Panel Statement
Chair Person: Ian Gwilt
Presenters: Dew Harrison, Martin Rieser & Suzette Worden
This panel will explore the notion that contemporary creative practice is increasingly taking place in and between analogue and digital cultures. And that by enfolding the creative processes inherent within these two environments we can generate richly informed creative outcomes that build on the qualities of both digital and material culture. This working in and between digital and analogue environments, toward the generation of creative works is the essence of what the panel will discuss as cross or variable reality creative practices. The panel will consider the potential for making within and across digital/material environments through the presentation of their own research/practice.
- Dr. Ian Gwilt is a Professor of Design at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He holds an MA in Interactive Multimedia, conferred by the University of Balears (UIB) in Spain, and the Royal College of Art (RCA) London. He has a Phd from the College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales examining the theory and practice of mixed-reality art. In the last 15 years he has shown interactive installations and digital work at a number of international new media events, galleries and exhibitions. His own practice/research is concerned with augmented reality and locative media, the graphical user interface as creative/cultural artefact, and exploring new forms and contexts for information design and post consumption visual communication.