Dr Camille Baker

About me

Camille Baker is lecturer for all levels in the undergraduate Broadcast Media Design course in the Digital Media stream as part of the Electronic and Computer Engineering department of the School of Engineering and Design.

Baker is an artist-performer/researcher/curator within various art forms: interactive and performance installation, music composition and performance, video art, web animation, and experience design. Her online portfolio can be found at http://www/swampgirl67.net

Baker has completed a PhD project in 2010 called MINDtouch through the SMARTlab Digital Media Institute, involving social mobile VJing in mobile performance media, receiving her PhD June 2011. Her other research interests include: media art, live cinema, performance and interactive media, responsive environments, interactive installation, telematics, media curating and networked communities.

Camille has presented at the following digital media conferences and festivals: Low Lives 3, online performance event Salt Lake City, Utah,  USA April 29, 2011;  Digital Stages Performance Festival 2011, London; DHRA Conference 2010, Brunel University, London; EVA Conference 2010 London; TEXTURES, SLSAe 6^th  Annual Conference, Riga, Latvia, 2010; ISEA 2009 Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK; Performing Presence Conference, Exeter 2009.

Research Interests

• Mobile Media/Video, Locative and Participatory Performance
• Wearables, Techno/Techno-Fashion and Sensory Experiences
• Networked and Live Cinema Performance
• Experimental Video, Non-linear and Interactive Narrative
• Interactive Art and Immersive Video Installation

Teaching

External Examiner for the revalidation of FD/BA Design for Games, FD/BA Graphic Design, and FD/BA Illustration and Print, at the Plymouth College Of Art, Plymouth, UK – administered by The Open University Validation Services (April 21-23, 2010)

School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, London, UK, Broadcast Media BSc degree course (from October 22, 2007 to present):

1. Year 3 Final Project supervision
2. Year 3 module: Advanced Motion Graphics, Lecturer/ module leader.
3. Year 2 module: Design Practice for Broadcast, Lecturer/ module leader.
4. Year 2 module: Motion Graphics, Lecturer/ module leader.
5. Year 1 module: Studio Practice for Broadcast, co-Lecturer.
6. Year 1 module: Design for Screen, co-Lecturer.

SMARTlab Digital Media Institute, University of East London UK, SMARTlab MA Digital Media Course,  (October 2008 – October 2009):

• Course Leader and developer  – the course was validated but not launched at UEL since SMARTlab moved to UCD Ireland January 2011; it is still in development there.

School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada, Undergraduate and Graduate degree program in Applied Science (2001-2007):

1. 2^nd year course Moving Images, Sessional Instructor (Spring 2005, Spring 2006 and Spring 2007).
2. 2^nd year course Cultural Icons and Popular Art, Sessional Instructor (Fall 2005).
3. 3^rd  year course Performance and Electronic Theatre, Teaching Assistant (Fall 2004).
4. 1^st year course New Media Images, Teaching Assistant (Spring 2004).
5. 1^st year course Systems of Media Representation, Sessional Instructor (Fall 2003).
6. Taught the first year History and Aesthetics of Film course at SFU as a teaching assistant in the School of Contemporary Arts (Fall 2002).
7. Course development, responsible for undergraduate and graduate courses as a Graduate Research Assistant (GLA) at the former TechBC (now School of Interactive Arts and Technology): including assisting faculty with course content development including: research, writing and editing content, creating online video and interactive learning objects. Involved in the development of courses: Production for Interactive Installation, New Media Law and Digital Services Management (2001-2002).

Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design), Vancouver, Canada (2005-2007):

1. six-week, Continuing Studies course in Web Design (200-level), as Instructor at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design for 6th time -- 3 cohorts Jan 29th-July 15th, 2006; then until November 26, 2006 (Jan 29th- August 10, 2007).
2. Taught the six-week, fourth term course New Media Design, as Instructor in the Design Essentials Certificate Program -- taught 7 cohorts (Aug 2005 – November 13th, 2006).
3. Taught the third year Korean University Exchange course Narrative and non-narrative forms, as Instructor at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Continuing Studies (Jan 10th-Feb 10th, 2006).

Kwantlen University College, Graphic Design for Marketing 4 year degree program, Richmond, BC, Canada (Sept- Dec, 2006):

• A third year course Interactive and Web Design, as Sessional Instructor

Vancouver Film School, Entertainment Management program, Vancouver, BC, Canada (2003 and 2007):

1. A seven-week Event Planning (2nd level), as Instructor (August 27th – October 10th, 2007).
2. A lecture on trends in digital video and cinema for media arts students (Spring 2003

Presentations, Exhibitions, Workshops & Performances

• April 29, 2011 Low Lives 3, online performance event Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 
• April 22-26, 2011 Digital Stages Performance Festival 2011, London.
• Sept 5-8th, 2010 Digital Resources for the Humanities and the Arts 2010 Conference, Brunel University, London, Performance of and presentation paper on completion of my PhD research, MINDtouch: embodied ephemeral transference
• July 5th, 2010 EVA Conference 2010 London, PhD panel: Presentation on my PhD research: MINDtouch, mobile performance media.
• June  15-20, 2010 TEXTURES, SLSAe 6th Annual Conference, Riga, Latvia, Presentation paper on Art as Research, and on a panel on Material Interfaces (wearable technologies).
• October 5, 2009 Guest Lecturer, Trinity College Leeds, Leeds, UK. Presentation on my PhD research.
• August 25-31, 2009 ISEA, International Symposium of Electronic Arts 2009, University of Ulster, Belfast, UK. Speaker and Panelist: on my PhD research and Wearable Technology.
• May 20, 2009 Guest Lecturer, Sensory Extensions, School of Art Design & Media, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth. Research panel presentations on ways to cohere and facilitate sensory exploration, innovative, striving to be multi-modal, but knowingly embodied. Presentation on my PhD research.
• March 26-28 2009 Performing Presence Conference, MINDtouch: embodied ephemeral transference -(biosensor-mobile media performance practices, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
• November 16 2008 MobileFest, MINDtouch BBC Project: Ephemeral Transference Performance, MIS (Museum of Image and Sound), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
• November 27 2008 Man and Machine Series, Dana Centre, Science Museum MINDtouch BBC Project: Ephemeral Transference and Wearable Devices Demo Presentation, Kinetica, London Science Museum's, London, UK
• May 8, 2008, Thursday Club talks Goldsmiths Computational Technologies and Digital Studios, Goldsmiths GRADUATE SCHOOL, University of London, London, England.
• April 5, 2008, FilMobile Conference and Exhibition:  Embodied Presence in Mobile Media Performance, University of Westminster, London, England.
• December 6, 2007, MobileFest London: Mobile Video VJ Performance, University of Westminster, London, England.
• July 19, 2007, Cultural Studies NOW Conference: MINDtouch BBC Project: embodiment and users interfaces, University East London, England.
• July 10, 2007, KnowledgeLondon Summer Party and Exhibition: MINDtouch BBC Project: Embodiment Theory & User Interfaces, University of Westminster, London, England.
• July 5, 2007, Teaching and Learning Conference: MINDtouch BBC Project: embodiment and users interfaces, University East London, England.
• September 20, 2006, The New Forms Festival 2006: TRANSFORMATIONS, ArtCamp: the World's First un-Conference on Art,  “performance and new media: what is liveness or presence in the network?”, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• November 26, 2004, Planetary Collegium’s Consciousness Reframed 2004: Qi and Complexity Conference, “Telepathy Through Biosensor Media Stimulation”, Beijing, China.
• March 24, 2004, SFU SIAT -Thesis Defense – “Internal Networks: Telepathy Meets Technology in the Dream Pod”, Simon Fraser University, Surrey Campus, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
• May 2003, Vancouver Film School, 3hr presentation on “New Directions in Digital Cinema” for two film and multimedia production classes, Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Grants/Awards (Grants/Fellowships, Awards/Honors, etc.)

• 2002 SXSW 2002 Interactive Award Finalist - Tales of Slacker Bonding – online magazine: www.slackerbonding.com - Creator/ Editor-in-chief
• 2002 TechBC Award for Academic Excellence, based upon the academic year 2001-2002
• 2002 TechBC Award for University Service Scholarship, based upon the academic year 2001- 2002.
• 2001 Minerva Foundation Award for Women in Graduate Studies for the 2001-2002 school year.

Video Projects

• Abstractions – 2005 – experimental video – draft/ in-progress
• Reflections – 2005 – experimental video – draft/ in-progress
• NFF 2004 Video Documentary + DVD – producer, production coordinator,
• Dream Pod Intro –2004 – mini-documentary on my research
• exhale - garments: whispers project 2005 – research documentation
• NFF 2003 DVD - producer, graphics production
• heart[h] dancers: whispers project 2004 – research documentation
• between bodies: whispers project 2004 – research documentation
• whisper phase1: whispers project 2003 – research presentation
• Mourning #2 2003 – videopoem version 2 dedicated to my mother
• Media Development 2001 – excerpt from staff documentary on TechBC online course development
• Learners 2001 – excerpt from staff documentary on TechBC online course development
• Mourning #1 2001 – videopoem version 1 - dedicated to my mother
• X-Spot 2000-2001 – web-based video talkshow on Gen-X Relationship issues
• Adventures in Bonding 2001 – animated mini-movie series
• Millennial Love Project 1999 - mini-documentary; “pilot” for longer project never completed for Saskatchewan TV
• The Story of Illuminaries 1998 - mini-documentary on the annual Lantern Festival
• Barbie’s Bulimia 1997 – faux PSA for fictitious non-profit health org
• Music Waste 1997 – docu-mercial on the history of the alternative Vancouver music festival
• Woman-centred Erotica versus Pornography 1994 – exploring the difference between the two types of visual representation of women – student project
• Flowers for Her 1993 – visual homage to my mother using various filters to express emotions - student project

Arts Management, Research and Organizational Experience

Executive Co-Director/Curator, The Escape Artists Society performance media event, responsible for curation, exhibition and event production, executive director duties, April 2005 – Dec 2008) including:

• developing the vision, mission and mandate, society development, writing grants;
• recruiting staff and volunteers;
• programming, developing artist calls and selection process;
• working with board members, calling and chairing meetings;
• working with technicians, guiding web design, art direction, marketing and sponsorship;
• research on new media art, digital installation and performance,
• arts funding and administration for the organisation.

Event Producer/ Coordinator, City of Surrey, Surrey Art Centre, TechLAB, REMIXX talkback: Youth and Digital Media Performance Event, (Sept 9- Nov 17, 2005) event production involving:

• recruiting performers, developing artist calls and selection;
• working with technicians, gallery staff and curator;
• assisting Technical Production planning and event set up;
• assisting Art Direction and Marketing.

Researcher on the wearable art installation performance project whispers/ between bodies/heart[h] (Spring 2003 – Fall 2005) at whisper.iat.sfu.ca and whisper: between bodies project (January - April 2004) with Prof. Thecla Schiphorst and Dr. Susan Kozel,

responsible for:

• video editing, exhibition setup, website development;
• research workshop organization and data collection;
• assisting with presentations for conferences and festivals,
• prototype garment construction assistance, and wearable design assistance;
• biosensor testing and development, data analysis.

Curator/Event Producer, New Forms Festival www.newformsfestival.com (Fall 2002 to Fall 2004), responsible for curation, exhibition and large-scale event production, involving:

• developing the vision, mission and mandate, society development;
• writing grants, recruiting curators, programming;
• developing artist calls and selection process, working with curators;
• guiding and working with production manager;
• guiding and working with the Conference Convenor;
• assisting Technical Production planning, Art Direction and Marketing, Sponsorship.

Conference Assistant, TransNet: Transdiscplinary Networks for Performance and Technology, www.sfu.ca/transnet responsible for assisting the Conference Director with planning and daily organization, volunteer management and Web Mistress (June 16th-18th, 2005).

Research Assistant responsible for setting up research wiki as well as editing and assisting Dr. Kozel with the writing of her book (Spring 2003 and reviewing in 2006).

Research Assistant for coLab prototype research project that focused on the cultural, academic, corporate and technical aspects of online communities, and collaborative, as well as open source web tools for various like-minded work groups (Summer 2002).

Responsible for writing, editing content web architecture and navigation and overall site design of numerous commercial, art and educational websites (2000-2004).

Editor-in-Chief/Creator of online magazine, involving hiring, training, managing, volunteer staff (2000-2002).

Responsible for hiring, supervision, training and evaluation of staff and volunteers, as well as the development of mentorship, work experience, recruitment, job placements and internship opportunities (1994–2000).

Responsible for coordination of the “start up” of large-scale resource center, including: resources, research and purchasing, and ongoing marketing (1999-2000).

Responsible for on-going liaisons with government officials, regular report writing, file maintenance, and statistical tabulation, as well as other administration related to each project (1994–2000).

Responsible for event planning and coordination involving prominent speakers and dignitaries, including organizing accommodations, flights, itineraries, presentations and media relations (1993 and 2003).

Publications

Journal Papers

(2012) Baker, C., Instilling Creativity in Broadcast Media Students: Creative Processes: Applied Video Aesthetics (In preparation), International Journal of Learning and Media 3 (2) : 13072

(2011) Baker, C., Methodologies for Mobile Media Performance, Acoustic Space: ART AS RESEARCH 9 131- 144

(2011) Baker, C., ‘MINDtouch’ – embodied ephemeral transference: Mobile media performance research, The International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 7 (1) : 97- 116

(2009) Baker, C., Schleser, M. and Molga, K., Aesthetics of mobile media art, International Journal of Media Practice 10 (2) : 101- 122 Download publication

(2008) Baker, C., 'Liveness' and 'presence' in bio-networked mobile performance practices: emerging perspectives, International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 4 (2) : 117- 136 Download publication

Conference Papers

(2012) Baker, C., Raskob, E., French, F. and Rothwell, N., The Life Project, The Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA), BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 2012

(2012) Baker, C., Tactile Video Love Letters: finding new modalities for non-verbal communication, (ISEA)2011 International Symposium of Electronic Arts, LEA - Leonardo Almanac Online Journal

(2010) Baker, C., MINDtouch: embodied ephemeral transference, DRHA 2010 Conference: Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts

(2009) Baker, C., MindTouch: ephemeral transferance - mobile participatory performance, 15th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2009)

(2009) Baker, C., MindTouch: SMARTfashion developments, 15th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2009)