Camille Baker
Since the beginning
Works in London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

BIO
Camille's media art interests include: responsive environments, networked performance and interactive media, mobile video, media installation, online communities, telematics, and new media curating.

See the online portfolio at : www.swampgirl67.net

Currently, she is a PhD Candidate at The University of East London, London England, in the SMARTlab Digital Media Institute PhD Programme.

Camille also holds a Masters in Applied Science in Interactive Arts, completed in April 2004 in the Graduate Program in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University. My research focused on Interactive Video Art Installation, Embodiment/Bodies and Performance, Wearable Art and Virtual Sensor Environments, and Philosophy of Art and Technology.

Baker's background ranges from: Lead Curator, Conference Director and Co-Performance Art Curator of the New Forms Festival; to video artist; to web editor-in-chief of a pop-culture relationship support magazine Tales of Slacker Bonding (www.slackerbonding.com); to documentary, online video and animation artist; to visual arts curator/gallery owner; to new media and web design /developer; to poet and science fiction writer; to musician, singer/ songwriter and performer; to sculptor and modern dancer.

Camille has presented at MobileFest London December 2007, Cultural Studies NOW Conference 2007, University East London; Knowledge London Summer Party and Exhibition 2007, University of Westminster, London; Teaching and Learning Conference 2007, University East London; The New Forms Festival 2006: TRANSFORMATIONS, ArtCamp: the World's First un-Conference on Art, Vancouver, BC; The Caladan Gallery online exhibition, March 2005, Beverly, Massachusetts; The Planetary Collegium’s Consciousness Reframed 2004: Qi and Complexity Conference, Beijing, China in November 2004; The Fifth International Digital Arts and Culture Conference 2003, Melbourne, Australia; SXSW 2002 Interactive Award Finalist in Austin, Texas, 2002.

In 2005, Camille co-founded a performance media society called The Escape Artists Society, intended to showcase a diverse range of performance media artists, who demonstrate innovation and excellence in multi-disciplined performance (a hybrid of interventionist, ritual based, action based, artists and dancers working with new technologies), as well as new media artists in public spaces, and wearable art exhibitions (http://www.escapeartists.ca/).

From 2003-2006, Baker was a researcher for the wearable art installation and performance project whispers/between bodies project (http://whisper.iat.sfu.ca), with professors Thecla Schiphorst and Dr. Susan Kozel. This has involved research in performance and wearable design, biosensor testing and development, prototype garment construction, movement development with wearable computing, as well as website development and video editing.

As a producer/curator for the New Forms Festival (www.newformsfestival.com) for multiple events from 2002-2004, Camille explored new media arts exhibition and performance issues extensively. She researched the wealth of media-based art and performance, such as: recent developments, new media art and performance history, exhibition and event production, staging issues, arts funding and administration, as well as hands-on staging, exhibition and production planning.

As a media artist within various forms of art practice (installation, experience design, video art, web animation, as well as music and photography), Baker sees her work about creating artistic experiences using technology, not necessarily about manifesting her own creative vision or aesthetic per se and hope to continue to explore this approach in future works. Camille sees herself as a creative facilitator, using art, performance, music, social science, philosophy and science and other disciplines, as a source of tools to borrow from and sometimes she needs to create tools to make connections and something new when they are not available.
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EVENT

New Forms Festival 2003: Inter[sec/ac]tion


Dates:
Sat Jul 12, 2003 00:00 - Sat Jul 12, 2003

New Forms Festival 2003: Inter[sec/ac]tion: A convergence of music, new media and art

Vancouver July 2 - The New Forms Festival is taking shape. Only four weeks remain before this unique event that celebrates emerging forms of digital art, music, performance, and interactive environments begins.

Wednesday, July 30th to Saturday, August 2nd in Vancouver, BC. Canada

GALLERY Roundhouse Community Center Exhibition Hall 181 Roundhouse Mews (Yaletown), www.roundhouse.ca Thursday, July 31st


DISCUSSION

New Forms Festival 2003: Inter[sec/ac]tion


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New Forms Festival 2003: Inter[sec/ac]tion: A convergence of music, new
media and art

Vancouver July 2 - The New Forms Festival is taking shape. Only four weeks
remain before this unique event that celebrates emerging forms of digital
art, music, performance, and interactive environments begins.

Wednesday, July 30th to Saturday, August 2nd in Vancouver, BC. Canada

GALLERY Roundhouse Community Center Exhibition Hall 181 Roundhouse Mews
(Yaletown), www.roundhouse.ca Thursday, July 31st

DISCUSSION

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DISCUSSION

EXTENDED DEADLINE for SOUND ART, LAPTOP MUSICIANS AND EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO ARTISTS


CALL TO ARTISTS

The New Forms Festival is an annual festival of digital arts and technology,
including: digital art, music and film, performance, installation, immersive
environments, and conference. It covers four days of performances, panel
discussions, workshops, and interactive galleries on contemporary media arts
issues. In its third year, The New Forms Festival 2003 will be held in
Vancouver, BC, from Wednesday July 30th to Saturday August 2nd/2003.

The theme for 2003 is

DISCUSSION

FW: Please Distribute: New Media Designer Teaching Position


Hello from San Francisco!

Please circulate this teaching job announcement.

Thanks!

Jane
Jane Veeder, Associate Professor
Department of Design and Industry, San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132
jveeder@sfsu.edu, O) 415/338-1547, FX) 415/338-7770
Personal - http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~jkveeder
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Fall 2003 - http://dai.sfsu.edu/vworlds2002f
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Faculty Position Announcement

Position Title
Tenure Track Appointment in New Media Design

Rank Assistant Professor
(Search #80.02)

Qualifications
MFA in Digital Media, Visual Communications, Graphic Design, or
equivalent; or an earned doctorate/or ABD (all but dissertation) in a
related discipline. Previous university level teaching experience
required and professional design experience desirable.

Candidate should have a strong visual design background with
extensive experience in interactive digital media including web
design, interaction design, navigation systems, information
architecture, and usability, etc., as well as an ability to address
historical, social, and theoretical issues of new media. We value
demonstrated experience with real world projects, a diverse range of
design and technical skills, and an experimental approach to this
dynamic field.

Responsibilities
Major teaching responsibilities in interactive digital media courses
for the new Visual Communication emphasis. Courses will span
introductory and advanced topics, studio production skills and
history/theoretical knowledge, undergraduate (BA) and graduate (MA)
courses. This person will play a major role in ongoing development
to translate curriculum and facilities across a changing
technological landscape.

Department
Information The Department of Design and Industry (DAI) is one of
six academic units in the College of Creative Arts at San Francisco
State University. DAI offers an MA degree, a Bachelor of Arts degree
with an emphasis in Visual Communication or Product Design, and a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Technology. There are 600
undergraduates and 70+ graduate students in the department.
Approximately 70% of the undergraduate and 60% of the graduate
students major in Visual Communication. Please visit our web site to
learn more about us at: http://dai.sfsu.edu.

Salary Based on qualifications.

Deadline March 1, 2003 or until position is filled.

Application Procedure
Send SASE, letter of application, detailed resume, CDROM or URL
containing examples of your work, names and contact information for
three (3) references, and a concise statement (3 pages maximum)
describing your creative design work, approach to teaching, and
research interests for the future. Include examples of student work
under your instruction if available.

Contact Jane Veeder, Chair
New Media Search Committee
Department of Design and Industry
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132
jveeder@sfsu.edu
(415)338-1547 voice mail
(415)338-7770 fax

San Francisco State University, a member of the California State
University, serves a diverse student body of 27,000 undergraduate and
graduate students. The mission of the university is to promote
scholarship, freedom, human diversity, excellence in instruction, and
intellectual accomplishment. SFSU faculty are expected to be
effective teachers and demonstrate professional achievement and
growth through continued research, publications, and/or creative
activities. San Francisco State University is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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