RESUME Kristin Trethewey

www.kristintrethewey.com

kristin.trethewey@gmail.com

Education

2008-10 Brooklyn College-MFA | Performance and Interactive Media Arts

2000-2005 McMaster University – B.A. with Honours I Multimedia and Cultural Studies

2005 InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre-Workshops| PD, Gem, Electronic Circuitry

Employment _____

2009 Video Instructor-Modul8 Software | Harvestworks Digital Arts Center | NY, NY

2009 Lab Manager | Performance&Interactive Media, Brooklyn College | Brooklyn, NY

2009 Video Instructor | LAMP Camp | New York, NY

2009 Video Designer | Santos Party House | New York, NY

2008 Video and Animation Workstudy | Banff Centre | Banff, AB

2007 Technical Line Producer | Banff New Media Institute | Banff, AB

2007 Technical Assistant | Mobile Nation Conference | Toronto, ON

2006-07 Class Assistant | Ontario College of Art and Design | Toronto, ON

2006 Publicity and Volunteer Coordinator | Subtle Technologies Festival | Toronto, ON

2005-06 Coordinator and treatment designer | Soft Citizen Music Videos I Toronto, ON

2005-06 Treatment designer and production assistant | Radke Films | Toronto, ON

2005 Gallery Assistant | InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre I Toronto, ON

2004-05 Teaching Assistant Intro to Computers in the Humanities

McMaster University I I Hamilton, ON

2004-05 Teaching Assistant History of Graphic Design, McMaster University

2002-04 Promotions Director | CFMU Radio I Hamilton, ON

2002-03 Sport coordinator, counselor | McMaster Sport Fitness School | Hamilton, ON

Installations

The Phoenix(Interactive Installation) |“Black Thursday…”, Quizotic | Brooklyn, NY 2009

The Phoenix | “Remember Me When I’m Dead”, Brooklyn Artillery | Brooklyn, NY 2009

TTTWWW | Chashama Residency | New York, New York | 2009

The Garden(Collaborative Installation) | “Labor Party”,Industry City | Brooklyn, NY | 2008

Sliver(Interactive Video Installation) | “Banfftastic”, The Other Gallery | Banff, AB | 2008

Ant Plant (Video Installation) | “Banfftastic”, The Other Gallery | Banff, AB | 2008

Junkyard Stories(Installation) | “Making Room”| Toronto, ON | 2006

The Virtual Junkyard | Loose Cannon Gallery | Hamilton, ON I 2005

The Virtual Junkyard | “Interactive Interactive”, Hamilton Artist’s Inc. | 2005

Festivals ______________________________________________________________

Mirror Mountain Collective | Wassaic Festival | Wassaic, NY | 2009

Cine | Fotografest 2008 | Mexico City, MX | October 2008

History Repeats Itself | Choose Yer Own | EMMedia | Calgary, AB | 2008

“In The Mix” Live Video Festival | Spin Gallery | Toronto, ON | October 2007

Electric Eclectic Festival 2007 | Meaford, ON | Aug. 2007

AV Deathmatch | Drake Underground | Toronto, ON | May 2007

Curatorial

Play With Fire Festival, http://www.playwithfirefestival.wordpress.com | New York, 2009

The LAByrinth, Group Art Show part of BETA Spaces, Brooklyn 2008

Dorkbot Toronto, http://dorkbot.org/dorkbottoronto/, Toronto, 2006-2007

Performances ___________

Her Sound My Sound | The Cake Shop | Manhattan, NY | 2010

NY Eye and Ear Festival | The Knitting Factory | Brooklyn, NY | 2010

Saturday Sessions | PS1 MoMA | Long Island City, NY | 2010

“On Your Side” | Last Supper Fundraiser | Brooklyn, NY | 2009

“What Am I Doing?”… | Monkeytown | Brooklyn, NY | 2008

Murder on the Dancefloor | BAMBOO | Calgary, AB | May, Oct. 2008

Women in the Director’s Chair wrap party | Banff Centre | Banff, AB | Feb. 2008

Goin Steady Sci-Fi Xmas | Gladstone Ballroom | Toronto, ON | Dec. 2007

Goin Steady DJ Crew | CiRCA | Toronto, ON | Dec. 2007

Almost Perfect Wrap Party | Banff Centre | Banff, Alberta | Dec. 2007

“Big Dicks and Barbie Dolls” | Spin Gallery | Toronto | Sept. 2007

Xpace gallery Opening w/The Bruce Peninsula | Toronto, ON | April 2007

Toronto Word Stage w/ Louis Calabro | Toronto, ON | 2007

Art Gallery of Hamilton w/ I Am Robot and Proud | Hamilton, ON | June 2006

Junior Boys | Concert Visuals | Toronto, ON | 2005 Tour

InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Gallery Opening | Toronto, ON | June 2005

Film Work

Art Director

Utopics -Geoffrey Pugen-Ontario Arts Council, National Film Board funded, 2006

Fictional Dance Party – Geoffrey Pugen-Bravo Fact funded-2006

“Arctic at Dawn”,Kill The Lights- Video Fact Grant Award- 2006

Meanwhile –Canadian Film Centre Habitat new media production-2006

“Pf”-ControllerController – Video Fact Grant Award, Assistant Art Director, 2006

Director

“Farm Hands” Experimental short, 2008

“Ants” – Experimental short film, 2006

Editor

Mouse on Mars – Live 04 LP | bonus video component

Collective Member | IO Media | 2006-2007___________________________________

Toronto based experimental audio-visual group focused on collaboration and innovative live performances. http://io-media.org

Press

“BETA-Spaces: From the Labyrinth to George, Diego Cupola” | Nov 11, 2008 | BushwickBK.com

“VJ Tout Suite” | KischyKoo Magazine | January 2008

Awards

Chashama Residency | http://www.chashama.org | New York, NY, 2009

Marilyn Booth Award for Continuing Education | Ryerson University, Toronto, 2007

“AV Deathmatch” Video Champion | MOOG Audio Sponsor, Toronto, 2007

Internships/Volunteer Work

2006 - Worldwide Short Film Festival I submissions prescreener

2005 - InterAccess I Gallery and Studio assistant

2003-2004 - CFMU Radio DJ I Spoken word and music programming

2003-2004 - The Silhouette I McMaster’s Student Newspaper | Restaurant Critic