who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

Toni Ryynänen
University of Helsinki,
Latokartanonkaari 9, PB27, 14,
Finland
Keywords media, design, consumer
culture
Alexandra Saemmer
University Paris 8
Keywords digital media, digital
literature, digital art
Olivia Sagan
University of the Arts, London, The
› Ritualizing interactive media: from motivation to activation, Technoetic Arts:
A Journal of Speculative Research, 3.2, 105-124.
› Searching for love impossible, Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative
Research, 8.2, 229-236.
› Virtual puppet, my love impossible, Metaverse Creativity, 1.1, 115-127.
Toni Ryynänen is a consumer economist and postdoctoral researcher
who works at the University of Helsinki in the Department of
Economics and Management. He holds a D.Sc. in Consumer
Economics. His research interests focus on media and design studies
and consumer culture research.
› Craft in economic context: The representation of Finnish craft in the
economic press, Craft Research, 2.1, 115-127.
Alexandra Saemmer is Associate Professor of Information and
Communication Sciences at University Paris 8. Her current research
projects focus on semiotics and aesthetics of digital media, and reading
and writing on digital supports. She is author and editor of several
books and articles on digital literature and arts. Her books include
Matières textuelles sur support numérique (Publications de l’Université
de Saint-Etienne, 2007), E-Formes 2 : Les littératures et arts
numérique sau risque du jeu (2011, co-editor, Publications de
l’Université de Saint-Etienne); and E-Formes 1 : Ecritures visuelles sur
support numérique (2008, co-editor, Publications de l’Université de
Saint-Etienne). She also writes ‘paper’ poetry and fiction in German
(recently, ‘Das Hinterhaus’/'The rear building', 'Neuerdings weiß ich
viel mehr'/'Recently I know much more', textem, 2010).
› Writing the ephemeral […] and re-enchanting the remnants: The lability of
the digital device in literary practice, Journal of Writing in Creative Practice,
4.1, 79-92.
Dr. Olivia Sagan is Senior Research Fellow (Pedagogy) at the
University of the Arts, London. She is interested in the interface of
formal and community-based education and her research questions the