Frances Joseph
Frances is Associate Professor of Design at the Auckland University of Technology and co-director of Colab. She is also an Associate Researcher at KEDRI, the Knowledge Engineering and Discovery Institute and is acting director of AUT’s Textile and Design Laboratory (TDL).
Frances holds an MFA from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Her background is in sculpture, theatre design and object animation – including puppetry and animatronics. She taught in the Sculpture, Performance and Installation Studio of the Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, between 1980 and 1996, and joined the School of Art & Design, AUT as head of Postgraduate Studies in 1997.
Her professional design experience includes design and production work for events presented at the Adelaide Festival, Sydney Opera House and World Expo 88 in Australia. She has also been involved in the development of a number of large interdisciplinary research projects including the Art Injection Projects (with the Camperdown Children’s Hospital, Sydney); The Artful Park Projects (with The Centennial Park Trust, Sydney) and The New Zealand Design Archives at AUT.
Frances was co-applicant for the GIPI grant which assisted the establishment of the TDL and was lead applicant in the successful CoLab ESI funding application that eanabled the establishment of CoLab. She has worked on setting up online teaching and learning systems, digital archives, software development and information resources. Her research interests include design research methodology, information modeling and visualisation, e-textiles and design innovation.
Associate Professor Charles Walker trained as an architect at Edinburgh College of Art. He has practised and taught architecture in the UK, the Middle East and New Zealand. He has designed buildings, curated and exhibited in major public exhibitions, and published in academic and professional journals. His main research is in mapping the dynamic and complex relationships between artistic, educational, technological and professional practices. He joined AUT in 2007 to develop new approaches to trans-disciplinary education by drawing together design, computing, engineering, mathematics, philosophy, art and entrepreneurship.
Deborah Lawler-Dormer has been the Executive Director of MIC Toi
Rerehiko (formally the Moving Image Centre) since 1995. In that time
she has worked to promote and support a dynamic and growing culture of
media-arts practice in Auckland and New Zealand. She has programmed,
curated, staged and managed numerous film, video and digital media
shows to support environments of innovation in which the fusion of art
and technology are developed and nurtured. She has traveled
internationally to Europe, the US, the Middle East and Australia
staging projects involving New Zealand digital and video art practice.
Previously, she was held curatorial and research roles at Auckland City Art Gallery; City
Gallery, Wellington; Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand and
Artspace .
Andrew Ensor graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Auckland as well as a PhD from Berkeley.
Ensor teaches Applied Mathematics (Linear Algebra, Multivariate Calculus, Modern Algebra) and Computer Science (Distributed and Mobile Systems, Highly Secure Systems, Algorithm Design and Analysis, Computer Graphics).
Ensor’s research interests include Ad-Hoc Networks, Algebraic structures, Algorithmics, Concurrency, Computer Graphics, Cryptography, Distributed and Mobile Systems, Emerging Technologies and Industrial Modelling.
He is currently researching Algebraic Structures for Theoretical Computer Science, Bluetooth Scatternet Formation, Network Optimization Algorithms and Wireless Sensor Networks.
Barbara Procter has been General Manager of MIC Toi Rerehiko since 2005. Her involvement with MIC began in 2003 as a freelance Development Consultant. Proir to that she was Director of the British Council's Auckland Office from 1998 to 2003, and Assistant Director and Arts Manager of the British Council in Wellington from 1994 to 1998.
Born in Liverpool, Barbara is a History graduate of Manchester University. She joined the UK Diplomatic Service in London, and working at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and at British Embassies and High Commissions in Latin America and the Caribbean, Washington DC; Bulgaria; UKMIS New York (temporary duty at the UN) before her posting to Wellington in 1992 as Second Secretary in the Political Section of the British High Commission. She moved from political to cultural diplomacy in 1994, and has been working with the arts community in New Zealand ever since. The proud moments and great partnerships have been numerous, with the ignite festivals with The Edge, Masterclass series, Design Ambassadors, Link programme and purchase of Galatos by MIC among personal career highlights.
In addition to the CoLab Management Board, Barbara is a Trustee for Massive Theatre Company and for the Aotea Centre Performing Arts Trust (ACPAT).
Desna Jury is the Head of School of Art and Design and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies at Auckland University of Technology. She has worked in the education sector for many years and has had extensive involvement in the development of art and design curricula at tertiary level. She is involved with a wide range of creative industries in her role including graphic design, digital design, spatial design, fashion and visual arts. She is vitally interested in creative technologies, and the arts and cultural initiatives and developments that drive economic growth.
Laurent Antonczak is an Emerging Technology, Visual Communication & Brand’s Strategist.
