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THISOTHER IS CARO TRIGO
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thisother is an artist and designer based in Los Angeles. Her practice is performance and text based, it explores the notion of impurity in relation to politics and transformability. Trigo holds a Magna Cum Laude Ph.D in Philosophy from the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee Switzerland, obtained under the supervision of Catherine Malabou (principal) and Judith Butler (muse). Prior to her doctorate, Trigo received an M.A in Philosophy with Distinction from the European Graduate School, a B.F.A. from Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, and a a Fine Arts education in Buenos Aires.
Trigo's work has been exhibited in the U.S. in Los Angeles and New York (notably at the Storefront for Art and Architecture), in Germany, Finland, Lithuania, Argentina, France and online at Anti-Utopias. She has taught at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) Mediascapes Program, Visual Studies Program, and SCIFI Graduate Programs—all Master of Design Research Programs (MDesR)—, at UCLA Design and Media Arts, at Art Center College of Design, at the Tama Art University in Tokyo, Japan, and in Finland at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture Masters Degree Program,—in both the Department of Art and Research and the Department of Design—. She also taught at the University of Jyväskylä’s Masters Degree Program in Digital Culture at the Department of Art and Culture Studies.
She has lectured at the University of the Arts Helsinki (Theatre Academy), the Universidad de Mendoza in Argentina (at Mundaneum: International Meeting of Architecture and Design), at Tama Art University in Japan, Art Center, SCI-Arc and UCLA. She was awarded a working grant from the Arts Council of Central Finland, a Graphis Gold Medal for design and the Graphis Gold Medal award for top instructor.
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Philosophy (Magna Cum Laude)
European Graduate School (EGS)
Subject: Impure
Supervised by Catherine Malabou (main) and Judith Butler (muse)
Saas-Fee, Switzerland
2015—2021
M.A. in Philosophy
European Graduate School (EGS)
Subject: Sound as Architecture (completed With Distinction)
Supervised by Wolfgang Schirmacher
Saas-Fee, Switzerland
2010
B.F.A Art Center College of Design
Visual Communication Program
Los Angeles, California
1998
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Art Center College of Design
Associate Professor
Specializing in Transmedia Design
Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Department of Graphic Design
Los Angeles, California
2003—Current
Art Center College of Design
TestLab Berlin: The Nervous System
Trans-Disciplinary Studio with Jenny Rodenhouse
Berlin, Germany
2017
Art Center College of Design
Machined Influencers
Trans-Disciplinary Studio with Jenny Rodenhouse
Streamed at LIVE_ISH: https://live-iiish.com/ep4-machined-influencers
Los Angeles, California
2020
UCLA Design and Media Arts
Department of Design and Media Arts
Los Angeles, California
2007—Current
Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Architecture
Department of Art and Research
Masters Degree Program in Visual Culture
Pori Unit, Finland
2012—2014
Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Architecture
Department of Design
Masters Degree Program
in Applied Art and Design
Helsinki, Finland
2014
University of Jyväskylä
Department of Art and Culture Studies
Masters Degree Program in Digital Culture
Jyväskylä, Finland
2012
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
Mediascapes Program
Master of Design Research
(MDesR)
Los Angeles, California
2009—2011
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
Visual Studies Program & SCIFI Graduate Program
Master of Design Research (MDesR)
Los Angeles, California
2009—2010
Tama Art University
Pacific Rim Project, "Designing Sustainable Living"
Tokyo, Japan
2009
NOTABLE CLIENTS INCLUDE
Art Center College of Design
Kevin Daly Architects
Vitra Design Museum
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Rebeca Méndez Studio
LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA
Wobbley Realities
Graduate Media Design Practices at ArtCenter College of Design
#StreamingLifestyles #InterfaceAesthetics #VirtualUrbanism #eSportsBodies
Led by Jenny Rodenhouse in collaboration with Ben Hooker
https://wobblyrealities.tumblr.com
2019
The Visibly Elusive
Performance & Politics lecture at the 4th Hollo Symposium
University of the Arts Helsinki Theatre Academy
Helsinki, Finland
2013
Mundaneum: International Meeting of Architecture and Design
Participants: Mia Lehrer, Monica Bertolino, Tatiana Bilbao, Ming Fung,
Eliana Bormida, Alejandra Lillo, Zaida Muxi, Francisco Serrano,
Carolina Trigo, Cazú Zegers, Jaqueline Guillet
Universidad de Mendoza
Mendoza, Argentina
2011
Polytopes: The Architecture of Soundscapes
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
Los Angeles, California
2011
Mediations in the New Flesh
Juror panelist alongside Sylvère Lotringer, Marcos Novak, Jean Michel Crettaz and Chandler McWilliams
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
Los Angeles, California
2009
Media & Thought
Lecture at Tama Art University
Tokyo, Japan
2009
Media Agnostics
Lecturer: 3x3 Lecture Series
Art Center College of Design
Los Angeles, California
2008
Yours truly, xxxct
Lecture on Trigo’s work at UCLA Design and Media Arts
Los Angeles, California
2007
Inside Art Center’s Open House
Lecturer discussing the Exhibition titled ‘Open House: Architecture and
Technology for Intelligent Living,’ co-curated by the Vitra Design Museum
and designed by Carolina Trigo & Uebersee US.
Art Center College of Design
Los Angeles, California
2007
EXHIBITIONS
1’ 1” one hour one minute
Rauma Biennale Balticum, ‘Crime Scene’ exhibition
Performance with "coolturistes" and Inga Erdmane
Rauma Art Museum
Rauma, Finland
2014
Postideja Plotas
Presentation of 1’ 1” one hour one minute
Galeria Kaire-Desine
Vilnius, Lithuania
2014
The Pause
Performance and Aural Histories in and from Palestine
with anthropologist Michael Taussig (Columbia University)
Funded by the Arts Council of Central Finland
Ramallah, Palestine
2013
Sur: Under the Influence
Performance with the Nordic collective T.E.H.D.A.S.
Pori, Finland
2013
Prices and Worlds
Newscasts for “Believe Half of What You See And None of What You Hear,” a project by Georgia Kotretsos (collaboration)
La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, France.
2013
Pelt
Performance at äkkigalleria 17: Maassa Taivaassa
Jyväskylä, Finland
2012
Storefront for Art and Architecture: Past Futures, Present, Futures
101 unrealized proposals for New York City with 101 reenactments by invited artists. "Between Name" is Trigo’s reenactment of Buckminster Fuller’s “Manhattan Island Dome, 1960.”
New York, New York
2012
Rise
Performance at the Freies Museum Projektraum
Berlin, Germany
2012
Nectar
Performance at PERFO! Festival
Tampere, Finland
2011
Ergo
Single channel video loop, at Tampereen Taidemessut
Tampere, Finland.
2011
The Fiction of Fullness
Performance and installation at Performanssifiesta
Tampere, Finland
2011
Fugitive Insides: Geometric Ritual #1
Installation by Didier Hess with performance by Carolina Trigo
Las Cienagas Projects
Los Angeles, California
2011
GRANTS
Keski-Suomen taidetoimikunta, Työskentelyapurahahakemus
Working Artist Grant
Arts Council of Central Finland
2013
Klima Residency
A project by Carolina Trigo and Georgia Kotretsos
Private Sector Funding
Paros, Greece
2015
AWARDS
Graphis Gold Medal
New Talent Annual Top Instructor Award
2010
Spark Design and Architecture
Winner for “Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living," co-curated by the Vitra Design Museum and designed by Carolina Trigo & Uebersee US.
2007
D&AD, U.K.
The British Design and Art Direction Award for Environmental Design and Architecture
Winner for “Motocoder,” Motorola’s Developer’s Trade Show in Shanghai, China
(led by Rebeca Méndez)
2004
V Concurso Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes
Winner for “Oceano.” Directed by Pascual Sisto, Screenplay by Pascual Sisto and Nicolas GIacobone, Production Design and Art Direction by Carolina Trigo
Madrid, Spain
2004
Design Culture Now: The National Design Triennial
Winner for Tsunami Mural Design (led by Rebeca Méndez)
Cooper-Hewitt Museum
New York, New York
2000
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Grand Prize: Kodak Vision Award
for “Oceano,” Directed by Pascual Sisto, Screenplay by Pascual Sisto and Nicolas GIacobone, Production Design and Art Direction by Carolina Trigo
2003
Res-Fest Film Festival
Winner for “Oprheus: Re-visited”
Directed by Rebeca Méndez, performed by Carolina Trigo
1999
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
Vitra Design Museum and Art Center College of Design
Environmental Graphic Design for the exhibition titled “Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living”
Los Angeles and Germany
2007
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles
Exhibition Design for “Beyond the Iconic,” contemporary and Archival Parisian Photography. In association with the Museé Carnavalet, Paris. Curated by Gloria Gerace at the LA Central Library
Los Angeles, California
2008
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles
Exhibition Design for “LA unfolded: Maps from the Los Angeles Public Library," Curated by Gloria Gerace at the LA Central Library
Los Angeles, California
2008
Emogenic
Founder and Creative Director
Media Arts and Design Studio
Los Angeles, California
2004—2008
Atomica Magazine
Art Director for Fashion, Arts and Culture magazine
Los Angeles, California
2004—2006
Swift Gallery
Founder and Partner of Non-Profit Art Gallery
Los Angeles, California
2004—2005
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Designer at (B.I.G) Brand Integration Group
Creative Director: Rebeca Méndez
Los Angeles, California
2002—2003
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Designer at (B.I.G) Brand Integration Group
Creative Director: Brian Collins
New York, New York
2001—2002
Rebeca Méndez Studio
Designer
Los Angeles, California
1999—2001
Raygun Magazine
Designer
Los Angeles, California
1998—1999
