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Marc Tasman

  • Director, Digital Arts and Culture Program
  • Senior Teaching Faculty, Anthropology
  • Senior Teaching Faculty, Center for Jewish Studies

Education

  • MFA, The Ohio State University
  • BFA, University of Louisville

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
DAC 113-201 Internet Culture No Meeting Pattern
DAC 289-101 Internship in Digital Arts and Culture, Lower Division No Meeting Pattern
DAC 289-102 Internship in Digital Arts and Culture, Lower Division No Meeting Pattern
DAC 336-801 Media Graphics TR 1pm-2:15pm
HONORS 380-003 Honors Seminar in the Arts: Cultivating a Creative Life: Reclaiming Attention TR 10am-11:15am
JAMS 113-201 Internet Culture No Meeting Pattern
JAMS 336-001 Media Graphics TR 1pm-2:15pm

Courses Taught

  • JAMS 113 - Internet Culture
  • JAMS 232 - Photojournalism
  • JAMS 336 - Media Graphics

Teaching Interests

  • Digital Arts and Culture
  • Visual Communication
  • Social Media
  • Culture Jamming
  • Fair Use
  • Memes
  • Cultural Theory and Practice

Research Interests

  • Photography and representation
  • Identity and Narrative
  • Internet Culture
  • Digital Humanities

Related Activities

  • Selected Presentations and Exhibitions Exhibitions
    • 2015  TRUTH BE TOLD, invitational group exhibition, CultureJam MKE, Live Artist Studio Gallery, Milwaukee, WI. People’s Choice Merit Award with Luke Farley for the collaborative pieces, “Sporting Goods.”
    • 2015   NATURAL LEGACY, solo exhibition, Tenth Street Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
    • 2014  THE FAMILY SHOW, solo exhibition, Back House Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI.
    • 2014  INTÉRIEUR TROUVÉ, solo exhibition, Galerie Remise, Saint-Hippolyte, QC, Canada.
    • 2013   DEAR FAMILY, I LOVE YOU, solo exhibition, Founders Hall Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc, WI
    • 2012   NEW MEDIA CAUCUS SHOWCASE, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Los Angeles, CA. Curator, Paul Catanese
    • 2010   WISCONSIN TRIENNIAL 2010 (May 22-Aug. 15) Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA), Madison, WI. Curator of exhibitions, Jane Simon. (Catalogue), .
  • Recently Published Images
    • Knappenberger, Brian. “A Threat to Internet Freedom.” Op-Doc Video, New York Times digital edition, July 9, 2014. Archival Photos: Marc Tasman 
    • Shaw, Michael. “Reading the Pictures: The Clint Eastwood Chrysler ‘Halftime in America’ Controversy, and the Doctored Wisconsin Footage.” The Huffington Post, February 7, 2012. Photo by Marc Tasman.
  • Conference Presentations
    • 2016 "Race for the Prize: Proto-Selfie as Ritualized Photographic Endurance Performance" Invited Speaker, Kern Conference on Visual Communication: Selfies, Self-Portraits, and Social Media, Rochester Institute of Technology, April 15, 2016.
    • 2015 “Future Cultures,” curated speaker, TEDx51ÁÔÆæilwaukee React Differently, Milwaukee, WI. October 3, 2015
  • Video Screening
    • “Who is Stealing My Signs?” 45th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 2007
  • Featured in Book
    • Modrak, Rebekah and Anthes, Bill. Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice, Publish Date Nov, 2010, Routledge Press. .