Camille Baker, MASc Interactive ArtsSMARTlab PhD Candidate

East End Film Fest, London 2008

embodied presence inmobile media performance

• received Masters in Applied Science, Interactive Arts from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, SFU, Vancouver, Canada in 2004;

• began my PhD at the SMARTlab Digital Media Institute http://www.smartlabcentre.com/, University of East London, via distance and 3x yearly seminars;

• have been teaching for over 6 years in media art + design, video and performance for SFU SIAT, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Kwantlen University College and Vancouver Film School in Vancouver, now at Brunel University.

background

still from video piece

• media interests include: new media curating performance and interactive media, conceptual installation, online communities, telematics, networked collaboration and responsive environments;

• artistically involved in media art creation/ curation/ research and instruction in video art, new media installation, performance, as well as electronic music and digital photography. online portfolio http://www.swampgirl67.net/

background

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• started The Escape Artists Society (T.E.A.S.) - a new media performance event production, non-profit society in 2005;

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slideshow from eyeteasersvideo ipod event 2005

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• worked with Dr. Susan Kozel + Thecla Schiphorst on the whisper project - a wearable technology and fashion / art research project - 3 years : 2003-2005;

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video I shot at

Siggraph 2005

• with The New Forms Festival from 2002-2004 - 3 years - became Lead Curator and Event Producer 2003 + 2004;

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slideshow from dance performance NFF 2004

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• with The New Forms Festival from 2002-2004 - 3 years - became Lead Curator and Event Producer 2003 + 2004;

slideshow from gallery exhibition NFF 2004

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background

over 14 years in independent media production + art:

• music composition and performance in alt-rock/pop bands since late 1993 : www.ultrapuss.com (current) and www.spiritualheroine.com (former long-term project);

band photos from Spiritual Heroine and ultrapuss

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over 14 years in independent media production + art:

• studied technical applied skills in New Media, Web Design and CD Rom Development Certificate Program at BC Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC, Canada, 2000-2001;

student animation piece

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over 14 years in independent media production + art:

• founder, web editor-in-chief of own online magazine (2000-2002), www.slackerbonding.com on GenX relationship and pop culture issues;

screenshot fromslackerbonding.com

offline website

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over 14 years in independent media production + art:

• produced, wrote and edited several videos and web video shorts/animation, online content, scripts and film projects

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background

over 14 years in independent media production + art:

• documentary film development, online video and animation, new media and web design;

stills from video documentaries

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over 14 years in independent media production + art:

• owned and operated conventional contemporary art gallery in Vancouver in 1998;

stills from gallery circa 1999

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• studied and performed modern dance as an undergraduate and in high school.

Camille dancing circa 1987

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liveness in mobile video participatory performance

liveness (mediated)/ virtual (real) presence (absence)experience (perception) locative mobile media / videoembodied performancevisceral / sensation intimacy / immediacy /mobilitysensor technology and the bodyperformers / audience

mobile performance media project: embodied transference / transcendence

affective mobile devices and situated embodiment

collecting mobile performance media artifacts

Stage 1 - video collection workshops : one - Vancouver

Image 3 and 4 © 2007 C. Baker - stills from participants’ videos from Vancouver workshop June 2007

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Image 5. © 2007 C. Baker workshop still Dublin July 2007

video collection workshops : two - Dublin

video collection workshops : three - Vancouver

Image 6 and 7 © 2007 C. Baker - stills from participants’ videos from Vancouver workshop August 2007

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video collection workshops : fourth - Dublin

Images© 2007 C. Baker - stills from participants’ videos from Dublin workshop October 2007

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video collection workshops : fifth - London

Images © 2008. C. Baker - stills from participants’ videos from London workshop January 2008

Giselle Beiguelman,

São Paulo, 2005

related mobile media installation work

Tina Gonsalves,

Australia, 2007

related biofeedback installation work

conclusion