Andrea Polli

Andrea Polli (www.andreapolli.com) is a digital media artist living in New York City. She is an associate professor in the Integrated Media Arts MFA Program at Hunter College/CUNY. Polli’s work addresses issues related to science and technology in contemporary society, and often brings together artists and scientists from various disciplines. She also works with city planners, environmental scientists, historians, and other experts to look at the impact of climate on the future of human life both locally and globally. During 2007/2008, she spent two months in Antarctica on a National Science Foundation Artist’s Residency where she worked alongside weather and climate scientists in the Dry Valleys, at The South Pole and other remote locations. For more information about that project, see www.90degreessouth.org.