Rebeca Méndez (born 1962) is a scholar, artist,and designer of Mexican origin, known for her works at the boundaries between academia, art, and design.
Rebeca Méndez (born 1962) is a scholar, artist,and designer of Mexican origin, known for her works at the boundaries between academia, art, and design.
Rebeca MĂ©ndez. Photo by Michael D. Powers.
Rebeca MĂ©ndez. Photo by Michael D. Powers.
Méndez’s art practice is in photography, film, video, and installation, exploring the nature of perception and representation. She once said “boundaries are like open invitations to me.” Today she is a professor at UCLA Design Media Arts Department and an internationally-renowned multimedia artist.
Méndez’s art practice is in photography, film, video, and installation, exploring the nature of perception and representation. She once said “boundaries are like open invitations to me.” Today she is a professor at UCLA Design Media Arts Department and an internationally-renowned multimedia artist.
Grass, 2006. Public art at the University of Cincinnati Rec Center by Rebeca Méndez.
Grass, 2006. Public art at the University of Cincinnati Rec Center by Rebeca Méndez.
In 2006, Méndez was commissioned to create a public art installation on four cone-like structures at the campus of the University of Cincinnati. For several months, she photographed grass from various points of view and under different weather conditions. This allowed light and wind to create visual differences, revealing the patterns that a blade of grass produces through complex organization. Méndez considers the experience of a journey an artistic process and many of her works are based on travels to unfamiliar or extreme places like Iceland, Patagonia and the Sahara Desert. She uses video and photography to examine the cycles and systems, the forces and cross-rhythmic tensions that make natural phenomena emerge. Committed to a sustainable future, Méndez founded the UCLA CounterForce Lab, a research and fieldwork studio for art, design and environment.
In 2006, Méndez was commissioned to create a public art installation on four cone-like structures at the campus of the University of Cincinnati. For several months, she photographed grass from various points of view and under different weather conditions. This allowed light and wind to create visual differences, revealing the patterns that a blade of grass produces through complex organization. Méndez considers the experience of a journey an artistic process and many of her works are based on travels to unfamiliar or extreme places like Iceland, Patagonia and the Sahara Desert. She uses video and photography to examine the cycles and systems, the forces and cross-rhythmic tensions that make natural phenomena emerge. Committed to a sustainable future, Méndez founded the UCLA CounterForce Lab, a research and fieldwork studio for art, design and environment.
CircumSolar, Migration 2, 2013. Public art at the Pico Rivera Public Library in Los Angeles by Rebeca MĂ©ndez.
CircumSolar, Migration 2, 2013. Public art at the Pico Rivera Public Library in Los Angeles by Rebeca MĂ©ndez.
Poster for UCLA Architecture and Urban Design Lecture Series printed in a plastic trash bag, 1997. Design by Rebeca Méndez.
Poster for UCLA Architecture and Urban Design Lecture Series printed in a plastic trash bag, 1997. Design by Rebeca Méndez.