Francisco J. Ricardo

Dr. Francisco Ricardo is an art and culture expert, author, filmmaker, musician, and philosopher. He holds degrees from Harvard and Boston University, and for years taught in the Digital+Media Program at the Rhode Island School of Design. His work has focused on new media - the fusing of technology and different forms of art - sculpture, film, painting, etc. to create something new and not easily categorized. It has led to his latest book The Engagement Aesthetic: Experiencing New Media Art through Critique, a collection of essays on various artists and works with complex origins and forms of interaction. This and other books may be found online . Francisco founded a book series on new media and digital art, International Texts in Critical Media Aesthetics. published by Bloomsbury Academic.