Pip Shea

Media artist, designer, educator

Sydney Area, Australia

Current
  • Participatory public artwork at ISEA2009 Belfast
Past
  • Remixing History at Creative Sydney Festival 2009
  • Visual/interactive design at Cinema Nosso
  • Research and development at UK, Ireland and Brazil
  • Artist in Residence at Electrofringe Festival
  • Artist at Federation Square
  • Speaker at Alfred Deakin Innovation Lectures
  • Artists In Schools at Mordialloc College
  • Senior Interactive Designer at Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Artists in Schools at Boronia Heights Secondary College
  • Professional development trip to India at Australia Council for the Arts
  • Freelance Designer at ABC New Media
  • Producer/Lead Artist at 2006 Next Wave Festival
  • Lecturer/Tutor at RMIT
  • Artist in Residence at Banff Centre for the Arts
  • Lead CCD Artist at 2004 Next Wave Festival
  • Artist in Residence at Melbourne Aquarium
  • Freelance Designer/Flash Animator at ABC New Media
  • Freelance Designer/Flash Animator at EMI Records
  • Senior Designer at Oven Digital
  • Kiosk Interface Designer at Abuzz Technologies
Education
  • University of Technology, Sydney
Connections
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Industry
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Websites

Pip Shea’s Summary

Pip Shea is a media artist and designer. Her creative practice is influenced by social media and networked culture. Her work explores hybrid art practices, the participatory media space and peer production models.

She is currently producing a new work for ISEA2009 (International Symposium of Electronic Art) in Belfast.

Pip Shea’s Specialties:

Web projects, participatory art-making, social media research, video, projection, visual design, interaction design, teaching/training, speaking, community cultural development.


Pip Shea’s Experience

  • Participatory public artwork

    ISEA2009 Belfast

    (Arts and Crafts industry)

    March 2009Present (5 months)

    Developing a new work for ISEA2009 (International Symposium of electronic Art).

  • Remixing History

    Creative Sydney Festival 2009

    (Events Services industry)

    April 2009May 2009 (2 months)

    A live AV mash-up of music and film, news and advertising for the 2009 Creative Sydney Festival at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

    Remixing History are a collective of video and audio artists hell-bent on reviving the best bits of pop culture from the past 40 years - music, news footage, films, TV shows, commercials, jingles and everything else in their collective memories - revisiting our most memorable sights and sounds of days gone by. Time travel you can dance to.

  • Visual/interactive design

    Cinema Nosso

    (Arts and Crafts industry)

    January 2009February 2009 (2 months)

    Cinema Nosso is a media arts organization in Rio de Janeiro, that uses film and video as a means of education, empowerment and cultural expression.

  • Research and development

    UK, Ireland and Brazil

    (Arts and Crafts industry)

    October 2008December 2008 (3 months)

    Researching and developing arts projects in the UK, Ireland and Brazil.

  • Artist in Residence

    Electrofringe Festival

    (Arts and Crafts industry)

    September 2008October 2008 (2 months)

    I was one of 3 artists in residence at the 2008 Electrofringe Festival in Newcastle, Australia. I presented the work 'NEOCONFESSIONAL' - a media installation that took a peak at the widespread cultural practice of resisting change.

    http://www.neoconfessional.com

  • Artist

    Federation Square

    (Arts and Crafts industry)

    February 2008June 2008 (5 months)

    Commissioned to work with the Melbourne Turkish community to create light-based installation for the Light In Winter Festival at Fed Square.

  • Speaker

    Alfred Deakin Innovation Lectures

    (Civic & Social Organization industry)

    May 2008June 2008 (2 months)

    Invited speaker at the 2008 Deakins Lectures on the topic 'Innovation: A Global View".

  • Artists In Schools

    Mordialloc College

    (Educational Institution; Arts and Crafts industry)

    March 2008May 2008 (3 months)

  • Senior Interactive Designer

    Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    (Government Agency; Media Production industry)

    April 2007April 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  • Artists in Schools

    Boronia Heights Secondary College

    (Educational Institution; Arts and Crafts industry)

    May 2007June 2007 (2 months)

    Development and implementation of an aerosol art program for 100 year nine students. The program is an Arts Victoria community art initiative.

  • Professional development trip to India

    Australia Council for the Arts

    (Arts and Crafts industry)

    March 2007April 2007 (2 months)

    Researching the cross over between media arts and community cultural development practice in India (funded by the Australia Council's RUN_WAY initiative). The focus of the trip is the Sarai new media centre in Delhi, a division of Delhi's Centre For The Study of Developing Societies.

  • Freelance Designer

    ABC New Media

    (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Online Media industry)

    June 2006February 2007 (9 months)

    ABC Local Radio website redesign - design and information architecture

  • Producer/Lead Artist

    2006 Next Wave Festival

    (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

    June 2005June 2006 (1 year 1 month)

    Secured funding, facilitated new media workshops, developed artwork with regional communities and coordinated 4 artistic outcomes.
    (www.nextwave.org.au/bitscape)

  • Lecturer/Tutor

    RMIT

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Online Media industry)

    January 2005February 2005 (2 months)

    Lectured and tutored first year media students at the RMIT School of Applied Communication. The course, Networked Media, covered an introduction to media theory, basic HTML and web production.

  • Artist in Residence

    Banff Centre for the Arts

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

    May 2004July 2004 (3 months)

    Six week Australia Council new media artist residency during which I created a net art work exploring xenophobia and Australian identity, called My Fellow Australians (www.myfellowaustralians.com).

  • Lead CCD Artist

    2004 Next Wave Festival

    (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

    October 2003April 2004 (7 months)

    Artist, producer and facilitator of 'Colliding Worlds', a co-production between the Next Wave Festival and Knox City Council. Ran workshops and assisted in developing art works for large-scale outdoor projection with young people from the Knox City municipality in Melbourne. (www.nextwave.org.au/collidingworlds)

  • Artist in Residence

    Melbourne Aquarium

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

    July 2003September 2003 (3 months)

    On site delivering workshops for primary and secondary students as well as developing audio, visual and multimedia artworks. This was a shared position with sound artist Ryan Griffith. (www.popomo.com/ectopia)

  • Freelance Designer/Flash Animator

    ABC New Media

    (Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)

    August 2002September 2003 (1 year 2 months)

    Commisioned and developed arts content for ABC online's arts gateway and worked extensively as a web designer for Triple J, Radio Australia and ABC Asia Pacific.

  • Freelance Designer/Flash Animator

    EMI Records

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)

    March 2001July 2002 (1 year 5 months)

    Flash animation and web design for Lino, Love Tattoo, Kasey Chambers, Moby, Paulmac, Gorillaz, Eskimo Joe and Sekiden.

  • Senior Designer

    Oven Digital

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

    January 2000February 2001 (1 year 2 months)

    Was one of four senior web designers in the Sydney office of the New York based web company Oven Digital.

  • Kiosk Interface Designer

    Abuzz Technologies

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    March 1997December 1999 (2 years 10 months)

    Designed and developed touchscreen kiosk interfaces for the industrial design firm Abuzz.


Pip Shea’s Education

  • University of Technology, Sydney

    Bachelor of Design , Visual Communication


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