John Hopkins
United States of America
March 2007

As an active networker-builder with a background in engineering, hard science, and the arts, John Hopkins practices a nomadic form of performative art and teaching that spans many countries and situations. He has taught workshops in more than 20 countries and 50 institutions across Europe and North America. Recent streaming performance nodes include Berlin, New York, Sydney, Helsinki, Riga, Amsterdam, Strasbourg, Santa Barbara, Winnipeg, San Francisco, and, of course, online. He studied film with renown experimental film-maker Stan Brakhage in the late 1980’s. He was recently artist-in-residence at the Sibelius Academy’s Center for Music and Technology in Helsinki, Finland.

During his residency at Pixelache, John developed the Neoscenes workshop, exploring network media, organised in collaboration with MUU gallery.