JLS Gangwisch

Education

MFA, Intermedia & Digital Arts, University of Maryland

MA, Television Production, Falmouth University, Cornwall UK, Fulbright Media Scholar

BA, Film Production, Fine Arts (minor), University of New Orleans

International Cinema Studies, Charles University, Prague, CZ

JLS Gangwisch (they/them/any) works with the interaction of digital and physical media with a focus on the human figure, often collaborating with cinema and performance groups for video installation, cinematic exhibition, and new media distribution.

A founding member of the Baltimore-based new media collective strikeWare, their most recent work experiments with augmented and extended-reality installations. 

JLS hopes to introduce students to new technologies that may expand their creative practice into areas of interactivity, procedural generation, and performance. 

Interest Areas

• XR technologies, performance, and experience
• Artefacting and empathy with digital translations of figurative imaging