Anezka Sebek

Anezka Sebek

Associate Professor of Media Design @ Parsons The New School for Design

Indonesian-born Anezka Sebek (ID) has taught full time at Parsons in the MFA in Design and Technology program since 1999. She designs curricula in the BFA/MFA new media technologies such as virtual interaction (head-mounted and projected) as well as teaching in the BFA/MFA in Design and Technology studio and thesis courses. Before turning to teaching, her extensive career in the film industry included projects for television, advertising, documentaries and feature films. She was best known as a visual effects and computer animation producer for technologically complex projects that combined live-action with digital effects. She has written, produced, and directed music videos, narrative shorts, and documentaries. Ms. Sebek served on juries for ACM Siggraph Electronic and Animation Theater (2003/04) and Ars Electronica (2008/09/11/13). She now furthers her study of the human condition at The New School for Social Research. Her Ph. D. dissertation (2015) fieldwork looks at homeless women and children and the lack of educational and social mobility in post-industrial United States.