Clarinda Mac Low was brought up in the avant-garde arts scene of New York City during the 1960s and ‘70s. She started out working in dance and molecular biology and now creates participatory events investigating social constructs and corporeal experience. She is also professor in design and technology and a former HIV/AIDS researcher and medical journalist. She is the Executive Director of Culture Push, an experimental organization linking artistic practice and civic engagement, and co-founder of Works on Water, a triennial of art that works on, in, and with the water.

Mac Low’s work has appeared in NYC and internationally, and includes: “Sunk Shore,” a speculative tour of the future; “ElectroSpectrum LivinVisible,” investigating spiritual and material aspects of digital technology; “Incredible Witness,” game-based investigation of the sensory origins of empathy; “Free the Orphans,” spiritual and intellectual implications of intellectual property in a digital age; “Cyborg Nation,” public conversation on the technological body and intimacy. Mac Low’s residencies include MacDowell, Yaddo, and Mount Tremper Arts. Awards include BAX Arts and Artists Award, Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant (2007) and Franklin Furnace grant, as well as numerous grants for presenting dance and performance.

Education: BA in Dance and Molecular Biology (Wesleyan University) and MFA in Digital and Interdisciplinary Arts Practice (CCNY-CUNY). 2022-2024: Embedded at Genspace, a community biology laboratory.