Joanne McNeil

Joanne McNeil, 2014

Joanne McNeil is an American writer,[1][2] editor, and art critic known for her personal essays on technology. She has written a non-fiction book on internet culture and a fiction novel.[3][4]

McNeil founded and edited the now-defunct blog, The Tomorrow Museum, before becoming the editor of Rhizome at the New Museum, in 2011.[5] She held the position through 2012, when she edited The Best of Rhizome 2012, published through LINK Editions/LINK Center for the Arts.[6][7] She has contributed to Frieze, Los Angeles Times, Wired, and the Boston Globe. She currently maintains a column called Speculations for Filmmaker Magazine.[8]

McNeil was part of two panels on the New Aesthetic: one called "The New Aesthetic" at SXSW 2012 and a follow-up called "Stories from the New Aesthetic" at the New Museum.[9][citation needed] McNeil was an Eyebeam resident.[10][11] In 2015, McNeil was the inaugural recipient of the Thoma Foundation Digital Arts Writing Award for an emerging arts writer who has made significant contributions to the intersection of art and technology.[12]

In 2020, McNeil published the non-fiction book Lurking: How a Person Became a User. The book provides a critical history of the Internet from the perspective of its users.[13] In 2023, she published her first fiction novel, Wrong Way, which centers around a gig worker employed by a company deploying a fleet of autonomous vehicles.[14]

Books

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  • Lurking: How a Person Became a User (2020)[15] ISBN 978-0374194338
  • Wrong Way (2023)[14] ISBN 9780374610661

References

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  1. ^ Wortham, Jenna (29 June 2013). "The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  2. ^ Cotter, Holland (19 March 2010). "The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  3. ^ "Joanne McNeil | ⚔⚔⚔". joannemcneil.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  4. ^ Daniel Bogan. "The Setup / Joanne McNeil". joanne.mcneil.usesthis.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  5. ^ "Rhizome | Joanne McNeil". classic.rhizome.org. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  6. ^ "Link Editions publishes new book, Best of Rhizome 2012 | Rhizome". rhizome.org. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  7. ^ "Link Editions". editions.linkartcenter.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  8. ^ "Speculations". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  9. ^ "Stories from the New Aesthetic :: New Museum". newmuseum.org. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  10. ^ "Joanne McNeil | eyebeam.org". eyebeam.org. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  11. ^ "Christiane Paul in Conversation with Jon Ippolito and Joanne McNeil - Platform for Pedagogy". www.platformed.org. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  12. ^ "Announcing the Inaugural Digital Arts Writing Awards Recipients - Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation". Archived from the original on 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  13. ^ Lorenz, Taylor (February 25, 2020). "It's Time to Unfriend the Internet". The New York Times. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  14. ^ a b Pearce, Matt (December 12, 2023). "A billionaire and a novelist offer two versions of tech's future. Who's right?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  15. ^ "MCD | Lurking".
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