Mechthild Schmidt Feist
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Clinical Professor
Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies
Education
MFA, Art University Berlin, Germany
MFA, Freie University Berlin, Germany
MFA, Hunter College, NYC
Mechthild Schmidt Feist is Professor for Digital Communications and Media at NYU-SPS, DAUS. Building on fine arts and history studies in Berlin, Mechthild has worked in digital media since her DAAD graduate grant and Whitney-ISP Fellowship brought her to New York. She worked as an artist and award-winning designer for major studios and artists (Editel, HBO, ARRI-Munich, Alexander Kluge, Ornette Coleman, Nam June Paik) and is the designer of the German Filmprize award statue.
She has exhibited and lectured widely (Siggraph, NMC@Princeton, Bauhaus-Dessau). Her recent lectures
“Engaged Media” at NYU and universities in Asia (Singapore, HCMC, Fudan U Shanghai, ISEA Korea) explored themes of motion and time in digital Spaces connecting her interest in environmental and ethical use of media – in her art practice as well as her teaching.
In spring 2020 Mechthild is a Fulbright-Nehru fellow at the Srishti Institute for Art, Design + Technology in
Bangalore, India continuing her practice on environmental media art advocacy.
Publications
- Galleries+conferences+ online in Europe, USA, Asia By Exhibitions + Talks 1981-2021 (Jan 01 2021)
- http://vimeo.com/mechthildschmidt/albums By https://www.instagram.com/mechthild.schmidt.feist/ (Jan 01 2021)
- https://mechthildschmidtfeist.com/ By https://www.linkedin.com/in/mechthildschmidtfeist/ (Jan 01 2021)
Courses
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Motion Design I: Time and Space
DGCM1-UC2235
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Media History: Art, Design, and Technology
DGCM1-UC2239
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Senior Project: Industry Mentoring and Portfolio
DGCM1-UC7990
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