Faculty Member, Art and Design
Professor of Digital Creativity
IOCT
About
Appointed in January 2008 as joint research Professor between the Institute of Creative Technology and Art and Design at De Montfort, with a brief to align the two in a more direct relationship. His track record as a researcher and practitioner in Digital Arts is a long one stretching back to the early 1980s. Originally a Graduate of English Literature and Philosophy from Bristol University, he subsequently studied Printmaking at Atelier 17 in Paris with S.W. Hayter and then at Goldsmiths, where he also developed an abiding interest in Photography. From such an already hybrid background he moved into Computer Arts, establishing the first postgraduate course in the discipline in London in 1982.
Research
His art practice in internet art and interactive narrative installations has been seen around the world including Milia in Cannes; Paris; The ICA London and in Germany, Montreal, Nagoya in Japan and Melbourne, Australia.
He as delivered papers on interactive narrative and exhibited at many major conferences in the field including ISEA: Montreal 1995, Rotterdam 1996, Chicago 1997, Nagoya 2002, University of Oslo 2004, Siggraph, 2005, Refresh Banff Arts Centre 2005, Digital Matchmakers Trondheim 2005 Plan ICA 2005, NAI Rotterdam 2008, Intelligent Environments Seattle 2008, Locunet University of Athens 2008, and at many other conference venues across the UK and Europe.
His interactive installations include Understanding Echo shown in Japan 2002, Hosts Bath Abbey 2006 and Secret Door Invideo Milan 2006, The Street RMIT Gallery Melbourne 2008. He is currently developing mobile artworks for Manchester and Vienna, and public installations for the new DMC in Leicester.
Contact Information
http://www.martinrieser.com www.ioct,dmu.ac.uk
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0116 250 6137
Skype
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