Creative Technology Research Group
Formed in 2000, the Creative Technology research group emerged from a wide array of new media research activities taking place across the University. The core emphasis of this group centres on redefining and developing digital and electronic technologies and concepts for creative arts, applications and solutions that will enhance our human interaction and cultural engagement. Ranging from interactive media arts and performance to virtual environments and artificial life experiments, this research group locates itself at the forefront of its specific fields. Current research activities in the areas of telematics, telepresence, interactive arts, new media narratives, digital performance and sonic arts have secured research and development funding from sources such as The Arts Council of England, The Arts and Humanities Research Board, The Leverhulme Trust and The National Lottery Fund, supporting projects that have been disseminated through participation in international exhibitions, symposiums, theatre productions and publications - including The Ars Electronica Centre Linz, The MIT Press, Siggraph USA, The International Symposium of Electronic Arts - ISEA, The ZKM Centre for Arts and Media Karlsruhe and The InterCommunication Centre Tokyo.
The broad range of creative technology research group members ensures a high level of inquiry and debate that creates both research synergies and interdisciplinary collaboration across the university. Projects resulting from these links have included an Arts Council England funded symposium and Artist-in-Residence programme at the Salford Centre for Virtual Environments in collaboration with Prof. David Roberts, and a Leverhulme Trust funded Fellowship programme “Robotic Performance” in partnership with Prof. Darwin Caldwell from the Centre for Robotics. Further external collaborations include the Futuresonic 04/05/06 international festival of electronic media arts and membership of the D-Ring consortium of European Media Arts. The Creative Technology research group has an affiliated MA Creative Technology programme enrolling approximately 20 students per year since 1996. There are currently four PhD students enrolled, one AHRC funded student and one JISC funded research assistant.
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Full Members
- Prof. Paul Sermon - Telematic Environments - Group Leader
p.sermon@salford.ac.uk
- Mathias Fuchs - Computer Games and Sonic Architecture
m.fuchs@salford.ac.uk
- Lawrence Giles - Digital Photography
l.g.giles@salford.ac.uk
- Charlotte Gould - Interactive Narrative and Digital Design
c.e.gould@salford.ac.uk
- Mick Lockwood - Augmented 3D Sound Environments
email@micklockwood.com
- Mary Oliver - Interactive Digital Performance
m.oliver@salford.ac.uk
- Lloyd Peter - Media Performance
l.peters@salford.ac.uk
Contract Research Members
- Dr Tapio Makela - Technologies of Location
t.makela@salford.ac.uk -
Dr. Drew Hemment - Locative and Pervasive Media
AHRC Research Fellow - April 2003 to April 2006
Associate Members
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Prof. David Roberts - The Centre for Virtual Environments
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Prof. Darwin Caldwell - The Centre for Robotics
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Andrew Hamilton - The Built and Human Environment
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Paul Sermon, Professor of Creative Technology
Tel. 0161 295 6149
p.sermon@salford.ac.uk
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