
Prof Paul Sermon
(Principal Investigator) Professor of Visual Communication at the University of Brighton, pioneered telematic video art since 'Telematic Dreaming' in 1992. Produced over 100 internationally exhibited installations, including commissions from ZKM Karlsruhe and the Millennium Dome UK. Directed AHRC telepresence art project '3x4' in 2014 and advisory editor for 'International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media' (Routledge).

Prof Steve Dixon
(Co-Investigator) President of LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore, theorist, practitioner and author of 'Digital Performance' (MIT Press 2007) and 'Cybernetic-Existentialism' (Routledge 2020). Director of digital performance company 'The Chameleons Group'. Co-director of the AHRB 'Digital Performance Archive', journal editorial boards include 'Body, Space and Technology', 'CTheory' and 'Global Performance Studies'.

Dr Sita Popat Taylor
(Research Consultant) Former Professor of Performance and Technology, University of Leeds, background in dance and choreography. Co-editor of 'Digital Movement' (Palgrave 2015). Director of AHRC 'Error Network' project on dance and HCI design and advisory editor for 'International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media' (Routledge).

Dr Randall Packer
(Research Consultant) Composer, media artist and co-author of 'Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality' (Norton 2002). Developed the Open Source Studio learning environment and networked performance art research at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Founder of the Third Space Network Internet broadcast channel for performance and creative dialogue, in Washington DC.

Dr Satinder Gill
(Research Consultant) Research affiliate in the Centre for Music and Science at the University of Cambridge, researching the body in sense-making and presence, author of 'Tacit Engagement' (Springer 2015), editor of 'Cognition, Communication, and Interaction' (Springer 2007), associate editor of 'International Journal AI & Society'.

Boyd Branch
(Guest Researcher) Technologist for XR and live performance. He is the creator of VirtualDirector, a software platform for creating remote virtual theatre, and the founder of the Improvisational Media & Performance Lab, which explores how improvisational pedagogies can be utilised to create accessible, adaptive, and socially supportive technologies.
Tom Truscott
(Technical Assistant) University of Brighton, Information and Digital Technologies.
Hina Patel
(Project Manager) University of Brighton, Research Enterprise & Social Partnerships.
Project Partners

Industry partner Gnural Net are developers of the professional online video production platform LiveToAir for integrating browser-connected video guests into online productions.