Frid-Jimenez will address the dynamic between people and machines in distributed networks, including CLI-mate, a project in development with conceptual artist Mel Chin composed of a networked platform that aims to create an intense personal relationship between individuals and global climate change. Frid-Jimenez is an artist, technologist, and Visiting Lecturer at the MIT Visual Arts Program, Rhode Island School of Design, and Brown University. Frid-Jimenez is a graduate of the MIT Media Laboratory.