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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DISCUSSION

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Escape Artists Society (T.E.A.S.) ViPod Gallery works


ViPod Gallery: Viewing Event - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Escape Artists Society (T.E.A.S.) <http://www.escapeartists.ca> wants
your video art for Vancouver

DISCUSSION

- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - TransNet Conference- Transdisciplinary Approaches to Performance


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Performing Art Performing Science Conference:
Transdisciplinary Approaches to Performance

Hosted by the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 16-18, 2005

**Please see above or attached for more information, contact and
registration or go to weblink above.


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Performing Art Performing Science Conference:
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Hosted by the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 16-18, 2005

**Please see above or attached for more information, contact and
registration or go to weblink above.


OPPORTUNITY

Call for Submissions TransNet - Transdisciplinary Approaches toPerformance


Deadline:
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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Performing Art Performing Science:
Transdisciplinary Approaches to Performance

Hosted by the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 16-18, 2005
This conference seeks to redefine performance according to some of its
earlier disciplinary roots in the arts and sciences. In the arts,
performance has traditionally implied a staged activity or presentation
using a specific disciplinary form like dance, music, and theatre. In the
sciences, it has often meant the efficient operation of mechanical and/or
technological systems and prototypes in specific goal-oriented tasks. How
can a transdisciplinary perspective communicate new knowledges emerging at
the intersection between disciplines and how can this alter our approaches
to performance as a unique phenomenon?

We are seeking proposals that formulate key questions about
transdisciplinarity and performance. Some possible topics might include:
contemporary trends in dance, new media and performance; new visualization
technologies; competing and complementary notions of performance; emergence
and artificial life science; performance of self-organizing systems; genetic
engineering; embodied knowledge; computing machines and the evolution of
culture; new epistemologies emerging at the intersection of the sciences,
arts, and humanities; disciplinary encroachment; new transdisciplinary
curricula; the impact of infrastructure and resources on research
directions; the survival of performance disciplines in contemporary
hypermedia and mass media contexts.

Contributions may take a variety of forms: academic papers, artistic
performances, scientific demonstrations, short workshops, installations,
combinations and transformations of traditional conference formats, or new
models for transdisciplinary dialogue.

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: March 1, 2005. Early applications are encouraged.

Proposals should include the title of your contribution, the type of
contribution (paper, performance, etc.),a 200-300 word abstract describing
the project, estimated running time, and a list of any specific space or
technical needs. For contributions involving more than one presenter, please
include a list of collaborators and their affiliations. Please note that
conference funds are limited, at best, so let us know what you need to bring
your work to the conference.

Proposals can be submitted online through the TransNet website or sent to:

christine stoddard
Research Assistant, TransNet
School for the Contemporary Arts
Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Canada
tel: 604.291.3896
fax: 604.291.5907
email: cpstodda@sfu.ca
Transnet website: www.sfu.ca/transnet

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This conference seeks to redefine performance according to some of its =
earlier disciplinary roots in the arts and sciences. In the arts, performan=
ce has traditionally implied a staged activity or presentation using a spec=
ific disciplinary form like dance, music, and theatre. In the sciences, it =
has often meant the efficient operation of mechanical and/or technological =
systems and prototypes in specific goal-oriented tasks. How can a transdisc=
iplinary perspective communicate new knowledges emerging at the intersectio=
n between disciplines and how can this alter our approaches to performance =
as a unique phenomenon?

We are seeking proposals that formulate key questions about transdisciplina=
rity and performance. Some possible topics might include: contemporary tren=
ds in dance, new media and performance; new visualization technologies; com=
peting and complementary notions of performance; emergence and artificial l=
ife science; performance of self-organizing systems; genetic engineering; e=
mbodied knowledge; computing machines and the evolution of culture; new epi=
stemologies emerging at the intersection of the sciences, arts, and humanit=
ies; disciplinary encroachment; new transdisciplinary curricula; the impact=
of infrastructure and resources on research directions; the survival of pe=
rformance disciplines in contemporary hypermedia and mass media contexts.

Contributions may take a variety of forms: academic papers, artistic perfor=
mances, scientific demonstrations, short workshops, installations, combinat=
ions and transformations of traditional conference formats, or new models f=
or transdisciplinary dialogue.

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: March 1, 2005. Early applications are encour=
aged.

Proposals should include the title of your contribution, the type of contri=
bution (paper, performance, etc.),a 200-300 word abstract describing the pr=
oject, estimated running time, and a list of any specific space or technica=
l needs. For contributions involving more than one presenter, please includ=
e a list of collaborators and their affiliations. Please note that conferen=
ce funds are limited, at best, so let us know what you need to bring your w=
ork to the conference.

Proposals can be submitted online through the TransNet website or sent to: =

christine stoddard
Research Assistant, TransNet
School for the Contemporary Arts
Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC &nbsp;V5A 1S6
Canada
tel: 604.291.3896
fax: 604.291.5907
email: cpstodda@sfu.ca
Transnet website: www.sfu.ca/transnet

English and French Version Attached

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DISCUSSION

NEW FORMS FESTIVAL 2004 -Live Netcast of Performance Event "Sonic Design"


PRESS RELEASE
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Live Internet Broadcast of The New Forms Festival "Sonic Design"
Thursday October 14th @ 8:30PM

Web Link: http://www.karmaprojects.com/

October 12, 2004

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Title: Live Internet Broadcast of The New Forms Festival "Sonic Design"
Date: Thursday October 14th, 2004
Live Broadcast: 8:30 -9:30PM
Time Zone: Pacific Time - Vancouver
Total Length: 60 minutes
Location: Western Front - 303 East 8th Avenue Vancouver
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