Claire L. Evans

Claire L. Evans is an Adjunct Instructor in the Media Design Practices program at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, where she advises students while maintaining an active creative practice spanning writing, music, and digital culture exploration.

Her research interests focus on the intersection of biology, technology, and culture, with particular emphasis on computing history, artificial intelligence, ecological systems, and digital consciousness. Evans approaches these topics through both scholarly and creative lenses, examining how biological principles inform computational systems and vice versa, while exploring the philosophical implications of emerging technologies.

Her recent publications reveal trends across digital culture, biocomputing, and AI ethics, with increasing focus on the relationship between organic and artificial intelligence systems. These works demonstrate her interdisciplinary approach that bridges scientific inquiry with cultural criticism.

• Grammy nomination as singer of YACHT
• 2024 MacDowell Calderwood Fellow for Journalism
• ASME Award nomination for profile of Susy Thunder

Evans advises students in the Media Design Practices program at Art Center College of Design and has presented at major institutions including the Hirshhorn Museum, Walker Art Center, TEDx, Google I/O, and the Neural Information Processing Systems conference. Her work spans multiple creative domains including the video game Blippo+, the documentary The Computer Accent, and the Wild Information newsletter exploring ecology, computing, and consciousness. She co-founded Terraform, a speculative fiction incubator, and serves as an advisor to emerging creators working at the intersection of art and technology.