Anna Pinkas
Associate Professor
Media Arts and Technology
EMAIL: apinkas@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office: S-622J
Office Hours:
Phone: +1 (212) 776-6524
Professor Pinkas is an artist who uses technology to analyze and collect small details of our urban, media-driven lives. Her work spans a wide range of media, including hand-drawn animation, paper cut outs, digital fabrication, and mobile apps. Her work has been featured in exhibitions and festivals in the US and internationally.
Expertise
Digital Imaging, Animation, Interactive Art, Digital Fabrication, Media Studies
Degrees
M.P.S. Interactive Telecommunications New York University; B.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts in affiliation with Tufts University
Courses Taught
- This course introduces students to the fundamentals of multimedia production. In a hands-on class, students will learn the essentials of program design and authoring software in an integrated computer environment. Students will learn how to combine graphics, audio and text to create programs for industrial and educational applications.
Course Syllabus - This course introduces the basic concepts of programming for multimedia. Students will learn the principles of object-oriented programming and how to create scripts for the manipulation of graphics, audio and text to construct a web-based multimedia presentation. Prerequisite: MMP 100
- Students will learn to design and create motion graphics for multimedia, building projects appropriate both for internet applications and for film and video. Students will learn how to use a vector-based animation program such as Flash MX and animation and visual effects compositing programs to create original work. An emphasis will be placed on planning projects and developing narratives through the use of storyboards. Prerequisite: MMP 100 or MMA 100
- This course introduces students to varied applications of contemporary media in business, entertainment, and the public sector. Students study the processes of media production, the systems for media distribution, and the roles of media professionals. The course surveys the history of modern communications and the terminology of the media industry. Students examine the complex connections between technology, content, style, and audience response in the creation of media productions.
- This course continues the study of digital imaging as it relates to graphic design. A course philosophy for this class is the introduction of photographic images as a basis for approaching 2D design concepts. During the semester, this course shall cover digital input, editing, archiving and the beginning of the study of digital output. Conceptual and technical digital shooting assignments will be assigned to expand students' skills and support topics covered in class. Reading and writing will focus on the use of technology in propelling digital imaging and design. Prerequisite: MMA 100 or ART 100 or ART 101
- Students will work collaboratively to plan, design and create a complete project to be stored on a CD ROM. Projects may be drawn from such applications as: information kiosks; computer-assisted instruction; and creation of world wide web sites.
Prerequisites: MMP 200 and [any 200-level MMP or MMA course]
Course Syllabus
Research and Projects
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications and Creative Works
- “26 & 44 Court St”
- Exhibited at “Digital Connection/Analog World”, Salve Regina University, Newport Rhode Island | 2018
- Exhibited at “Nasty Women Exhibition” (http://nastywomenexhibition.org/about/press/), Knockdown Center, NY | 2016
- “Screen Portraits”
- Selected to be screened at the Simultan Festival (http://11.simultan.org) | 2015
- Exhibited at “Bronx Calling: The Fourth AIM Biennial” (http://www.bronxmuseum.org/exhibitions/bronx-calling-the-fourth-aim-biennial) | 2017
- “Condition Used”(http://www.condition-used.com), mixed media artwork, commissioned by New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc for its Turbulence.org website, funded by the Jerome Foundation in 2014.
- Featured in Touch.My.Prints (a digital publication project by Aaron Brumbelow showcasing photography, time based works, virtual sculptures, and essays), Issue 04 (http://www.touch-my-prints.com) | 2015
- “Macromen: Trims”, video created in collaboration with NY-based choreographer Tess Dworman
- Selected to be screened at New York Live Arts Center | 2014
Other Publications Creative Work and Recognition of Work
- Book review for Digital Handmade: Craftsmanship in the New Industrial Revolution, by Lucy Johnston published in “Design and Culture”, Volume 9, Issue 2 | 2017
- Tech editor for Learn Electronics with Arduino: An Illustrated Beginner’s Guide to Physical Computing by Jody Culkin & Eric Hagan. Published by Maker Media, ISBN: 978-1680453744 | Fall 2017
- Interview for article and recent work featured in ARTiculAction Magazine (https://issuu.com/articulaction/docs/articulaction_art_review_-_speciial/102) | 2016
