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admin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:06:18 +0000

CIID
Toldbodgade 37b
1253, København K
Denmark
DK +4550960790

About

admin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:35:50 +0000

Hi. I’m Jamie Allen and I like to make things with my head and hands. These things involve peoples’ relationships to creativity, technology and resources – and mostly attempt to give people new, subversive and fun ways to interact with all of these. I am Head of Research at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, where I help chart a course for research and experimentation at the institute, with colleagues in the Research team and Labs.ciid.dk. I am also a PhD candidate with the European Graduate School (Media & Communications). My own projects and events have been featured in a number of media outlets, including Wired.com and the New York Times. I am very grateful to have been supported and hosted by a number of international friends, festivals and venues, including:

Korea Foundation (KR), Issue Project Room (NYC), Sonic Circuits (DC), Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center (DK), FACT (UK), Transitio (MX), Arts Council England (UK), Northern Film and Media (UK), Arts Council Korea (Seoul), Eyebeam.org (NYC), The Canada Council for the Arts (CA), STEIM (NL), Baryshnikov Dance Foundation (NYC), Joyce Soho (NYC), The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (NYC), Exit Art (NYC), Harvestworks (NYC), La Société des arts technologiques (MTL), Washington State University (USA), The University of British Columbia (CND), The Tisch School of the Arts (NYC), The Tank (NYC), Tonic (NYC), Vertexlist (NYC), Chelsea Art Museum (NYC), Mushroom Arts (NYC), Medianoche (NYC), The Bent Festival (NYC), The Edinburgh Festival (UK), The Glasgow School of Art (UK)

Teaching & Workshops

admin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:05:04 +0000

I like to learn and teach.

In the past I have taught at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU, the Pratt Institute of Art and Design, and the Kolding Design School, and am currently involved with workshops and teaching at the Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design, amongst others.

I’ve been advising people on the uses of on- and off-line technologies for over 10 years now – mostly when they get interested in things like museum and art exhibitions, interaction design for art and music. I often help others design of interactive spaces, exhibitions and objects, and have worked with ESI Design, the American Museum of Natural History, Argyle Design and a number of other design groups. I also design and deliver workshops with other people on specific topics like electronics, multimedia software, and other tools, as well as more conceptual investigations into how these same things have come to shape what it means to be a human being. I’m interested in helping technologies get along with creative people better.

Please get in touch if you’d like to chat about anything at all.