Peggy E. Reynolds

109 Grand St.
Brooklyn, NY 11249
reynolds396@gmail.com
www.peggyereynolds.com

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Education

• Ph.D., Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 2013.

• M.A., Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 2007. 

• B.A., Honors/Cognitive Science, Hunter College, New York, NY. 1997. 

Employment

• Owner/operator P. E. Reynolds, LLC, design/build/prototyping firm, Brooklyn, NY. 2014 – present.

• Consultant for Artists in Context (AIC), Cambridge, MA. 2013 - 2016.

• Research Associate, Fractured Atlas, New York, NY. 2010.

• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 2005 – 2006.

• Owner, Immaculate Construction, Inc., New York, NY. 1990 – 2004.

• Artist, New York, NY. 1991 – present.

• Housing activist, New York, NY. 2000 – 2004.

Research Interests

• Science and Technology Studies, History and Philosophy of Science, Mediology, Metaphysics, Digital Media, Ethics.

Honors and Fellowships

• Visiting Research Fellow - Media and Communications Department: Topological Research Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London. January 1 – August 30, 2016.

• Post-Prospectus Fellowship, College of the Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH. Fall, 2009.

• Graduate Fellowship, Department of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 2004 – 2005.

• Seneca Club’s De Chiara Community Service Award for protection and development of affordable housing in New York City, 2003.

• Mullin Foundation Scholarship, Hunter College, New York, NY. 1997.

Teaching Experience

• Graduate Teaching Associate, Science, Technology and Culture in America and the World, at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 2007 – 2009.

• Graduate Teaching Associate, Introduction to the Humanities: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, at OSU. 2006 – 2007.

• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to the Humanities: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, at OSU. 2005.

Invited Speaker

• Plenary speaker at the 9th Beyond Humanism Conference: Posthuman Studies – Humanities, Metahumanities, Posthumanities, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. July 19, 2017.

• “The Matter of the Grid: From Prehistoric Textiles to the Digital Computer,” public lecture given at Goldsmiths, University of London. May 23, 2016.

• “A Genealogy of the Grid,” public lecture on the grid as abstract form, OUTPOST: Artists Resources, Ridgewood/Queens, NY. October 24, 2015.

• “Depth Technology: Remediating Orientation,” public talk and discussion of my dissertation, sponsored by Artists in Context, Cambridge, MA. February 13, 2013.

• “Philosophers’ Walk in Urban Nature,” invited speaker, AIC, Boston, MA. November 11, 2010.

• “Reconfiguring the Space of Agency in the Digital Age,” paper presented at “Remaking Law: Moving Beyond Enlightenment Jurisprudence,” theAnnual Richard J. Childress Memorial Lecture, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, MO. October 2, 2009.

• “Where Society Ends and The Individual Begins,” public lecture as part of the Tom Marioni’s “Drinking Beer with Friends” lecture series, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY. August 21, 2007.

 Conferences and Symposia

Invited Paper Presentations          

• “On Dimensionless Time and Some of Its Forms,” paper presented at the Out of Time conference of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Arizona, Tempe, AZ. November 10, 2017.

• “Towards a Posthuman Taxonomy,” paper given at the 9th Beyond Humanism Conference: Posthuman Studies – Humanities, Metahumanities, Posthumanities, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. July 20, 2017.

• “Thinking Outside the Grid,” paper presented at the 8th Beyond Humanism Conference: Posthuman Studies and Technologies of Control, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. May 26, 2016.

• “Topology of the Lived Interval,” group presentation of the Topology Research Unit: Department of Media and Communications at the Rhythm as Pattern and Variation: Political, Social and Artistic Inflections conference, Goldsmiths, University of London. April 23, 2016

• “Grids, Psychic Vortices and Beyond: Gesturing Towards a Future,” paper presented at the International Metabody Forum: Performance Architectures, Wearables & Gestures of Participation, Brunel University, London, UK. April 8, 2016.

• “Entanglement, Spirit Masters and Distributed Human Being: Towards a Posthuman Biopolitics,” paper presented at the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts conference, Houston, TX. November 14, 2015.

• "A Genealogy of the Grid,” paper presented at the Posthuman Research Group meeting, New York University, New York, NY. October 28, 2015. 

• “Visualizing a Posthuman Ontology,” paper presented at the Hacking Big Brother Data conference as part of the International Metabody Forum, Madrid, Spain. July 22, 2015.

• “Scalar Effects in the Posthuman Era,” paper presented at the Transformative Theory and Practice conference; sponsored by the Centre for Disruptive Media, Coventry School of Art and Design at Coventry University, Coventry, UK. July 2, 2015.  

• “Drawing the Line: Determining Boundaries in the Posthuman Era,” paper presented at the Posthumanism & Society: Glocal Symposium, New York University, New York, NY. May 8, 2015.

• “Topology of a Maelstrom: Harnessing the Power of the Vacuum,” paper presented at the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts conference, Dallas, TX. October 12, 2014.

• “Diffraction versus Reflection: Thoughts on New Materialism and Object-Oriented Ontology,” talk given at the Posthuman Research Group meeting; Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Columbia University, New York, NY. June 25, 2014.

• “Ontology on the Complex Plane,” paper presented at the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts conference, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. October 5, 2013.

• “Distributed Agency and Its Discontents,” paper presented at theSociety for Literature, Science and the Artsconference, Indianapolis, IN. October 31, 2010.

• “Boundary Disruptions: Agency in a Fractal World,” paper presented as member of the Math in Theory panel, at the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts conference, Atlanta, GA. November 7, 2009.

• “Theories of Subjectivity and the Question of Scale,” paper presented at The Futures of American Studies Institute at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. June 20, 2008.

• “Visualizing Affective Phase Space or Getting Comfortable with Productive Paradox,” paper presented at the Representing Affect/Affecting Representation Conference, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. January 17, 2008.

• “A Precarious Proposal: Limning the Depths of Precarity,” paper presented at the Rethinking Precarity Conference, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. January 19, 2007. 

Panel Discussant

• “Connected and Consequential: Artists & the Future.” Panelist: Art, Technology & Empathy. AIC National Conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. March 7-8, 2013.

• "Re-Creating Brooklyn: A Discussion of the Arts and Neighborhood Change," New York University panel on gentrification and the arts, New York, NY. April 15, 2002.

Panel Moderator

• “Models and Metaphors of Network Topologies,” paper presented and panel moderator at, Grounding Open Source Hardware Summit, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada. July 18, 2009.

Service (The Ohio State University)

•  Graduate Representative, Science and Technology Studies Faculty Search Committee, Department of Comparative Studies. 2009.

• Graduate Representative, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Comparative Studies. 2007 – 2008.

• Graduate Representative, Department of Comparative Studies Departmental Council. 2006 – 2007.

Professional Development

• Preparing Future Faculty Program, The Ohio State University/Otterbein College, Columbus/Westerville, OH. 2009 – 2010.

• The Futures of American Studies Institute, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. June 16 – 21, 2008.

Residencies

• Grounding Open Source Hardware workshop and summit; ten-day residency at The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada. July 10 – 19, 2009.

Publications

• “Reality from the Inside Out,” catalog essay for artist Helen Smith representing the Art Collective WA at the Sydney Contemporary International Art Fair, September, 2015.

• “Reconfiguring the Space of Agency in the Digital Age,” Saint Louis University Law Journal, Childress Lecture edition, Summer, 2010.

Academic Peer Reviewer

• The Journal of Posthuman Studies: Philosophy, Technology, Media, published by  Penn State University Press.  2017 –

• She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics and Innovation, published by Tongji University in Cooperation with Elsevier. 2015 – present. 

• Acme, An International E-Journal of Critical Geographies,2006.

Selected Installations/Exhibitions

• A Genealogy of the Grid, intra-activeinstallation, Checkered History exhibition, OUTPOST: Artists Resources, Ridgewood/Queens, NY.

• The Living Culture Initiative, collaborative installation with Ann Hamilton, Michael Mercil and Jeremy Boyle, Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.    

• WYSIWYG, interactive sculpture, Art and Technology exhibition, Haskett Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

• Involution, interactive installation, The Entropic Garden exhibition, Wake Forest University Fine Art Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.

• Meta-ballic, interactive installation, Crest Hardware Show, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY.

• Spool Chase interactive installation, Williamsburg Waterfront Festival, Brooklyn, NY.

• Fractal Braid, interactive installation, sculpture exhibition, Hunter College Gallery, New York, NY.

• Strange Attractor, interactive installation, Inside an Idea exhibition, The Gallery at 450 West 41st Street, New York, NY.