Author Archives: Sarah

About Sarah

Sarah Nelson Wright is a Brooklyn based artist and educator from the San Francisco Bay Area. She creates interdisciplinary media projects about the urban experience that explore the changing city and investigate avenues for intervention. Her work encompasses video, installation, interactive sculpture and public art. Wright’s projects include THE NEWTOWN CREEK ARMADA (2012-2013) – a public art project exploring a New York City Superfund site; LOCATIONS & DISLOCATION (2008-2012) – a project chronicling displacement in the urban environment; and BROOKLYN MAKES (2009) – a site-specific video installation documenting manufacturing in North Brooklyn. Her work has been exhibited internationally in galleries and festivals, including the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (New York), Mostra de Artes (Sao Paulo, Brazil), ACVic Center for Contemporary Arts (Vic, Spain), UnionDocs (NY), Conflux Festival (NY), Dumbo Arts Festival (NY) and Proteus Gowanus (NY). Wright holds a BA in American Studies from Yale and an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College. She has received grants from Brooklyn Arts Council, The Hudson River Foundation, Brooklyn Community Foundation & FEAST Brooklyn and has been an artist-in-residence at _gaia studio and the School of Making Thinking. She is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media at Marymount Manhattan College.

Finishing the Emotional Vending Machine Program

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Sarah

Hi, Wonder Women — I now have a fully working program on my laptop!  I also got a beautiful looking touch screen, and I’ll be setting up the hardware on Wednesday.  The shape of the screen will more a taller more … Continue reading →

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Emotional Vending Machine update

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Sarah

I look forward to our meeting tomorrow. I have been further developing my concept since our last meeting, and I decided I wanted to go in a more political/critical direction. It feels a lot closer to me and my work. … Continue reading →

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WW9: Emotional Vending Machine update

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Sarah

I have re-conceived my food advice project as an “emotional vending machine,” inspired by a critique of the vending machines in Japan that use facial recognition to identify a buyer’s age, gender and (most controversially) race before offering them beverage … Continue reading →

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WW9 – Sarah Nelson Wright

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Sarah

I am a Brooklyn based artist and educator from the San Francisco Bay Area. I create interdisciplinary media projects about the urban experience that explore the changing city and investigate avenues for intervention. My work encompasses video, installation, interactive sculpture and public … Continue reading →

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Staircase of Books / Towels

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Sarah

Hi!  I thought this staircase might inspire Maya. Also, where did you guys say I can get a towel embroidered? Thanks!

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construction progress

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Sarah

Hey, gals! I really missed you all this week. We have started construction. My roommate is great at woodworking & currently has a job with a shop. This glass factory in my neighborhood (see the video I made about them … Continue reading →

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on lemons & metaphors

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Sarah

i like the energy today!  (though we were all missing gwen & melissa, of course).  i completely forgot to mention this insight that my roommie ingrid of wonder women founding fame had when i described amanda’s project to her. she … Continue reading →

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crosses update

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Sarah

Hi, Wonder Women — I am in Boston with my brother, who is playing two shows this week & has great carpentry skills.  Unfortunately, we haven’t started building yet because I ran into some confusion about how I wanted it … Continue reading →

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Iraq Veterans Against the War

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Sarah

This is not 100% Wonder Women, but Maya, I think you mentioned you were planning to go to this meeting of Iraq Veterans Against the War (on their new project).  Could be a good resource for Melissa?  I think I … Continue reading →

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compartment

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Sarah

hey, what do you guys think about the title “compartment” for my piece? i was thinking about the unique way that we have all been able to compartmentalize this war in a way that was not as possible in the … Continue reading →

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