Danial Nord, Youtopia, 2011 Video, color, sound, 2:27 minutes

Danial Nord is an interdisciplinary artist who reinterprets the familiar language and trappings of mass communication. Nord’s work was most recently featured in the 2013 California-Pacific Triennial at the Orange County Museum of Art. He has exhibited in the U.S. and abroad, and has been honored with numerous awards, including an Artistic Innovation Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation and a City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship.

François R. Caron

François R. Caron, webmaster, is the founder and principal consultant of Virtua Design, a web design boutique based in Ottawa, Canada. He is a graphic designer, web developer, and teacher. You can follow him on Twitter.

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