Eduardo Navas

Art History / Art Theory & Practice / Curating /
Media Theory / Information Science /
Digital Humanities /

Navas is the author of Remix Theory: The Aesthetics of Sampling. He implements methodologies of cultural analytics and digital humanities to research the crossover of art and media in culture. His production includes art & media projects, critical texts, and curatorial projects. He has presented and lectured about his work and research internationally.

Navas collaborates with artists and institutions in various countries to organize events and develop new forms of publication and creative production. He has been a juror for Turbulence.org (Boston) in 2004, Rhizome.org (NYC) in 2006-07, and Terminal Awards in 2011. Navas was also consultant for Creative Capital (NYC) in 2008-09. He is founder and was contributing editor of Net Art Review (2003-05), and is co-founder of newmediaFIX (2005 to 2011). Navas was Gallery Coordinator, Researcher and Senior Writer for gallery@calit2, UC San Diego in 2008.

He has lectured on art & media theory, as well as studio practice, at various colleges and universities in the United States, including Otis College of Art & Design and San Diego State University. Navas researches and teaches principles of cultural analytics and digital humanities in the School of Visual Arts at The Pennsylvania State University, PA. He also lectures in the program of Culture and Media at Eugene Lang College, and the MA Media Studies Program at The New School for Public Engagement, NY.

Navas is a 2010-12 Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway, where he remains an affiliated researcher. He received his Ph.D. from the Program of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the University of California in San Diego.

To learn more about his activities feel free to peruse the links on this website, and to visit Remix Theory
http://remixtheory.net