Bryce Heesacker is an Assistant Professor of Art and Digital Media in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Mississippi.
Research Interests
Bryce's areas of expertise include contemporary art, installation art, audiovisual media, interactive art, art and technology, philosophy, epistemology, and systems theory/cybernetics.
Biography
Bryce Heesacker, who works as an artist under the moniker F. C. Zuke, creates audiovisual and interactive artworks that investigate how beliefs are acquired, transmitted, and performed in society. Their latest installation, animation, and video projects examine influential historical texts, American talk radio, human-canine relationships, intelligence tests, and other systems of belief and power. In addition to their individual practice, Bryce has collaborated with filmmakers, choreographers, musicians, scholars, and other artists to produce video works, performances, and short films. They teach courses that explore video, sound, digital imaging, installation, performance, creative coding, and interactive media.
Their works have been exhibited, performed, and screened nationally and internationally, including at the Museum of Contemporary Sculpture (Matera, Italy), SKC Gallery (Rijeka, Croatia), College Art Association Annual Conference (Chicago), Experimental Music Studios (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Jan Hus Church (New York City), Culture Centre Saldutiskis (Lithuania), the Hokin Gallery (Chicago), Screen Power Festival (London), Kimball Recital Hall (Lincoln, Nebraska), Art and Design Gallery (Lawrence, Kansas), Cinema dei Piccoli (Rome, Italy), Tagore Hall (Bangalore, India), the Wexford Arts Center (Leinster, Ireland), and other venues for art, music, and the moving image.
Education
MFA Art, University of Kansas (2020)
BM Music, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2016)