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Author Biography
Marie Geneviève Cyr
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Marie Geneviève Cyr is an Assistant Professor of Fashion Design at Parsons School of Design.
She has an MA in Visual Culture/Fashion Theory from New York University, a BA in Design and Applied Arts from the Edinburgh College of Art and was nominated in 2009 for a Genie Award by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for “Best Costume Design” for the feature film Who is KK Downey?. Her research examines the politics of abstract desire, hyper-realistic landscape, and the notion of fantasy. Her work focuses on abstracting the notion of hyper consumerism and interrogating the relationship between visual advertisement, its materiality, and its representation in a global landscape, with a focus on Asian popular culture. As an interdisciplinary practitioner and academic, her interest lies on the investigation of experimental design processes and in understanding the current state of global design practice.
Cyr has spent extensive time in Asia, more specifically China, studying design practices. In the past few years Cyr has created and taught experimental design processes workshops for universities such as Donghua University (Shanghai), RCA (UK), China Academy of Art (Hangzhou), HEAD (Geneva), RCA (UK), and companies based in China such as SIA, SFK, and VO Art Union and the Vietnamese Art Organization’s FACE Fashion Masterclass. At Parsons School of Design, her role extends to Alumni Lead, acting as a creative satellite in support between students, industry, and alumni. Cyr engages with graduating students and alumni in NYC and Shanghai, developing opportunities such as panel discussions, studio visits, exhibitions, external partnerships, and shared promotional press packages.