Presenter

Weidi Zhang is an LA-based new media artist, visual designer, and researcher. Her current research and media art practices investigate the possibilities of semantic meanings and non-linear narrativity of assemblage art in the context of Intelligence system design, immersive media, and interactive generative art. Her works are featured at different international venues, such as the SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH ASIA, ISEA, Times Art Museum, IEEE VISAP, SwissNex Gallery, Japan Media Art Festival, and shortlisted in Lumen Prize. Currently, she is a Ph.D. candidate in the Media Arts and Technology Program and a researcher in Experimental Visualization Lab. She holds her MFA degree in Art + Technology at California Institute of the Arts.