Principals
Tim Collins, PhD
Environmental Artist and Researcher
Formerly Professor of Art, Society and Environment at University of Wolverhampton
Tim Collins is an artist interested in the relationships between art, people, environment and planning. He has worked with scientists, planners and attorneys as he experiments with ideas of creative democratic discourse and freedom/emancipation in relationship to people, places and things - through art practice.
Collins’ research is in the areas of art and aesthetics; the focal point is the everyday as understood in the context of environmental change. The fundamental question underpinning the work is how does (how can) art reframe nature/culture perception and value?;
timothymartincollins@gmail.com
Reiko Goto
Environmental Artist
PhD Candidate
Robert Gordon University
Reiko Goto was born and raised in Tokyo Japan. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Tokyo Womens College of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts degree from San Francisco Art Institute. Her subjects of inquiry are living things and natural environments pursued within a context of inter-species empathy.
r.goto-collins@rgu.ac.uk
Collaborators
Professor Trevor Hocking
Plant Physiologist
University of Wolverhampton
Trevor’s first degree was in Agricultural Science at the University of Nottingham, followed by a PhD in Plant Physiology at Glasgow University, working on the mode of action of the plant hormone abscisic acid. On joining the University of Wolverhampton, his subject interests broadened to include many aspects of plant and crop science, including agricultural biotechnology. His fundamental research is on the responses of plants to environmental change and the improvement of productivity in crop plants.
Find out more at University of Wolverhampton
Professor Anne Douglas
Artist
Robert Gordon University
"My artistic practice has undergone a transition from 'maker of objects', artistic practice as an individually authored activity, to 'maker of enabling conditions' through the development of focused art projects/art discourse from a research base. Formal research offers an important framwork for sharing explicit, radical questions on the value of art with different individuals from the arts as well as other disciplines and sectors of society.
I am particularly interested in developing critical approaches to art that draw a creative relationship between the artist, specific place and culture, where that culture is experiencing radical social and economic change."
Find out more at Gray's School of Art, Robert Gordon University
Carola Boehm
Computer Scientist/ Musicologist
Manchester Metropolitan University
"My research areas include music technology education, methodologies for designing music systems, performance research and the interplay of interdisciplinarity, creativity and technology in education. I hold degrees in musicology, computer science and electrical engineering, amd one of the Co-founders of N-ISM, Network for Interdisciplinary studies of Science, Technology and Music. From 1997 - 2007 I was the Lecturer in Music Technology at the University of Glasgow and since 2000 the Co-director of the (Research) Centre of Music Technology. I am a member of the International Computer Music Association. Associate Editor of the Intellect Journal for Music, Technology and Education."
Matthew Dalgleish
Artist, musician
PhD Candidate
University of Wolverhampton
Bio forthcoming
Michael Baldock
Artist, Musician
Michael is a composer, musician, and software engineer living in Edinburgh. From 2009, he has been one half of the band TapeJar, an electroacoustic duo with Georgia Rodgers playing percussion and Michael creating sounds from a range of acoustic sources. In October Michael coordinated a room of interactive installations at the arts festival Hidden Door, (photo) the room had a range of interactive devices for affecting sound and light. Michael's education has been based in music and computing. His music practice is based in exploring new sounds and performance techniques by building unique pieces of software. He also plays jazz regularly with a small house band at Edinburgh's student union.
michaelb1983@googlemail.com
Noel Hefele
Artist
Project Communication and Network Coordinator
Noel recently completed his MA in Arts and Ecology at Dartington College of Arts, Devon England. He received his BFA in painting from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. He is presently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. His ongoing research focuses on landscape, society and the idea of engaged vision. Noel has been working with Collins and Goto since 2000.
Find out more at noelhefele.com
noel@noelhefele.com
