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/
Live Video, Video, Video Artist, VJ
Naomi Lamb
Naomi is a nationally recognised artist who has been specialising in experimental video art since 1995 and holds a BFA from Dunedin School of Fine Arts and entered into the VJ scene in the late 90’s.
From 2000 to 2004 she was the co-founder and director of an initiative called project shown* to support and promote experimental video art and VJ culture within New Zealand through cross contextual modes of presentation including curating screenings, exhibitions and facilitating events. Including producing and managing a three-day VJ symposium held in Christchurch in 2003.
As a practitioner she has gained a number of residencies, including:
Nine Dragons Head International Environment Symposium, South Korea 2004: Wild Creations Artist In Residence, Heaphy Track (Doc and CNZ), 2006: Scanz, New Plymouth 2009
Her screen based and intermedia works have been exhibited in:
The Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Govertt Brewster Gallery, The Physics Room Kiosk and Lopdell House, and has featured in international shows in Australia, Germany and South Korea.
She traverses between contexts in her live art practice. Mixing original visual content live in support of and along side diverse sonic artists, bands and DJs and has featured in large scale festivals and events such as The Gathering, Kaikora Roots, Destination, Canaan Downs Festival and Splore. In addition she brings this live performance practice into art galleries, which have included intimate shows at The Blue Oyster Galley, The Bundaburg Art Gallery (Australia), The Goverett Brewster Art Gallery and MIC’s Short Fuse at Galatos.
Naomi is recently completed a research project which looks into some of the characteristics of the traditional VJing scene in New Zealand, through Victoria University of Wellington, where she has also tutored.
She feeds many of her creative, collaborative and curatorial projects through ‘The Wanderer Productions’. http://www.thewandererproductions.co.nz/
