Camille Baker, MASc Interactive Arts SMARTlab PhD Candidate East End Film Fest, London 2008 embodied presence in mobile media performance

received Masters in Applied Science, Interactive Arts from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, SFU, Vancouver, Canada in 2004; began my PhD at the SMARTlab Digital Media Institute University of East London, via distance and 3x yearly seminars; have been teaching for over 6 years in media art + design, video and performance for SFU SIAT, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Kwantlen University College and Vancouver Film School in Vancouver, now at Brunel University. background /bio background still from video piece

media interests include: new media curating performance and interactive media, conceptual installation, online communities, telematics, networked collaboration and responsive environments; artistically involved in media art creation/ curation/ research and instruction in video art, new media installation, performance, as well as electronic music and digital photography. online portfolio background still from video piece

started The Escape Artists Society (T.E.A.S.) - a new media performance event production, non-profit society in 2005; -- media curator/ producer/ artist/ instructor living in Vancouver -- slideshow from eyeteasers video ipod event 2005 background

worked with Dr. Susan Kozel + Thecla Schiphorst on the whisper project - a wearable technology and fashion / art research project - 3 years : ; -- media curator/ producer/ artist/ instructor living in Vancouver -- background video I shot at Siggraph 2005

with The New Forms Festival from years - became Lead Curator and Event Producer ; -- media curator/ producer/ artist/ instructor living in Vancouver -- slideshow from dance performance NFF 2004 background

with The New Forms Festival from years - became Lead Curator and Event Producer ; -- media curator/ producer/ artist/ instructor living in Vancouver -- slideshow from gallery exhibition NFF 2004 background

over 14 years in independent media production + art: music composition and performance in alt-rock/pop bands since late 1993 : (current) and (former long-term project); band photos from Spiritual Heroine and ultrapuss background

over 14 years in independent media production + art: studied technical applied skills in New Media, Web Design and CD Rom Development Certificate Program at BC Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC, Canada, ; student animation piece background

over 14 years in independent media production + art: founder, web editor-in-chief of own online magazine ( ), on GenX relationship and pop culture issues; screenshot from slackerbonding.com offline website background

over 14 years in independent media production + art: produced, wrote and edited several videos and web video shorts/animation, online content, scripts and film projects still from video piece background

over 14 years in independent media production + art: documentary film development, online video and animation, new media and web design; stills from video documentaries background

over 14 years in independent media production + art: owned and operated conventional contemporary art gallery in Vancouver in 1998; stills from gallery circa 1999 background

studied and performed modern dance as an undergraduate and in high school. Camille dancing circa 1987 background

liveness in mobile video participatory performance  liveness (mediated)/ virtual (real)  presence (absence)‏  experience (perception)‏  locative mobile media / video  embodied performance  visceral / sensation  intimacy / immediacy /mobility  sensor technology and the body  performers / audience

mobile performance media project: embodied transference / transcendence

affective mobile devices and situated embodiment

collecting mobile performance media artifacts

Stage 1 - video collection workshops : one - Vancouver Image 3 and 4 © 2007 C. Baker - stills from participants’ videos from Vancouver workshop June 2007

play video Image 5. © 2007 C. Baker workshop still Dublin July 2007 video collection workshops : two - Dublin

video collection workshops : three - Vancouver Image 6 and 7 © 2007 C. Baker - stills from participants’ videos from Vancouver workshop August 2007 play video

video collection workshops : fourth - Dublin Images© 2007 C. Baker - stills from participants’ videos from Dublin workshop October 2007 play video

video collection workshops : fifth - London Images © C. Baker - stills from participants’ videos from London workshop January 2008

Giselle Beiguelman, São Paulo, 2005 related mobile media installation work

Tina Gonsalves, Australia, 2007 related biofeedback installation work

conclusion