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Research in the Interdisciplinary Arts

Season 4
Episode #4
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University of New Mexico Honors College assistant professor Johannes Barfield joins It’s (Probably) Not Rocket Science to discuss his Soft Crash exhibition currently on display in Philadelphia, how research is part of his artistic process and his road to both art and UNM.

About Our Guest(s)

Johannes Barfield

Johannes Barfield is an American sample-based visual artist who works in installation, video, photography, XR (extended reality), collage, and sound. His work explores childhood memories, joy, appropriation as a means for survival, the repatriation of artifacts, objecthood, extinction, and the music played at family cookouts. Johannes resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He received an MFA in Photography and Film from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia. Also, he has received multiple awards, fellowships, and residencies, including the Mint Museum Atrium Health “Best in Show” award, Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship award, Black Public Media Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts residency, Merriweather District AIR residency, Fine Arts Work Center Visual Artist Fellowship, Lighthouse Works Fellowship, ACRE residency, MASS MoCA residency, VCU “10 Under 10” award, and 2022 Shortlist for Creative Capital award.

Hosted by UCAM's Cameron Goeldner

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Cameron Goeldner is a senior public relations specialist on The University of New Mexico’s Communication and Marketing Team (UCAM). In addition to his work producing It’s (Probably) Not Rocket Science, he also produces stories, photos and videos for the UNM Newsroom.

Goeldner, who attended UNM, won multiple New Mexico Press Association Awards while at the Valencia County News-Bulletin before a stint designing newspapers, including the Denver Post, for MediaNews Group. As the newest member of the UCAM team, Goeldner is excited to help spread the word about the incredible research happening at The University of New Mexico.