I am a researcher and practitioner currently interested in environment, chemistry, and materialism of audiovisual media in the archive, from hand-processed film to the storage of digital media on DNA. Currently I am working as a Media Archivist for artist Jenny Holzer at her studio. I completed my Master's at NYU's Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program in 2021, with my thesis on DNA-based data storage. Previously, I've made short videos, worked with code, programmed films at cinemas, sold books, knitted tube tops, and cooked in kitchens.
yasmine benabdallah (filmmaker) ♥
claire fox (archivist) ♥
dressler parsons (pastry historian) ♥
georgica pettus (artist) ♥
kate telfeyan (chef) ♥
human trash dump/april vendetta (repository)♥
teen dream stream/shaianne hughes (film program) ♥
email: mcmendell [at] gmail [dot] com
alternate: madeleine [at] jennyholzer [dot] com
This website was designed by Madeleine Mendell. The Etherpad is hosted by Riseup. The fonts used are Andale Mono and rainyhearts.
All photographs are owned by Madeleine Mendell unless otherwise noted. Frame image from vhv.
Last updated: 25 February 2022.
Based in Queens, NY.