Roopa Vasudevan
Roopa Vasudevan is an American media artist, computer programmer, and researcher. Her work examines social and technological defaults, interrogates rules, conventions, and protocols that we often ignore or take for granted, and centers humanity and community in explorations of technology's impacts on culture and society. Her work has been supported by Eyebeam (Brooklyn, NY), the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation (Philadelphia, PA), the Philadelphia Area Creative Collaboratives (Haverford, PA), SOHO20 Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), the Arctic Circle Residency (Svalbard), China Residencies, SPACES (Cleveland, OH), and Flux Factory (Queens, NY). She is currently a member artist at Vox Populi, a 30+-year-old collectively run arts space in Philadelphia. Roopa received an MPS from the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 2013. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, researching the relationships between new media artists and the tech industry.