Festival, an interdisciplinary art/technology festival curated by Christopher Scinto, Paradise Valley AZ 2010 You’ll Never Be Alone (8 minutes). Breaking Ground dance and film festival, Curated by Carley Conder, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ Choreography for Students 2012 Commute (10 minutes). “@” Spring Dance Concert, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix AZ 2011 Object/Subject (10 minutes). Legacy Fall Dance Concert, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix AZ 2010 Finding a Final Resting Place (6 minutes). Dance Annual Concert and the Transition Projects dance concert at Arizona State University III. Juried and Commissioned Interactive Installations and Technologies Jessica Rajko 2 International 2016 Vibrant Lives: The Living Net. Invited for presentation at the joint Digital Humanities Summer Institute & Electronic Literature Media Arts Festival, an interdisciplinary festival presenting artwork by international artists and scholars, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2016 Vibrant Lives: Handmade Amplified. Invited for presentation in Highs & Lows an experimental performance series curated by MD301, 4Bid Gallery at OT301, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2014 Intonarumori: invited to exhibit at the Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound, an Interdisciplinary festival curated by Gregory Oh, the sound boxes remained on display at THEMUSEUM for one month following the festival, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 2009 Beautiful Light, 4LWM: Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Art Festival, a highly prestigious international arts festival, this project was selected as the city’s highlight commission suspended between the city hall towers, Toronto, Ontario, Canada National 2017 Vibrant Lives: The Living Net. Juried-selected ‘Interactive Installation’ exhibition at the annual CHI conference, Denver, CO 2017 Wearable Technology Prototyping. Juried showing of custom wearable technology designs for pedagogical purposes for the Dance and New Media: Integrating Dance and Technology in University Dance Programs Conference, New York University, New York, NY 2016 Vibrant Lives: DataPLAY. A series of interactive sculptures created by Jessica Rajko with Bobby Zokaites, received a juried invitation and commission by Parallel Studios for the Currents New Media Festival, an interdisciplinary arts festival that presents international new media artists, Santa Fe, NM Regional 2017 Digital Divide. A series of crocheted, knit and quilted data visualizations co- created with the Tempe Needlewielders, a volunteer group of senior textile artists who work out of the Pyle Adult Recreation Center, Tempe, AZ 2016 Vibrant Lives: DataPLAY. A series of interactive sculptures created by Jessica Rajko with Bobby Zokaites, commissioned by Mesa Arts Center for the Arts SPARK! Festival of Creativity, a large public arts festival that involves international artists and sees over 10,000 attendees annually, curated by Shawn Lawson, Mesa, AZ 2015 Animal Companion. An interactive, projection-based installation created by the Jessica Rajko and other members of the urbanSTEW artist collective, an invited commission by the Heard Museum as part of its Superheroes Summer Exhibit featuring several regional and national artists, the Heard Museum is an internationally recognized museum featuring indigenous and American Indian art, Phoenix, AZ 2015 Cloaked. Invited for presentation at the Soul Justice Project, an interdisciplinary social justice performance project created and curated by Tomas Stanton, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ Jessica Rajko 3 2014 The Amyloid Project. An interactive, sculpture installation created by the Jessica Rajko and other members of the urbanSTEW artist collective, an invited commission by SPARK! Festival of Creativity, a large public arts festival that involves international artists and sees over 10,000 attendees annually, curated by Shawn Lawson, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa AZ 2013 Flow States: Breaking Ground dance and film festival, Curated by Carley Conder, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ 2013 Intonarumori. a series of 6 interactive soundboxes created by the Jessica Rajko and other members of the urbanSTEW artist collective, an invited exhibition at the Prowl and Play children’s festival, Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, AZ 2013 Intonarumori: a series of 6 interactive soundboxes created by the Jessica Rajko and other members of the urbanSTEW artist collective, an invited exhibition for the Arizona Celebration of Freedom, Mesa’s 4th of July festival, Mesa, AZ 2013 Intonarumori: a series of 6 interactive soundboxes created by the Jessica Rajko and other members of the urbanSTEW artist collective, an invited exhibition and performance by the Percussion Ensemble Concert, curated by Douglas Nottingham, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ 2013 Intonarumori: a series of 6 interactive soundboxes created by the Jessica Rajko and other members of the urbanSTEW artist collective, an invited commission by SPARK! Festival of Creativity, a large public arts festival that involves international artists and sees over 10,000 attendees annually, curated by Shawn Lawson, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa AZ IV. Juried and Commissioned Screendance International 2011 Hidden Spaces (10 minutes). A screendance film made by Jessica Rajko (editor, director of photography) and Mary Fitzgerald (choreographer), music: Julian Peterson, Selected for XIII Festival International VideoDanzaBA, an international screendance festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina