Curriculum Vitae

Education

2009 PhD Digital Art and Experimental Media, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

2000 MA Creative Technology, University of Salford, Manchester, UK

1999 MA(Hons.) Fine Art, 1st Class, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

1997 North American Exchange Program, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US

Teaching Positions

2007 - present Assistant Professor, Digital Art and Experimental Media, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

2004 Lecturer, Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

2003 Senior Lecturer, Art and Media, London South Bank University, London, UK

2000 Lecturer, Digital Art, London College of Music and Media, Thames Valley University, London, UK

Research Positions

2004 Research Associate, Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

2003 Principal Investigator, ñI, ProjectÓ, London South Bank University, London, UK

Selected Exhibitions, Commissions, Public Artworks

2009 South Lake Union Streetcar Station, commissioned by Seattle Public Art Program

2008 911 Media Center, Seattle, USA, (re)collector, real-time AI video installation

2007 The Junction, Cambridge, (re)collector, commissioned public AI video installation

2006 Lee Center for the Arts, Seattle, The Difference Engine

2005 Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, Low-Fi Commissions 04, The Difference Engine, commissioned real-time AI Internet installation

2005 Lighthouse, Poole, UK, 9PIN++, commissioned telematic AI network project

2005 New Greenham Arts, Newbury, UK, 9PIN++, commissioned telematic AI network project

2005 Living Archive, Milton Keynes, UK, 9PIN++, commissioned telematic AI network project

2005 Animation Station, Banbury, UK, 9PIN++, commissioned telematic AI network project

2005 Salisbury Arts, Salisbury, UK, 9PIN++, commissioned telematic AI network project

2005 Quay Arts, Isle of Wight, UK, 9PIN++, commissioned telematic AI network project

2004 Aspex, Portsmouth, UK, 9PIN++, commissioned telematic AI network project

2004 Artsway, Sway, UK, 9PIN++, commissioned telematic AI network project

2004 Mount Pleasant Media Workshop, Southampton, UK, 9PIN++, commissioned telematic AI network project

2004 Folly Gallery, Lancaster, UK, Virtual Storey Project, call_centre, commissioned autonomous call centre

2003 Space Studios, London, UK, Space Open, call_centre diagrams, blueprints

2003 Custard Factory, Birmingham, UK, Metapod, I, Robot (Phase Two), intelligent telerobotic installation

2003 FACT, Liverpool, UK, Bitparts Superchannel, I, Robot Channel, live telerobotic Internet TV broadcast

2002 Artsadmin, London, UK, I, Robot (Phase One), intelligent telerobotic installation

2001 Camden Arts Centre, London, UK, New Contemporaries 2001, Digital Warfare Network (Project Phase Two), networked parasitical cellular phone installation

2001 Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art / Sunderland Museum, Sunderland, UK, New Contemporaries 2001, Digital Warfare Network (Project Phase Two), networked parasitical cellular phone installation

2000 IDEA, Manchester, UK, SUCT, Digital Warfare Network (Project Phase One), networked parasitical powerline installation

1999 Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, UK, The Edinburgh Castle Tourist Event, temporally displaced tourist attraction project

1999 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK, In the Event of an Emergency, interactive installation

Publications

2006 Art, Representation and Responsibility: towards a system aesthetic in D.Sutton (ed.), The State of the Real (I. B. Tauris)

2005 A Review of Open Systems: Rethinking Art c. 1970 in Drain #5 (October 2005)

2003 Art, Computers, Systems and Parasites in E. Posey (ed.), Remote (Bloc Press, Cardiff, 2003)

Conference and Symposium Papers (Selected)

2008 ISEA, Singapore, Artist Presentation

2008 Henry Art Gallery, Artist Presentation for ‘Projections’ talk series

2006 SLSA Conference (with S. Brixey), New York, USA, “From Simulation to Emulation, New Frontiers of Telematic Art in the 21st Century”, Paper for Leonardo Panel.

2006 Hunter College, New York, USA, invited lecture.

2006 Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, invited lecture.

2006 911 Art Centre, Seattle, “Transcontinental”, Panelist

2006 College Art Association Conference (with S. Brixey), Boston, USA, “From Simulation to Emulation, New Frontiers of Telematic Art in the 21st Century”

2006 Tufts University (with S. Brixey) , Boston, USA, “The Difference Engine”, IEEE guest lecture

2005 On the Boards Theatre, Seattle, USA, “The Impact of New Technologies upon Performance”, invited lecture

2005 University of Maine, Orono “Art as Research” Telematic Symposium, invited speaker

2005 Intel Research, Seattle, USA, “System Aesthetics | Ubiquitous Absence”, lecture

2004 Dorkbot, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, USA, “Non-Corporeal Robotics”, invited presentation

2004 Machinista, Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow, UK, AI, A-Life & Artistic Practices, Panelist

2004 Machinista, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, UK, Art from the Machine: Gleams of the Inhuman, Keynote

2004 Pixelraiders 2, Sheffield Hallam University, I, Project, Paper

2004 College Art Association Conference (with C. Jeffery), Seattle, USA, "Sculptural Consciousness: Recontextualizing the System Aesthetic", Paper

2003 The State of the Real, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK, Art, Representation and Responsibility: towards a system aesthetic, Paper

2003 CHArt (Computers and the History of Art) (with C. Jeffery), Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, From Sculptural Consciousness to the Digital Sublime: Understanding the System Aesthetic, Paper

2003 People vs. Programming, Artsway, Hampshire, UK, James Coupe, Hedley Roberts and Nick Webb in conversation, Panelist

2003 New Media / Old Media, Millenium Point, Birmingham, UK, I, Robot (Phase Two), Paper

2002 ISEA (International Symposium of Electronic Art), Nagoya, Japan, I, Robot (Phase One), Paper

2002 Remote II, University of Wales, Lampeter, UK, Art, Computers, Networks and Parasites, Paper

Selected Grants, Awards and Residencies

2009 Creative Capital Grant: Emerging Fields, Surveillance Suite

2008 Artist Trust Fellowship: Cross-Disciplinary/Emerging Forms

2008 Washington State Public Art Roster

2008 4Culture Individual Artist Grant, (re)collector

2008 Paul Allen Foundation, commission for Boise Art Museum

2006 Arts Council of England, Enter_ Festival commission

2004 Low-Fi, UK, The Difference Engine, £1.5k commission

2004 Lancaster City Council, Lancaster, UK, call_centre, £1k commission

2004 Machinista Art / Artificial Intelligence Festival, Glasgow, UK, Category Supervisor: Art from the Machine

2004 London South Bank University, London, UK, 9PIN++ research grant, £1k grant

2003 Arts and Humanities Research Board, UK, Innovation Award, I, Project: Towards a System Aesthetic -- Art that is Conscious, £40k grant

2003 Southern Collaborative Arts Network, UK, 9PIN++, £6k R&D residency

2003 Resfest, Art Centre Nabi, Korea, Biometric Self-Replicating Militia, Festival Shortlist

2003 Thames Valley University, London, UK, call_centre research grant, £2k

2003 Waterman's Gallery, London, UK, Play Me, Co-Curator

2003 Thames Valley University, London, UK, I, Robot (Phase Two) research grant, £3k

2003 Commonwealth Institute, London, Curating Digital Art, symposium convenor

2002 Thames Valley University, London, UK, Wireless PDA Robot development grant, £1k

2002 Thames Valley University, London, UK, Digital Warfare Network research grant, £2k

2002 Thames Vallery University, London, UK, I, Robot (Phase One) research grant, £5k

2002 Artsadmin, London, UK, I, Robot, in-kind R&D residency / artist bursary

1999 Edinburgh College of Art, Andrew Grant Prize

Selected Bibliography

2008 “What are you F#&%ing Looking at?”, Francis DeVuono, ArtWeek, December 2008

2008 “There’s more than one way to stare down a camera”, Jen Graves, The Stranger, October 2008

2007 "Putting the Art in AlgoRiThm", Rachel Hazelwood, Aesthetica #19, October 2007

2006 "Difference Engine, extracting the metaphysics from the net", Vito Campanelli, neural.it, May 2006

2005 "The Art of the Stars", Carrie Scott, The Stranger, December 2005

2005 "Low-Fi Gets Physical at Stills", Marc Garrett, furtherfield.org, September 2005

2005 "The Triumph of the Unexpected", Samson Spanier, Financial Times, August 2005

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