IDSVA Alumni Feature: Dr. EL Putnam

March 10, 2020

Dr. EL Putnam was appointed Lecturer in Digital Media at the National University Ireland, Galway in January 2019 and is currently Programme Director of the MA in Digital Media. She has forthcoming chapters in Responding to Site: The Performance Art of Marilyn Arsem (Intellect Press) and Technology and the City (Springer). At the 2020 College Art Association Annual Conference, she co-chaired the panel "Flesh and Circuit: Rethinking Performance and Technology."

Dr. EL Putnam performing Biopedagogy — EL Putnam performing Biopedagogy (2018), created in collaboration with Glenn Loughran and presented at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.

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"IDSVA's unique curriculum has enabled me to develop as an artist, scholar, and human being. The school's distinctive residency programme and course of study that intersects philosophy and art has not only extended the horizons of my intellectual and creative possibilities, but has endowed me with a range of skills vital for practicing in today's dynamic world."

—Dr. EL Putnam, IDSVA PhD 2014