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'''Mindy Seu''' (born 1991) is an American designer and researcher whose work focuses on public engagement with digital archives.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Mindy Seu {{!}} Berkman Klein Center|url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/mindy-seu|date=2020-03-24|website=cyber.harvard.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Discover Harvard student Mindy Seu's research-focused design practice|url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mindy-seu-graphic-design-130318|website=www.itsnicethat.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> Seu is currently on the Faculty at [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]] [[Mason Gross School of the Arts]] and also teaches at the [[Yale School of Art]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mindy Seu {{!}} Mason Gross School of the Arts|url=https://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/art-design/faculty/mindy-seu|website=www.masongross.rutgers.edu|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mindy Seu|url=https://www.art.yale.edu/mindy-seu|website=Yale School of Art|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>
'''Mindy Seu''' (born 1991) is an American designer and researcher whose work focuses on public engagement with digital archives.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Mindy Seu {{!}} Berkman Klein Center|url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/mindy-seu|date=2020-03-24|website=cyber.harvard.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Discover Harvard student Mindy Seu's research-focused design practice|url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mindy-seu-graphic-design-130318|website=www.itsnicethat.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> She is best known for her ''Cyberfeminism Index'' project and publications, and is currently on the faculty at [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]] [[Mason Gross School of the Arts]] and also teaches at the [[Yale School of Art]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mindy Seu {{!}} Mason Gross School of the Arts|url=https://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/art-design/faculty/mindy-seu|website=www.masongross.rutgers.edu|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mindy Seu|url=https://www.art.yale.edu/mindy-seu|website=Yale School of Art|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Education==
Seu graduated from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in Design Media Arts in 2013 and later graduated from the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]] with an [[Master of Design|M.Des]] in 2019.<ref name=":0" />
Seu grew up in [[Orange County, California]], where her parents ran a flower shop after immigrating from [[South Korea]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cai |first=Delia |date=2023-12-11 |title=For Mindy Seu, Digital Archiving Isn’t Just a Job—It’s a Lifestyle |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/mindy-seu-cyberfeminism-index |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Poles |first=Clemence |date=2023-09-28 |title=Meet Mindy Seu |url=http://passerbymagazine.com/profiles/mindy-seu |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=passerby magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> She graduated from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in Design Media Arts in 2013 and later graduated from the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]] with an [[Master of Design|M.Des]] in 2019.<ref name=":0" />


==Career==
==Career==
Between 2013 and 2017, Seu worked at the design studio 2x4 on the Interactive Media team, taught at the [[California College of the Arts]], and published her own archival projects, including the web-based archive of [[Avant-Garde (magazine)|Avant Garde Magazine]] and a digitization of [[Emmett Williams]]' 1968 concrete poem ''Sweethearts''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=People Finder - California College of the Arts - Portal|url=https://portal.cca.edu/people/mindyseu/|website=portal.cca.edu|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Mindy Seu|url=https://www.newinc.org/year-6-members/mindy-seu|website=NEW INC|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>
After graduating from UCLA, Seu worked at the [[Museum of Modern Art]]'s Design Studio, as well as the design studio 2x4 on the Interactive Media team.<ref name=":6" /> She also taught at the [[California College of the Arts]], and published her own archival projects, including the web-based archive of [[Avant-Garde (magazine)|Avant Garde Magazine]] and a digitization of [[Emmett Williams]]' 1968 concrete poem ''Sweethearts''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=People Finder - California College of the Arts - Portal|url=https://portal.cca.edu/people/mindyseu/|website=portal.cca.edu|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Mindy Seu|url=https://www.newinc.org/year-6-members/mindy-seu|website=NEW INC|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>


From 2017 to 2018, Seu published the web archives for [[Eros Magazine|Eros]] and [[Fact (US magazine)|Fact]] magazines, completing the digitization of [[Ralph Ginzburg]] and [[Herb Lubalin]]'s iconic publications.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Mindy Seu on Making the Things You Want to See|url=https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/mindy-seu-on-making-the-things-you-want-to-see/|website=thecreativeindependent.com|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Lubalin's Radical '60s Magazines Are Giving Us A Lesson in Archiving on the Web|url=https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/lubalins-radical-60s-magazines-are-giving-us-a-lesson-in-archiving-on-the-web/|date=2018-06-27|website=Eye on Design|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> Also in 2018, Seu became a fellow at the [[Internet Archive]] and Harvard's [[Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society|Berkman Klein Center for the Internet & Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Get to Know Berkman Klein Fellow Mindy Seu {{!}} Berkman Klein Center|url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2018-11/get-know-berkman-klein-fellow-mindy-seu|date=2019-01-18|website=cyber.harvard.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Decentralized Web Summit 2018: Global Visions / Working Code|url=https://www.decentralizedweb.net/|website=www.decentralizedweb.net|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> Starting in 2019, she began work on an archive of [[cyberfeminism]], which later received the Design Studies Thesis Prize from [[Harvard University Graduate School of Design]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Cyberfeminism Catalog 1990–2020|url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/project/cyberfeminism-catalog-1990-2020/|website=Harvard Graduate School of Design|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> Seu's Cyberfeminism Catalog project began as a [[spreadsheet]], a medium she often employs for its legibility and longevity.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Citation Needed|url=https://frontier.is/newsletters/citation-needed/|date=2020-05-11|website=Frontier|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>
From 2017 to 2018, Seu published the web archives for [[Eros Magazine|Eros]] and [[Fact (US magazine)|Fact]] magazines, completing the digitization of [[Ralph Ginzburg]] and [[Herb Lubalin]]'s iconic publications.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Mindy Seu on Making the Things You Want to See|url=https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/mindy-seu-on-making-the-things-you-want-to-see/|website=thecreativeindependent.com|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Lubalin's Radical '60s Magazines Are Giving Us A Lesson in Archiving on the Web|url=https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/lubalins-radical-60s-magazines-are-giving-us-a-lesson-in-archiving-on-the-web/|date=2018-06-27|website=Eye on Design|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> In 2018, Seu also became a fellow at the [[Internet Archive]] and Harvard's [[Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society|Berkman Klein Center for the Internet & Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Get to Know Berkman Klein Fellow Mindy Seu {{!}} Berkman Klein Center|url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2018-11/get-know-berkman-klein-fellow-mindy-seu|date=2019-01-18|website=cyber.harvard.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Decentralized Web Summit 2018: Global Visions / Working Code|url=https://www.decentralizedweb.net/|website=www.decentralizedweb.net|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> Starting in 2019, she began work on an archive of [[cyberfeminism]], which later received the Design Studies Thesis Prize from [[Harvard University Graduate School of Design]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Cyberfeminism Catalog 1990–2020|url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/project/cyberfeminism-catalog-1990-2020/|website=Harvard Graduate School of Design|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> Seu's Cyberfeminism Catalog project began as a [[spreadsheet]], a medium she often employs for its legibility and longevity, and was supported by [[Rhizome (organization)|Rhizome]] and a grant from the [[Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts|Graham Foundation]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Mindy Seu - MacDowell Fellow in Interdisciplinary Arts |url=https://www.macdowell.org/artists/mindy-seu |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=MacDowell |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sholis |first=Brian |date=2020-05-11 |title=Citation Needed |url=https://magazine.frontier.is/p/citation-needed |access-date=2020-05-19 |website=Frontier Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Graham Foundation > Grantees > Mindy Seu |url=http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grantees/6259-cyberfeminism-catalog |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=www.grahamfoundation.org}}</ref> The project was exhibited virtually through the [[New Museum]] in 2020<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=First Look: Cyberfeminism Index |url=https://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/first-look-cyberfeminism-index |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=New Museum Exhibitions |language=en}}</ref> and ultimately published as a 700-page print book, ''Cyberfeminism Index,'' in January 2023. ''Cyberfeminism Index'' featured contributions from academics and collectives including [[VNS Matrix]], [[Donna Haraway]], [[Legacy Russell]], [[Sadie Plant]], and the [[Old Boys Network]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Varghese |first=Sanjana |date=2023-03-09 |title=With ‘Cyberfeminism Index,’ Mindy Seu snapshots a mutating movement |url=https://www.documentjournal.com/2023/03/mindy-seu-cyberfeminism-index-feminism-technology-literature-book-release-interview/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Document Journal |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wu |first=Jenny |date=2023-04-01 |title=Mindy Seu’s Cyberfeminism Index |url=https://brooklynrail.org/2023/04/art_books/Mindy-Seus-Cyberfeminism-Index |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=The Brooklyn Rail |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Roux |first=Liara |date=2023-01-24 |title=Mindy Seu: cyberfeminism ‘has shifted from utopia to dystopia’ |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/58024/1/the-cyberfeminism-index-mindy-seu-liara-roux |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref>

In 2022, Seu recieved a MacDowell Fellowship.<ref name=":7" /> She also serves as an assistant professor at [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]]' [[Mason Gross School of the Arts]], and as a critic at [[Yale School of Art]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Designer and technologist Mindy Seu to speak about origins and legacy of cyberfeminism Oct. 18 via Zoom – College of Design |url=https://www.design.iastate.edu/news/2023/09/mindy-seu-lecture/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Iowa State University |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Juniper |date=2023-02-15 |title="The Translation of Cyberfeminism": A Talk with Mindy Seu |url=https://cssh.northeastern.edu/nulab/cyberfeminism-index/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":7" />


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
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Revision as of 21:10, 21 December 2023

Mindy Seu (born 1991) is an American designer and researcher whose work focuses on public engagement with digital archives.[1][2] She is best known for her Cyberfeminism Index project and publications, and is currently on the faculty at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts and also teaches at the Yale School of Art.[3][4]

Early life and education

Seu grew up in Orange County, California, where her parents ran a flower shop after immigrating from South Korea.[5][6] She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Design Media Arts in 2013 and later graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design with an M.Des in 2019.[2]

Career

After graduating from UCLA, Seu worked at the Museum of Modern Art's Design Studio, as well as the design studio 2x4 on the Interactive Media team.[6] She also taught at the California College of the Arts, and published her own archival projects, including the web-based archive of Avant Garde Magazine and a digitization of Emmett Williams' 1968 concrete poem Sweethearts.[7][8]

From 2017 to 2018, Seu published the web archives for Eros and Fact magazines, completing the digitization of Ralph Ginzburg and Herb Lubalin's iconic publications.[9][10] In 2018, Seu also became a fellow at the Internet Archive and Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for the Internet & Society.[11][12] Starting in 2019, she began work on an archive of cyberfeminism, which later received the Design Studies Thesis Prize from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.[13] Seu's Cyberfeminism Catalog project began as a spreadsheet, a medium she often employs for its legibility and longevity, and was supported by Rhizome and a grant from the Graham Foundation.[14][15][16] The project was exhibited virtually through the New Museum in 2020[17] and ultimately published as a 700-page print book, Cyberfeminism Index, in January 2023. Cyberfeminism Index featured contributions from academics and collectives including VNS Matrix, Donna Haraway, Legacy Russell, Sadie Plant, and the Old Boys Network.[18][19][20]

In 2022, Seu recieved a MacDowell Fellowship.[14] She also serves as an assistant professor at Rutgers' Mason Gross School of the Arts, and as a critic at Yale School of Art.[21][22][14]

Selected works

  • Sweethearts (2013)[23]
  • Avant Garde Archive (2014)[9]
  • Eros Archive (2017)[9]
  • Fact Archive (2018)[10]
  • Cyberfeminism Catalog: 1990–2020 (2019–)[13]

References

  1. ^ "Mindy Seu | Berkman Klein Center". cyber.harvard.edu. 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. ^ a b "Discover Harvard student Mindy Seu's research-focused design practice". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  3. ^ "Mindy Seu | Mason Gross School of the Arts". www.masongross.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  4. ^ "Mindy Seu". Yale School of Art. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  5. ^ Cai, Delia (2023-12-11). "For Mindy Seu, Digital Archiving Isn't Just a Job—It's a Lifestyle". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  6. ^ a b Poles, Clemence (2023-09-28). "Meet Mindy Seu". passerby magazine. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  7. ^ "People Finder - California College of the Arts - Portal". portal.cca.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  8. ^ "Mindy Seu". NEW INC. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  9. ^ a b c "Mindy Seu on Making the Things You Want to See". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  10. ^ a b "Lubalin's Radical '60s Magazines Are Giving Us A Lesson in Archiving on the Web". Eye on Design. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  11. ^ "Get to Know Berkman Klein Fellow Mindy Seu | Berkman Klein Center". cyber.harvard.edu. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  12. ^ "Decentralized Web Summit 2018: Global Visions / Working Code". www.decentralizedweb.net. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  13. ^ a b "Cyberfeminism Catalog 1990–2020". Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  14. ^ a b c "Mindy Seu - MacDowell Fellow in Interdisciplinary Arts". MacDowell. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  15. ^ Sholis, Brian (2020-05-11). "Citation Needed". Frontier Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  16. ^ "Graham Foundation > Grantees > Mindy Seu". www.grahamfoundation.org. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  17. ^ "First Look: Cyberfeminism Index". New Museum Exhibitions. 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  18. ^ Varghese, Sanjana (2023-03-09). "With 'Cyberfeminism Index,' Mindy Seu snapshots a mutating movement". Document Journal. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  19. ^ Wu, Jenny (2023-04-01). "Mindy Seu's Cyberfeminism Index". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  20. ^ Roux, Liara (2023-01-24). "Mindy Seu: cyberfeminism 'has shifted from utopia to dystopia'". Dazed. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  21. ^ "Designer and technologist Mindy Seu to speak about origins and legacy of cyberfeminism Oct. 18 via Zoom – College of Design". Iowa State University. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  22. ^ Johnson, Juniper (2023-02-15). ""The Translation of Cyberfeminism": A Talk with Mindy Seu". NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  23. ^ "Are.na / The Poetry of Tools". www.are.na. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
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