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Dr Tom Milnes
Senior Lecturer & Course Leader of Postgraduate Studies
<p dir="ltr">Tom Milnes is an artist, curator and researcher based in Plymouth, UK. He is Senior Lecturer and Course Leader of Postgraduate Studies at Arts University Plymouth.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Milnes’ research practice explores the materiality of technology, engaging with the cultural impact of 3D imaging media through glitch practice and Media Archaeology. He holds a Ph.D. from Falmouth University, with his thesis concentrating on glitch practices in 3D photogrammetry, and his research interests include Post-Digital processes, online cultures, and 3D image aesthetics. Milnes has recently published research papers with the Journal of Artistic Research and Visual Resources.<br /></p>
<p dir="ltr">Milnes has exhibited internationally including at: W139 - Amsterdam , iMKONSTHALL, Sweden, AND/OR - London, The Centre for Contemporary Art Laznia - Gdansk, and Gyeonggi International Biennale - Korea. Milnes has recently exhibited at FORMAT International Photography Festival. He is the curator and founder of the online platforms Digital Artist Residency and Polygon Palm.<br /></p>
<ul><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">Emerging Scholar Award - Twelfth International Image Conference 2021.</p>
<p dir="ltr"></p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">ARHC Ph.D Studentship</p></li></ul><figure><img src="https://pca.objects.frb.io/production/images/tom-milne-2.jpg" alt="Work by Tom Milne" /></figure><div><br /></div>
<p>Digital practice & aesthetics, Media Archaeology, 3D, Photogrammetry, Online cultures/ virtual exhibitions, XR (Virtual reality, Augmented Reality & Mixed Reality)</p>
<ul><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">Tom Milnes. (2021). Ephemer(e)ality Capture: Glitching The Cloud through Photogrammetry. Journal for Artistic Research, (24), doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22501/jar.547896"> 10.22501/jar.547896</a></p></li></ul><ul><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">Tom Milnes. (2021). Photogrammetric Speculations: Glitching Imaging Algorithms. Network Imaginaries, 1(1), pp. 153-158.</p></li></ul><ul><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">Ph.D thesis "Spatially-immersive Networked Composites: A Media Archaeology of the Photogrammetric Image through Glitch Practice." Submitted 2021.</p></li></ul><ul><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">The Cloud And Thin Air: Tools For Artistic Practice That Disappear. Paper presentation. August 2019. Conference: RE:SOUND Media Arts Histories, Aalborg, Denmark.</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><em>Towards a Generative 3D-Error Methodology</em>. Paper presentation.Sept 2018. 9th <a href="http://www.societyforartisticresearch.org/">SAR</a> - International Conference on Artistic Research, University of Plymouth</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">Catch. Practice-based research exhibition. Radiant Gallery. Data Ache, DRHA Conference 2017, University of Plymouth.</p></li></ul><figure><img src="https://pca.objects.frb.io/production/images/profiles/2022/A-sculpture-of-a-building-with-a-blue-roof-and-many-windows-mounted-on-thin-legs-sits-in-a-gallery-like-room-with-white-walls-by-Tom-Milnes.jpg" alt="" /><figcaption>By Tom Milnes</figcaption></figure><div><br /></div>