CIRCLE

CIRCLE is a research group engaged in Creative Interdisciplinary Research into Co llaborative Environments.
Its members are mainly researchers and artists at Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Edinburgh.
They work in diverse areas, such as visual and media arts, dance and performance, architecture and sound, informatics and social sciences.
They seek to undertake collaborative research at the juncture of the creative arts and sciences and across disciplines.

Richard Ashrowan, media artist and PhD candidate, Edinburgh College of Art
Professor Ruth Aylett, Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University
Professor Simon Biggs, media artist, Edinburgh College of Art
Mariza Dima, digital artist and PhD candidate, Edinburgh University
Dr. Jochen Ehnes, Research Associate, Informatics, Edinburgh University
Henrik Ekeus, sound artist, PhD candidate (Queen Mary University London) and Research Assistant, Edinburgh University
Sue Hawksley, dance artist and PhD candidate, Edinburgh College of Art
Beverley Hood, artist and Lecturer, Edinburgh College of Art
Rocio von Jungenfeld, PhD candidate, Edinburgh College of Art
Dr. John Lee, Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Informatics, Edinburgh University
Dr. Sophia Lycouris, artist and Reader, Director Graduate Research School, Edinburgh College of Art
Vangelis Lympouridis, sound artist and PhD candidate, Edinburgh University
Parag Mital, visual artist and Research Assistant, Edinburgh University
Dr. Kriss Ravetto, Senior Lecturer in Film Philosophy, Edinburgh University
Dr. Judy Robertson, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Ann Marie Shilito, Research Fellow in Design and Applied Arts, Edinburgh College of Art
Duncan Shingleton, PhD candidate, Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art
Dr. Chris Speed, Reader in Digital Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art
Wendy Timmons, Coordinator MSc in Dance Science and Education, Edinburgh University
Dr. Penny Travlou, Research Fellow in Cultural Geography, Edinburgh College of Art
Mike Windle, Lecturer in Digital Media, Edinburgh College of Art
Dave Wood, design lecturer (Glasgow Caledonian University) and PhD candidate, Edinburgh College of Art
Dr. Mark Wright, Research Fellow in Art and Informatics, Edinburgh University


Project 1:
Scale

From the topographic to the proprioceptive: an interdisciplinary inquiry into human interaction in space and its scaleable representation

Paper on project for HCII 2009 conference, San Diego


Project 2:
GPS

Project proposals for a realtime live geo-locative artwork.


Project 3:
Creativity and interdisciplinarity - a discursive tension?

CIRCLE edit issue of the International Journal of Arts and Technology.


Project 4:
Sculpture Court open lab.

Members of CIRCLE will undertake a number of publicly accessable experiments with interactive media in the Scultpure Court of Edinburgh College of Art.


Project 5:
CoMob.

Members of CIRCLE and others are working on an iPhone App based project that explores the potential for collaborative mapping with GPS technology.


Seminar program 2008-2009