| Contactss Avantika Bawa is a visual artist and curator, based in Atlanta, Georgia where she teaches at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She has an M.F.A. in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a B.F.A. in the same from the MS University of Baroda, India. Her site-specific works explore the nuances of architecture and the oddities of space through the language of minimalism. Celina Jeffery is an art historian, with a broad interest in cross-cultural interactions, new media and curatorial practice, with a Ph.D. in art history and theory from the University of Essex. She co-edited Global and Local Art Histories with Gregory Minissale, published by CSP Press in 2007. Gregory Minissale uses art historical methodology new to the field of Indian and Islamic art, he studied Persian and Mughal Indian painting as part of his doctoral thesis at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 2000. He has published a number of articles related to this doctoral research and is currently completing a book which adopts various critical theories in order to provide fresh perspectives on the visual language of Mughal culture. Adrian Parr is Visiting Associate Professor in the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati. She is the author of Deleuze and Memorial Culture (Edinburgh University Press, 2008), Exploring the Work of Leonardo da Vinci Within the Context of Contemporary Philosophical Thought and Art (Edwin Mellen, 2003) and Sustainability Culture: Capitalism, Militarism and the Struggle for Collective Life (forthcoming). She is the editor of The Deleuze Dictionary (Columbia University Press, 2005) and co-editor with Ian Buchanan of Deleuze and The Contemporary World (Edinburgh University Press, 2006). Eleanor Luken is a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati pursuing an M.S. Arch in architectural history and theory. She holds a B.A. in fine arts and political science from the University of Louisville. The Drain staff welcomed her as an intern in January 2008. Michael Zaretsky, Architect, LEED AP is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Cincinnati School of Architecture and Interior Design and a Sustainable Design Consultant. He teaches Architecture Design Studio as well as Environmental Technology and other courses related to Sustainable Design. His practice, research and teaching revolves around the application of ecological and environmental principles within the design process. His research addresses the relationship between the universalization of design and the inherent necessity for specificity in a sustainable design process Adam Aylard is a visual artist based in Toronto, Canada. He published the graphic novel Chomps which is being serialized online at adam.aylard.ca . He is currently working on his next graphic novel.
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