Steve Jones & Alejandra Abad
Instructor, Musician & Assistant Professor @ Florida Atlantic University
Steve Jones (US) was a UK Fulbright Scholar to the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth from 2010-2011, where he conducted dissertation research on Welsh Modernist Literature. He received his PhD in British Literature from Ball State University in 2013 and his MA in Literature (with a concentration in Film Adaptation of Literature and Comics) from Indiana University in 2007. He has taught courses in Literature, Writing, and Film Studies. His scholarly work focuses on the areas of Modernist and Postcolonial Literatures, Cinema, and Comics. He is also a musician, playing in several bands and creating film scores in a variety of genres (e.g. psychedelic rock, electronic pop, jazz-tinged folk, experimental hip-hop, etc.).
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Alejandra Abad (VE/US) is an interdisciplinary visual media artist and educator who explores belonging and mutual compassion as key parts of collective wellness. Through layering, abstraction, and light, she creates new landscapes that relate to place, family, and community.
Her style is informed by architectural studies at Florida Atlantic University, Film/Video/New Media/Animation at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Interdisciplinary Media Art Practices at The University of Colorado.
She uses analog and digital processes for the projection of moving images in public spaces which are rooted in her pedagogy of care. This has led to a series of works centered on environmental futures and the implication of the anthropocene. Her work connects the histories of anticolonial movements, international surrealism, and magical realism to her own experiences in new spaces.