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Dr Martn Jolly (Head of Workshop)Martyn Jolly
Dr Martyn Jolly is an artist and a writer. He has previously been Head of Photomedia at the Australian National University School of Art. His book Faces of the Living Dead: The Belief in Spirit Photography was published in the UK, US and Australia last year. He completed his PhD on fake photographs and photographic affect at the University of Sydney in 2003. Recently he has written on the photographic archive and issues surrounding public space, privacy and new technology, as well as continuing to write frequent reviews and essays on contemporary culture. As an artist he works with archival photographs. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, and his work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria and the National Gallery of Australia. He was one of three artists commissioned to design and build the ACT Bushfire Memorial opened on January 18, 2007. His most recent exhibition was Social Capital at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space. He is currently a member of the ACT Cultural Council and Chair of its Visual Arts Committee.

 

 

Dr Denise Ferris, Photography LecturerDenise Ferris
Denise Ferris is an artist who has lectured in Photography at the School of Art since 1987. In 2007 Ferris completed a doctorate in Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her exegesis Spoilt Milk: Photography, Recollection and Constructing A Maternal investigated maternal representations articulated by her milk prints, innovative depictions of the maternal's ambivalence and contradictions. The thesis also examined the issues surrounding a 'maternal genealogy', the lineage of mothers in fine art photographing their children and the issues surrounding consumption of these photographs, made for both private recollection and for viewing in public.

Ferris has consistently worked with new processes as well as 'street photography', exhibiting the inkjet series weather report in 2006. Ferris' photographs are in Australian public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Library of Australia and Canberra Museum and Gallery as well as international collections including the District Six Museum, Cape Town and Nara City, Japan

 

 

Dr Alistair Riddell, Sound Art Convenoralistair Riddel
Alistair Riddell (b. 1955. Melbourne, Australia) studied Music and Computer Science at La Trobe University in Australia and holds a PhD in composition from Princeton University in the USA where he studied with Paul Lansky and Jim Randall. He was also a postdoctoral fellow at La Trobe University (1995-96) and President of the Australasian Computer Music Association (1994-96).

Riddell has been involved in a wide range of computer music projects since 1982, written numerous articles and contributed to various books on music Contemporary Australian Composers (1988), Experimental Music: audio explorations in Australia (2008) and is currently working on a kinetic art project involving sound, light and motion due for exhibition in February 2009.

 

 

Lucien Leon, Animation ConvenorLucien Leon
Lucien developed his passion for 3D animation during a study trip to Rome in 2000, where he studied Maya at the European Institute of Design. Upon his return to Canberra, he completed a Diploma of Screen (Animation) at the Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE), Canberra. He was employed as a teacher at AIE for the next three years; during this time he also engaged in freelance work and produced a number of 3D animated television commercials. Inspired by the School of Art philosophy of creating art through digital media, Lucien joined the Photography and Media Arts team in 2004.

Lucien brings to the Department experience from his previous careers as an industrial and graphic designer and teacher of secondary school Art, Design and Technology. He is committed to inspiring his students to become practicing digital artists and researchers. Lucien is currently undertaking a Masters degree, with his research focusing on the production and dissemination of 3D animated political works.

 

 

Paul Kirwan, Video ConvenorPaul Kirwan
An alumnus of the former ANU Centre for New Media Arts, Paul Kirwan has spent the past ten years working at the highest levels of the visual effects industry, helping make such films as Titanic, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He has worked with such directors as Peter Jackson, James Cameron and Australian legends George Miller and Peter Weir. After stints at Animal Logic, Weta Digital and Industrial Light + Magic, he has recently helped complete Michael Bay's Transformers as Compositing Supervisor at Digital Domain in Venice, California.

Originally from Canberra, Paul completed his Bachelors degree in Computer Science at the ANU before obtaining a Master of Arts in Electronic Arts from CNMA (then known as the Australian Centre for the Arts and Technology). He has recently returned to Canberra to lecture in Digital Video in the Photography and Media Arts Workshop.

 

 

Christopher Fulham, Internet Art ConvenorChristopher Fullham
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Multimedia Arts, Middlesex University

Christopher began working as an Associate Lecturer at the Centre for New Media Arts (CNMA) at the Australian National University, Canberra in 2004. He is now responsible for the Photography and Media Art Departments Internet Art Program. Christopher has extensive professional experience in the specialist areas of animation, video, computer music and interactive media and has expertise in the relevant software for all these areas.

Christopher's media works use video and photography to challenge the viewer's perception of the everyday. He brings an intense observation to the ordinary moment and aims to achieve a sense of intimacy and detail that encourages closer viewer scrutiny. Through his work he is inviting the viewer to observe the ordinary in new ways.

For more information about the artist please visit his website at http://www.christopherfulham.com

 

 

 

Peter Fitzpatrick, Photography LecturerPeter Fitzpatrick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ché Baker, Video LecturerChe Baker
Over the last ten years, Ché has gained extensive industry and educational experience, working and teaching in the film, television and computer industries. He has produced TV commercials, Music Videos, Corporate Videos and DVDs. Ché works as a freelance director and editor and specialises in Digital Video Technologies - he is one of Australia's leading experts on Digital Video Applications on the Mac Platform and has worked on such projects as: Dawson's Creek, Australia's Funniest Home Videos and a host of documentaries and feature films.
Ché also writes magazine articles and reviews, consults to industry production companies on workflow and trouble shooting issues and runs seminars and workshops.

 

 

 

Tim Brook

Dr Tim Brook, Visiting Fellow
Tim makes slide-tape works. For one piece, he worked with a Reggae band; for another, he worked with a Nigerian Rastafarian and four drummers. Usually he works alone or in collaboration with the composer Arne Hanna or with the visual artist Ruth Hingston. He's been making audio-visual works for thirty years, collaborating with composers, performers, theatrical directors and visual artists.

Tim enjoys the excitement and the risks of collaboration. He appreciates the depth and richness that collaboration can bring to a work-'there's always something unexpected'-but he also admits to 'one or two disasters'.

http://hingstonbrook.com/a-v/