studio for
extensive aesthetics:

AN ARTISTIC RESEARCH LAB AT EMILY CARR

Amber Frid-Jimenez

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES the research and theoretical orien-
tation of the Studio for Extensive Aesthetics (sea), which
produces projects and artistic research on the aesthetic
implications of technological innovation. Particularly, the
studio investigates the aesthetics of the growing archive of
cultural data and information produced by global net-
worked infrastructures. The work is transdisciplinary in na-
ture, operating through artistic and computational means.
The studio is co-located with the Graduate Studies pro-
gramme at Emily Carr University of Art + Design and engag-
es art and design students with a network of international
theorists and practitioners through research projects at
various scales, from screen-based work to urban scale in-
stallations. The studio is funded by the Canada Foundation
for Innovation, the British Columbia Knowledge Develop-
ment Fund, and the Canada Research Chair programme, a
federal organization that provides research positions for
scholars across the sciences and humanities. | established
the studio in 2014, when | was awarded Canada Research
Chair in art and design technology.

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