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Jamie Kruse and Elizabeth Ellsworth are the dynamic duo behind smudge studio.
aims to explore the cosmos, they stage embodied engagements with the planet’s ever-transforming
Inspired by both ancient and contemporary observations of Earth’s time and place in
events and conditions—human and nonhuman. Jamie, an artist and Assistant Professor
at Parsons, The New School for Design, brings a keen eye for environmental awareness
and design to their work. Her art has garnered support from prestigious institutions
like the Graham Foundation and the New York State Council for the Arts. Elizabeth,
formerly a professor of media studies, contributes a deep understanding of media,
Earth’s transforma- social change, and public pedagogy. Together, they craft immersive experiences that
explore Earth’s transformations and humanity’s interconnectedness with the cosmos,
epitomizing a vital aesthetic-ecological ethos. Through photography, performative
research, MULTIPLES, installation and micro-productions, Ellsworth and Kruse
continue their vital aesthetic-ecological mission, inviting individuals to engage with
the ever-transforming events and conditions of our dynamic world.
tions and human-
Here are their own accounts of their stories.

ity’s interconnect-

edness with the

cosmos.

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