Technology Residencies for the Arts

Resident at Site Gallery

Leila Johnston is a writer and broadcaster with a particular interest in the culture of technology. She is the author of the gamebook and iPhone app Enemy of Chaos and How To Worry Friends and Inconvenience People – which was turned into an interactive online animation series by BBC Comedy. In the last year she has been working on creative technology experiments with Made by Many, and writes regularly about hacking WIRED UK. She is the embarrassed owner of many obsolete computers.

Resident at Lighthouse 

I am an interaction designer and developer, interested in exploring the ways we interact with technology, and how in turn our technologies shape the way we live.

In my spare time I play with electronics, build digital ephemera, do martial arts and drink cider. Not always all at once.

http://ntlk.net
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Resident at Lighthouse

James Bridle is a writer, publisher and artist based in London, UK. He makes things with words, books and the internet, and writes about what he does at http://booktwo.org.

Resident at Spike Island

I’m an interface developer and wannabe MacGyver. Although I describe myself as a front-end developer, I have a background in proper programming (well, computer science at university). I’ve studied digital media at Hyper Island, with a focus on group dynamics and self-leadership, idea and concept development, brand management, and design facilitation. I’ve had my own consultancy business since 2009, which mainly does web development, apps and physical installations (electronics).
I love doing research, user testing, experimenting and prototyping. I’m curious, oddly creative, and like exploring new things. Sometimes I do weird things like catapulting myself 2000ft into the air. In August 2012 I will be participating in the longest horse race in the world, the Mongol Derby.

Resident at Spike Island

I’m a designer, researcher, artist, technologist and journalist working across disciplinary and geographic boundaries. I design and program installations, software, and web sites, mostly for museums, galleries and artists. I conduct and publish research on how people use, understand and learn with technologies ranging from mobile devices to sensor networks. My artwork bridges the digital and natural, tending toward the minimal and scientific, with motorised installations, computerised drawings and pencil sketches. And I’m a compulsive journalist, constantly interviewing, investigating, recording and writing. I hold a BA in Anthropology/Mass Communications, a Masters in Interactive Telecommunications, and PhD in Museums & Technology.