User:Tonaaj

Antoine A. Jaoude
привет мир == hello world in Russian.

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About me
Antoine is from Beirut, Lebanon, currently living in Washington D.C.. Antoine holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Media Arts from the Lebanese American University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Digital Arts and New Media from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is Currently an MA candidate in Communication Culture & Technology at Georgetown University. Antoine worked in commercial media and advertising as an art director from 2004 till 2007, then he went on to become a teaching assistant at the University of California, Santa Cruz from 2008 till 2010. Throughout every term, he taught two upper division sections in the Film & Critical Studies department, with up to 25 students in each. In addition, he graded exams, designed exams questions and wrote detailed and concise evaluations to all the students.Antoine currently holds a visual design position in the department of Communication Culture and Technology at Georgetown University. Antoine’s research interest lies at the intersection of politics and new media, in addition to art in the informational societies. Antoine’s skills encompass print and online graphic design, photography, web and software based computer programming, Javascript, PHP, CMS (Content Management System) HTMl, Processing.

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Cultural Background
Growing up between France and Lebanon in the East, and receiving my education from a French Jesuit school, I was heavily influenced by the pop culture-infused 80’s. I spent my childhood listening to the radio and watching television, switching back and forth between Arabic songs on the national radio and 80’s French hits. This exposure to both Eastern and Western cultures developed within me a slightly bipolar approach to art making that rests somewhere between two cultures. This plethora of cultural exposure created a hybrid ground that lends itself to an unorthodox, critical and self-reflective approach to life. For this reason, I fuse this approach to life into my academic work, photography and arts.