Interview with Michael Goldberg, Tokyo 2010

I have just posted the transcript of an interview I made with Michael Goldberg in Tokyo during Oct 2010, in the writings section of my web site. Considered by many to be the “Godfather of Japanese video art”, he is also the author of The Accessible Portapack Manual, and one of the co-founders of “Video […]

Digital Aesthetic 3: Oct-Dec, 2012

Digital Aesthetic 3 is the final manifestation of The Digital Aesthetic Project (2001-2012), a collaboration between The Electronic & Digital Art Unit (EDAU) at the University of Central Lancashire and the Harris Museum, Preston. This event, which includes a three month exhibition at the Harris Museum and The PR1 Gallery begins with a two-day symposium […]

Interview with Itsuo Sakane, Tokyo, Oct 2010.

I have uploaded  the transcript of my interview with Itsuo Sakane, influential Japanese writer and commentator on art and technology. See interviews section for the text of our dialogue.

Moving my Studio

I am in the process of retiring from teaching and as part of this I have begun moving studios from my research unit (EDAU) at Uclan in Preston to Cuckoo Farm Studios in Colchester, Essex. As this is going to have to be a gradual process, I made the first trip yesterday, taking the first […]

Technarte, Bilbao, April 12-13th.

I will be participating in Technarte– an international conference on Art & Technology in Bilbao on April 12th, presenting a paper on my most recently completed site-specific installation “The Monument Project (Si Monumentum Requiris Circumspice).”

Interviews with Australian Video Artists now on-line.

Transcripts of a series of interviews I made with prominent Australian video artists during Oct 2011 have now been posted on this site. See Writings/Interviews section to see full transcripts of interviews with Warren Burt, Stephen Jones, Peter Callas, Gary Willis. John Gillies and Peter Kennedy. My interview with the pioneering Japanese film-maker and video […]

Research in Melbourne and Sydney: Oct 10th-23rd

I have just returned from two weeks in Australia, visiting Melbourne and Sydney to interview artists who began working with video in the 1970’s and 80’s. Spent time in the Faculty of Art and Design and the Dept of Theory of Art & Design at Monash University, Melbourne. Dr Elena Galimberti, researcher at the Australian […]