Margaret Morse was an emerita professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz who taught film and video.[1] She was also a well-versed author known for her critical analysis of both United States and European media artists. She had a propensity for closed-circuit video installations.[2] Much of her work and career revolved around subjects in experimental film, video art, interactive Media and written works looking into our interaction with modern media and digital machines.
Margaret Morse served in a chair position at ISEA2006 Symposium + ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge,[3] and gave a keynote presentation in which she presented a general overview of how the "umbrella term" of new media or digital art can no longer be applied to many emerging forms of artwork.[4]