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Collaborating with Artists: The Experience of an expert in media art technologies

Day 1, group 7

Colin Griffiths, Contemporary Art Logistics, Vancouver

The presentation will discuss the collaborative relationship Mr. Griffiths has developed in working with artists, particularly with respect to establishing and maintaining the conceptual criteria for the artwork.

Colin Griffiths is a media arts specialist with a 25 year history of installation and technical expertise, exhibition management and development of cultural projects. His primary activity is the design and installation of projected contemporary artworks. In collaboration with the artist, Colin Griffiths coordinates autonomous exhibition systems that utilize diverse technologies, including synchronized 35mm slides, 16mm and 35mm film, video projection, 3D audio and acoustics, and virtual reality. Mr. Griffiths has worked, among others, with artists James Coleman (Dublin/Paris), Char Davies (Montréal), Tacita Dean (Berlin), Stan Douglas (Vancouver), Rodney Graham (Vancouver), Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (Montréal/Madrid), Fiona Tan (Amsterdam), Gillian Wearing (London) and Christopher Williams (Los Angeles). Based in Vancouver, he also acts as an arts consultant to international institutions for exhibition development, technical infrastructure and tour management.