Architect, Exhibition Design, Installation, Media Arts, Performance, Scenographer, Spatial Design, Video
MA (Scenography) Central St Martins, UK
BArch Auckland University, NZ
Sue Gallagher is currently co-ordinator of MAP Media Arts & Performance, Head of Postgraduate Department, in the School of Art & Design, at AUT University, and the New Zealand Curator for the 2011 Prague Quadrennial: 12th International Exhibition of Performance Design and Space (National and Student Sections).
Sue's research practice explores performance (and other unstable media) as a platform that transgresses many art forms. It is her understanding from training as an architect and scenographer that spaces are not static and fixed creations, but subtle, communicative and transformative. Her practice investigates relationships between spatial design and performance; specifically architectural and performative environments, including installation, exhibition design, and media arts.
Performance, installation, video and other scenographic works have been exhibited in the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, Japan, Czech Republic, Canada and New Zealand.
Branding, Communication Strategies, Corporate Identity, Graphic Design, Marketing, Media Arts, New Technology, Spatial Design, TV, Video, Virtual Reality, VR Applications
Pete Lipponen
Originally from Helsinki, Finland, Pete has been in New Zealand from April 2009. Since the early 90s when he gained
national prominence as director and editor on the weekly national TV program
Computer Watch and as events manager for Apple Events, Pete has
been a leading figure in new media in Finland. He has worked on the
leading New Media Agency’s in Stockholm and Helsinki and has lead the team which
conceptualized the world’s leading mobile phone content distribution platform
Zed.
Nokia has used Pete for: short films to promote their leading
phones, interactive demonstrations to educate the people about the key
characteristics of Nokia devices, global web services to attain the best talents
to work with Nokia. Some other players who have found Pete very useful to
promote and interact with their audiences include Toyota, Red Cross and
Roche.
Technology has been Pete’s inspiration from the first company he
founded in Helsinki 1992. WWW was introduced to the world a year later and Pete
transformed his business from database systems to web services. Data Cube Ltd in
New Zealand continues his quest for the ultimate user experience. One of the
current projects sets a new milestone - Digital Binocular Station close to
Wellington City Library will be available to the public this year.
Pete
has a strong passion, designing services and products for people as a Concept
Designer, Creative Director, Interactive Producer, Planner, Project Manager, New
Media Strategist, Commercial Interior Designer or any other role leading the
creative process.
Pete is passionate, dedicated and creative with
an exceptional ability to inspire and motivate people in his team. View his
public profile here web.me.com/pete.lipponen/
Event Theory and Design, Exhibition, Installation, Performance Design, Performance Theory, Scenography, Spatial Design, Theatre Architecture, Visual & Performing Arts
Dorita Hannah
Architecture & performance form the principle threads that weave through Dorita Hannah’s creative work, teaching and research. A specialized architectural consultant in buildings for the visual & performing arts, her practice includes scenographic, interior, exhibition and installation design as well as international performance design projects. She has published on practices that negotiate between art, architecture and performance. In 2007 she was a jury member of the Prague Quadrennial, a 4-yearly global exposition on theatre architecture and design for which her work was previously exhibited in 1995 and 1999 – leading to a commission to design the central thematic installation for PQ 2003. In 2006 she convened an International Symposium on Performance Design in Rome that brought together interdisciplinary architects, artists, performers and theorists, resulting in the publication of an anthology. Dr Hannah also recently co-edited a themed issue on Performance/Architecture for the Journal of Architectural Education. She has practiced as a designer in New Zealand, Australia, London, Czech Republic, Greece and New York, gaining awards and citations for her creative work, including a UNESCO Laureate (1999), NZIA and DINZ Awards (1994-2007), the selection of her work for the International Archive of Women in Architecture (2003) and silver/gold awards at World Stage Design (2009). Dr Hannah is on the board of directors for Performance Studies International, and the Interior Architecture/Design Educators Association. She is vice-Chair for OISTAT’s History/Theory Commission (International Organisation for Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians) and is on the editorial boards for Performance Paradigm, World Scenography (3-vol publication) and TACE (Theatre Architecture of Central Europe). She is the international commissioner for the Architecture Section, coordinating the program and designing the exhibition in the 2011 Prague Quadrennial.
