Sonya Rapoport
Trans-culture, trans-sexual and trans-genetic reflect Rapoport’s ideology of transmutation in her work since the 70’s when she collaborated with nuclear scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. She decoded and depicted chemical reaction schemes of decay and their regeneration to new identity. Twenty-five years later, a transformation code permeates her work, anticipating ethical and moral implications. Her multi-disciplinary interactive installations and Web projects have been presented at Sao Paulo, Brazil; Ars Electronica, Austria; DOCUMENTA, Kassel, Germany; and the Kuopio Museum, Finland. ISEA, DIGITAL SALON, and Siggraph have exhibited her electronic artworks. Sonya Rapoport is on the advisory committee for the Berkeley Art Museum, University of California and the Governing Board of LEONARDO/ISAST. She reviews conferences, art exhibitions and books for their MIT Press publications.