Lian Loke is an artist, designer educator and researcher, with the body as the central focus of her interdisciplinary practice. She is interested in exploring how new technologies are impacting on the lived body and its possibilities for expression, transformation and transcendence. Her work explores the creation of body-centred artistic works and human-centred design approaches to interactive technologies and spaces. She combines dance, design, human-computer interaction and the aesthetics of interaction to critique and produce concepts, systems and performances. She has a background in design, human-computer interaction and software engineering, with extensive experience as a lecturer and researcher. She is an Associate Professor in Design, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney and Director of the Master of Interaction Design and Electronic Arts program.

Email: drlianloke@gmail.com | lian.loke@sydney.edu.au