The wondrous Gillian Reagan, social media writer extraordinaire, interviewed me for a recent article in the Observer, about "The Deep Meaning of the Facebook Vanity URL". Check it out:
Out on the town recently, at cocktail parties and gallery openings, artist An Xiao has been hearing her online name, "thatwaszen," piercing through the din.
"I'll be out and about in physical space, in public, and hear my name across the room," Ms. Xiao told The Observer. A petite, 25-year-old digital media artist and photographer with thick-framed glasses and jet-black hair, Ms. Xiao explained that some of her friends have been pointing her out to guests by her "name"—the online handle she uses on social media sites like Twitter, Flickr and Blogger.
Hi there. I'm An Xiao. I'm an artist, designer and writer An Xiao looking at the intersection of the digital and analog in the 21st century. I photograph, install, perform and tweet and have shown my work in publications and galleries internationally, including the Brooklyn Museum, Yale/Haskins Laboratories, The New York Times and Art in America. I founded and direct @Platea, a global online public art collective, and serve as a contributing columnist for PBS-affiliate Art21 and a contributing writer for the New York Foundation of the Arts and Hyperallergic.
That Was Zen, This Is Tao is my journey in haiblog -- brief, crisp prose about everything and anything that crosses my mind (which is a lot!), as I try to make some sense of the 21st century and bring a little Zen into it. In no particular order, I enjoy writing about the contemporary art world, Web 2.0 and the Internet, Zen and poetry, modern marketing, fashion and style, GTD (Getting Things Done), American politics and anything else of interest. I lead a hectic life, and I often use my iPhone to make updates in subways and parking lots. I also regularly post my most recent photography. I do hope you enjoy your stay! Below are some news updates from my web site.
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