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Michele Thursz

Michele Thursz is an independent curator and director of Post Media Network located at https://www.michelethursz.com. In 1999 she co-founded and directed Moving Image Gallery, NYC. Recent projects include a collaboration in a production with the electronic orphanage and artist Miltos Manetas http://www.whitneybiennial.com, and a guest curator at the New Museum's Media Z Lounge, NYC, organizing Cin-o-matic- Memory and the Cinematic Perception, which examined the impact of new technologies on the cinematic experience.

She is currently organizing a group show entitled In Medias Res: Technology's Impact on Artistic Practice at Exit Art, NYC. She has been a consultant for http://www.Turbulence.org, a net art initiative and for bitforms gallery, NYC, in marketing and distribution of software related art.

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Michele Thursz is an independent curator and director of Post Media Network; in 1999 she co-founded and directed Moving Image Gallery, NYC. Recent projects include a collaboration in a production with the electronic orphanage and artist Miltos Manetas and a guest curator role at the New Museum's Media Z Lounge organizing Cin-o-matic- Memory and the Cinematic Perception, which examined the impact of new technologies on the cinematic experience. She is organizing a group show entitled In Medias Res: Technology's Impact on Artistic Practice at Exit Art, NYC; she has consulted for http://www.Turbulence.org, a net art initiative, and for bitforms gallery, NYC, on marketing and distribution of software related art.

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