Vanessa Chang

Areas of Interest:

My critical eye ranges a gamut of cultural objects, from comic books to music, poetry to hip-hop. Something inside me enjoys the vertiginous state of reading critical and cultural theory, particularly with respect to "meaning", "identity" and "representation". My work often seeks to engage questions around textuality, embodiment and technology. A deep love of language play occasionally leads me to James Joyce, Nabokov and Dr Seuss.

I also dig worm farms, hula hoops and kitschy fun.

Publications:
"Records that Play: The Present past in Sampling Practice."  Popular Music, Feb 28 2009.  Cambridge University Press
"Melos/Opsis/Lexis." (Keyword Glossary Article) The Chicago School of Media Theory. http://cmst.uchicago.edu/glossary2004/melosopsislexis.htm