Rebecca Cannon
"Mez is not only one of the world's most knowledgeable experts on contemporary digital culture, she's also one of its most inspiring innovators."
Will Hansen
"Mez Breeze's work has been important in the fields of electronic literature and Internet art. Access to the documentation of how these works were created will be important for future generations."
Micha Cárdenas
"Mez Breeze accomplished what many new media artists strive for: to not just create a work of art, but a new genre of art."
James Morgan
"Mez Breeze is a smart, witty, creative individual with an incredible depth of knowledge and experience in game spaces and augmented realities."
Peter Ciccariello
"Mez Breeze is one of the most innovative artists working in new media. Her expertise and technical knowledge is unsurpassed in the field."
Linda Carroli
"Mez knows no bounds as she skims the confluence of virtuality, technology and textuality."
Jeremy Hight
"Mez is both a brilliant polymath and an incredibly nice person who is a joy to work with."
Mark Marino
"I've never encountered anyone with the unique joy and delight in language as Mez."
Australian Writers' Guild
"Mez Breeze is a fantastic independent games developer and writer known for her intense and subversive games and digital art."
Kane Faucher
"Blurring the distinctions between the alleged virtual and real, Mez is a chiasm-force in both milieus."
Louis Lapprend
"Mez is a joy to work with."
Canberra Noted Writers' Festival
"Digital games writer Mez Breeze has been cracking open online writing formulas for 20 years. We'll just try to keep up."
Rob Wittig
"Mez Breeze is simply the most amazingly talented writer!"
Mez Breeze is an Australian artist renowned for their award-winning work in electronic literature, digital art, and experimental storytelling. A pioneering force in the net.art movement since the 1990s, Breeze has been at the forefront of integrating technology with narrative forms, creating works that challenge traditional storytelling methods. One of their notable contributions is the development of mezangelle, a hybrid language that blends elements of programming code with poetic expression.
Throughout their career, Breeze has been involved in the creation of many types of digital media, including Virtual Reality (VR) experiences, games, and interactive fiction. Their work often addresses the complexities of political and societal frameworks, the climate emergency, institutionalised power dynamics, and the fundamental importance of empathy and pedagogy. Notable projects include the time-bending game 2017 "All the Delicate Duplicates", the 2018 VR adventure "Perpetual Nomads", and the 2022 AI book "Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories".
In 2019, Breeze received the Marjorie C. Luesebrink Career Achievement Award, honouring their visionary work in electronic literature. The same year, their VR Microstory Series "V[R]ignettes" won the Queensland University of Technology's Digital Literature Award, then the "…world's richest digital literacy prize". In 2024, "_Prog[W]res[tle]_" was shortlisted for the Woollahra Digital Literary Award in the Digital Innovation category: this work offers a code-poetic perspective on pressing global issues [including the USA post-election crisis].
Breeze wears multiple hats as an educator, mentor, juror, and archivist to actively support the development and preservation of digital projects. They collaborate extensively and continue to influence the field through their exploration of synthetic environments and interactive projects. Their works are featured in collections worldwide, including The World Bank, Cornell's Rose Goldsen Archive, and the National Library of Australia. To explore Breeze's projects, please visit patreon.com/mezbreeze and mezbreeze.itch.io.
