Angela Joosse is a doctoral student in the Joint Program in Communication and Culture at York and Ryerson Universities. Since the fall of 2006 she has contributed to the Visible Cities Project as a graduate researcher and artist. While developing a strong working synthesis of theory and praxis, Angela completed an MA in Communication and Culture, BFA in Film Studies, and BA in Philosophy and Art. Her current doctoral project focuses on the intersection of aesthetics, technology and the human body. Her academic awards include Master’s and Doctoral Canada Graduate Scholarships, an Ontario Graduate Scholarship, and the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Graduate Fellowship.

Angela has contributed research as well as a comprehensive bibliography and filmography to the recent publication, Image and Territory: New Essays on Atom Egoyan (2007), edited by Monique Tschofen and Jennifer Burwell. Angela is author of Dziga Vertov and Steve Mann: The Embodiment of the Master Metaphor Of Vision (Intersections Journal, 2005). She is also a Toronto-based film and video artist. Her recent projects include Shapes Eat Shapes (2006), 4C (2005) and Avra which screened at the 2004 Montréal Festival des Films du Monde. She is currently working on two collaborative art installation projects: a special fifth anniversary project for the 2007 Alley Jaunt festival; and “Film-Lab-Digestive-Track,” an interactive installation to be held at the Ryerson Gallery (August 2007). She is an active member of the L.O.T. creative urban research group, as well as the LOOP collective of independent media artists in Toronto.