MELODY

Melody Mou (she/her) is a media artist and researcher working across critical ecology, computation, and experimental narrative. Her research addresses threatened ecologies in the context of social conflicts, indigenous knowledges, and the ways language reproduces ideological assumptions. Her practice draws from critical ecology and computational aesthetics, often entangling natural processes with digital systems to question anthropocentric narratives. Her goals revolve around developing innovative applications of technology and demonstrating how digital media can nurture our coexistence with non-human agencies.

Her works have been exhibited internationally at SIGGRAPH Asia, NeurIPS Art Gallery, FILE Festival, The New River, and The Wrong Biennale, among others. She received her BA in Creative Media from City University of Hong Kong and is currently pursuing an MFA in Design | Media Arts at UCLA, supported by a University Fellowship, where she also serves as a Teaching Assistant.

Experience

2024.9 - present Teaching Assistant

Design Media Arts, UCLA

2022.10 - 2024.9 Research Assistant

ACIM, School of Creative Media

2022.6 - 2022.10 Creative Technologist

Hong Kong Arts Development Council

2019.12 - 2020.6 Project Assistant (Intern)

The Collective HK

2019.2 - 2020.6 Creative Manager

TED x cityuhongkong

2019.9 - 2022.6 Graphic Designer, Photographer

City University of Hong Kong

Cross-disciplinary Experience:

Major: Creative Media ; Minor: Computing

CS1103B Media Computing

CS1102 Introduction to Computer Studies

CS2115 Computer Organization

CS2204 Fundamentals of Internet Applications Development

CS2311 Computing Programming

CS3483 Multimodal Interface Design

SM2715 Creative Coding

SM3610 Hardware Hacking

SM3603 3D Natural Interaction

SM3809 Software Art Studio

JC2002 Artists in Lab

SM3808 Special Topics in Art & Science

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