Artist Janna Ahrndt will give a School of Art Lecture on Wednesday, September 17 at 5 p.m. in 103 Julian T.  White Hall.

Janna Ahrndt is unable to focus, and her medium-agnostic art practice seems to reflect that fact, often making work utilizing creative coding, video, textiles, and altered household electronics. Born to a working-class family in Northern Indiana, their work follows themes of labor, the internet, politics, and gender. Janna received their MFA in Electronic and Time-Based Art from Purdue University in 2019 and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Maine, where they reside in a tiny house with their partner and menagerie of pets. Their latest fascination post pandemic is contemplating ways the internet and machine learning are shaping death and dying rituals and mourning culture. Janna’s research and artwork have been exhibited in spaces such as the International Symposium of Electronic Art, the Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, Melbourne, Australia, and recently at Fu:Bar Glitch Art Festival.

LSU School of Art presents DISK FULL: Christine Bruening and Janna Ahrndt at Glassell Gallery as part of its “Faculty in Conversation Series.” | COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN