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Steve Gibson
Steve Gibson is associate professor in innovative digital media at Northumbria University, Newcastle. He is primarily interested in transdisciplinary collaborations between art, design and computing, and has concentrated his research work on tactile and physical interfaces and applications that enable a healthier relationship with technology. He works as lead-beta tester of the Gesture and Media System motion-tracking system and has produced a number of significant body-based pieces using this technology. His current research and practice also explore the formal, theoretical and practical implications of live and real-time visuals. Steve has also had immediately publicly facing roles as curator and director for the Media Art event Interactive Futures (2002–07) and as co-owner and creative director of a media company Limbic Media Corporation (2007–14). Over the course of his 25-year career he has presented at many world-leading venues including Ars Electronica, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, Digital Art Weeks, the European Media Arts Festival, ISEA, the National Museum of Scotland and Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich. His publishing career is also very active, with papers appearing in high profile books, journals and volumes including Leonardo, Springer, St. Martin’s Press, MIT Press, New World Perspectives, Urra Apogeo and Passagen Verlag. His co-authored book Live Visuals: History, Theory, Practice was published by Routledge in July 2022. He is currently working with Northern Dance in Newcastle on a large-scale movement-based audio-visual project, Ephemera.
Contact: School of Design, Northumbria University, Squires Annexe 105, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK.