Ze Frank

Blogster, digerati cynic, social media critic, performance artist

“Acceleration Anxiety: Stories from a Worm's Eye View in the Digital Landscape”

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 · 7:00 p.m. · Ingle Auditorium (SAU bldg)

About

Online performance artist, humorist, blogster, digerati cynic and social media critic, Ze Frank has been entertaining thousands with popular commentary, cartoons, games and videos including his production, 'the show with ze frank,' March 17, 2006 through March 17, 2007, creating bite-sized segments of imaginative skit-based and improv-based videos and redefining 'authorship' through interactive experiences. Project archives include imaginative toys, cultural commentary and games such as creation of an earth sandwich, the League of Awesomeness dressing up their vacuum cleaners, and a showdown for the ugliest MySpace page. Ze Frank performed at the 2004 TED Conference in Monterey, California. Zefrank.com was included in Time Magazine's Top 50 Coolest Websites 2005, and 'the show with zefrank' in Time's Top 10 Podcasts and the I.D. Magazine 40.

Also held a student seminar (by invitation), 'Outing the Audience? The Changing Networked World,' 4:15 p.m., same day, CLA Commons (06-1251). No separate Talk Description/Biography headers on page.