Dr Paul Clarke (UK) is an artist and Associate Professor of Performance and Creative Technologies at University of Bristol, where he is co-director of the Centre for Creative Technologies. He established Bristol’s MA Immersive Arts (Virtual and Augmented Realities) and is a partner on Immersive Arts, a UK-wide project supporting artists to explore the creative potential of virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies. He works on speculative design and experiential futures with the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures, and was a co-investigator on Connecting Through Culture As We Age: Digital Innovation for Healthy Ageing. Alongside his academic roles, Paul is co-artistic director of Uninvited Guests, a resident company at Bristol’s Pervasive Media Studio, with which he explores the use of creative technologies in participatory and place-based performance. Founded in 1998, Uninvited Guests has shown internationally (USA, Mexico, Australia, China, throughout Europe), at major UK cultural institutions (Bristol Old Vic, Tate Britain, Southbank Centre, RSC), and online. Work includes The Lost Palace, an award-winning immersive visitor experience for Historic Royal Palaces. The company is currently partnering with Bristol City Council and UK Gov’s Defra, exploring ways interactive technologies can engage communities with policy and local decision-making.

Talks

• ASIFA Austria Forum – Paul Clarke: Participatory Futuring Through Augmented Reality and Performance