Techspressionist Interviews are self-produced videos of artists interviewing other artists in the spirit of Warhol’s Interview Magazine. Many thanks to artist Roz Dimon developing the Interview Series initiative and drafting the format. These videos are also published to the Techspressionism YouTube Channel.
Latest Interview // Carla Gannis
September 21, 2026 interviewed by Colin Goldberg
Video Description
Carla Gannis is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the uncanny intersections of our physical and digital lives. Through mixed reality, installation, and multimodal media, she examines identity, power, and marginalization, drawing on history, contemporary culture, absurdity, and humor.
Gannis is an Industry Professor at NYU Tandon and holds an MFA from Boston University. Her work has been exhibited internationally, with recent projects at the Hunter Museum of American Art, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami, and Ryan Lee Gallery. Her work has also been featured in The New York Times, ARTnews, El País, and the Los Angeles Times.
Learn more about this artist at https://carlagannis.com/
Synopsis
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In Interview 30, Colin Goldberg talks with Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Carla Gannis, whose work explores the "uncanny intersections" of physical and digital life. She traces her path from a small town in North Carolina▶ 1:46, where her father took her to the state art museum, through painting studies at UNC Greensboro and Boston▶ 3:35, and the 1990s decision to commit to digital media▶ 6:48. She shares work that samples art history, including The Garden of Emoji Delights▶ 11:43, a mash-up of Bosch and emoji that became a giant print, an animation, 3D prints and AR, and a peepbox project▶ 16:42 built on Hoogstraten's illusions. She also discusses her early experiments with AI▶ 18:46, the difference between the GAN models of the 2010s and today's diffusion tools▶ 30:59, and her alter ego Jezebel Lanley▶ 32:17. The talk turns to her summer residency at the Digital Stone Project in Italy▶ 40:57, where a robot and her own hands carved marble, and to new assemblage work made from obsolete headsets▶ 51:33 that considers e-waste, extraction and obsolescence. It closes with what Techspressionism means to her▶ 1:00:47.
This summary was written with AI assistance from the recording’s transcript and reviewed by the archive’s editor. The timestamps link to the moments discussed. Please check details against the video.
Participants (2)
- Carla Gannis Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Colin Goldberg USA
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Cite this session
Carla Gannis, interviewed by Colin Goldberg, Techspressionist Artist Interview Series #30, recorded September 21, 2026. Techspressionism Video Archive. [DOI pending Zenodo deposit]
