Staff

Mel Woods

Senior Lecturer (Teaching and Research)

Tel: 01382 381022
Email: m.j.woods@dundee.ac.uk
Rm 517, L5, Crawford Building, DJCAD 13 Perth Road DD1 4HT

Biography

Mel Woods' practice led research in Art and Design has developed interfaces and interactions which operate between physical and digital space and place. Her interest in the convergence of visual, text and sound based media combines exploration of historical and emerging technologies, and cultures. She is an exponent of interdisciplinary research and particularly the overlap in art, humanities and computing in the areas of social interactions, media culture, interface, visual perception, intuition and the senses. The outcomes for projects include interactive works, traditional and digital imaging, digital video and site-specific installation with dissemination through permanent installation, exhibition, seminars and papers nationally and internationally. Mel is a founding member of Girl Geeks Scotland and has worked with NESTA and The Cultural Enterprise Office as a mentor for entrepreneurs in the creative industries.

Research Projects

PI SerenA Chance Encounters in the Space of Ideas.

Digital Economy Designing Effective Research Spaces £1.87 million

Collaborators: Ruth Aylett, Heriot Watt, Ann Blandford, UCL, Sarah Sharples, Nottingham, Jon Whittle Lancaster, Geraint Wiggins, Goldsmiths,

Dates: June 2010 – June 2013

DJCAD Research Theme.  Digital Economy

Investigating serendipity and defining its role in research and innovation, the project will develop a new application to support 'finding the things we do not know, we need to know' for mobile and ubicomp. SerenA will be embedded in physical and digital environments in DCA, Dundee and Media City, Salford.

The Dark Room.

The Arts Scottish Arts Council, Hi Arts, Cairngorm Mountain Trust, Scottish Natural Heritage, Highlands and Islands Entreprise. £50,000

Collaboration: Lei Cox, Nottingham Trent, UK.

Commissioned contributors: Architect Fergus Purdie, Lens Engineer George T. Keene.

Dates: 2005 - 2009

A permanent site specific Camera Obscura on Cairngorm Mountain Scotland, juxtaposes the optical projection derived form the camera obscura with a projected high definition video installation of the surrounding landscape and journey to the sea.

PI Sonic Phonic -  Towards a Generative Alphabet

AHRC Small Grant Award £20,000.

Alt W Research and Development Award

Dates: Sept 2006 – Sept 2007

Developed as an interactive alphabetic prototype to investigate the impact of the digital fusion of image and sound through one of the building blocs of language and communication: the alphabet. The work poses key questions around the potential for technology to influence our communication and understanding of culture at its most basic and fundamental

Websites

http://www.serena.ac.uk

http://mastersartmedia.posterous.com

http://twitter.com/#!/art_media_tech

http://twitter.com/#!/i_serena