SCOTT HESSELS [email protected] scotthessels.com

Education

2005 M.F.A. Design Media Arts, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) 2003 B.S. Business Management, University of Phoenix, Pasadena, CA

Professional Experience: Academic

2010- present Associate Professor (with tenure), School of Creative Media, City Unversity of Hong Kong

2012-present Executive Producer Extreme Environments Program (see ‘Expeditions’) Skunkworks: Design with Smart Materials Program

2005-2009 Associate Professor (with tenure), School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University Singapore

2001-2005 Lecturer Design | Media Arts, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) USA

2000-2001 Lecturer Environmental Design, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, USA

Professional Experience: Industry

2018-present Exhibitions Producer Gay Games Hong Kong 2022

2000-present New Media Artist, Sculptor and Filmmaker Multiple artworks and films produced (see ‘Creative Works’)

2006-present Executive Producer Multiple Film and Photo documentaries (see ‘Creative Works’)

1986-2003 Writer, Director and Executive Producer Damaged Californians Productions, Los Angeles

1985-2002 Director of Information Technology Fox Television Network (KTTV Fox 11, KCOP UPN 13, Fox Sports West) Los Angeles

1981-1985 Manager of Operations KDVR Television, Denver, Colorado

1978-1981 Writer and Producer KPPL/KLAK Radio, Denver, Colorado

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Creative Works (see selected exhibition record following)

2021 Below Victory Concept, Design, Ground Penetrating Radar Scans Augmented Site-Specific Trompe L’oeil 2020 Imaginary Kodachrome Concept, Design, Script, Performance 100 Short Films 2018 Sustainable Cinema No. 6: Lenticular Waterwheels (Revised) Concept and Design, Engineering, Fabrication Kinetic Sculpture, Three 2.5m x 1.2m Steel, Plastic, Electronics Celestial Mechanics 5: Rocket Launch Display Concept and Design, Research, 3D Modelling Generative Animation Celestial Mechanics 6: Guardians of Here and Now Concept and Design, Research 3D Models of Kinetic Mobile Two Shields Concept and Design, Research, Fabrication Kinetic Sculpture, Two 1m x 1m Copper, Electronics, Programming Animating Glass Concept and Design, Research, Fabrication Kinetic Sculpture, 5.5m x 2m x 1m, Steel, Acrylic, Electronics, Programming Glass Wave Concept and Design, Illustration 64-frame Animation 2017 Film Installation About the Extreme Environments Program Concept and Design, Script, Editing High Definition Video, 11:00 Big Data Towers Concept and Design, Engineering, Animation, Programming Three 5x3m video displays Interactive Musical Timeline Concept and Design, Engineering, Animation, Programming 12x2m video display Immersive Cinema Concept and Design, Engineering, Animation, Programming 7x3m curved video display Kinetic Sculpture and Interactive Photo Capture Concept and Design, Engineering, Animation, Programming 5x4x5m multiple projector installation Three Time Machines (with Tobias Klein) Concept and Design, Engineering Plans, Animation, Scale Model Maquette, Video for Three 2m kinetic sculptures 2016 Brakelights 2.0 Programming, Live Film Generation High Definition Video, 15:00 Sustainable Cinema No. 6: Lenticular Waterwheels (for Bonnet) Concept and Design, Engineering, Fabrication Kinetic Sculpture, Five 2.5m x 1.2m Steel and Plastic Wu Xing Lenticular Animation Panels Custom plastics, 2m x 3m Country Noir Lenticular Animation Panels Custom plastics, 2m x 3m 3

Creative Works (continued)

Celestial Mechanics 3 (‘The Spiral’) Concept and Design, Animation, Engineering Plans Two 3D Renderings and High Definition Video, 5:00 Celestial Mechanics 4 (‘The Umbrella’) Concept and Design, Animation, Engineering Plans Two 3D Renderings and High Definition Video, 5:00 2015 Praxinscope Animation Panels Animation, Digital Printing Custom Plastics, Ten .75m Disks Film for Helicopter v.2 Concept and Design, Engineering Plans Three 3D Renderings Performing Display System No. 1 Concept and Design, Engineering Plans 3D Renderings 2014 Sustainable Cinema No. 2: Lenticular Bicycle Concept and Design, Engineering, Fabrication Kinetic Sculpture, 3x1.5m, Steel The Parade of Burden Lenticular Animation Panels Custom plastics, 1m x 3m The Moon Is A Mirror Concept and Design, Engineering, Animation, Fabrication, Organics Light Installation, Five 1x1m LED Displays Chromatic Racecar No. 1 Concept and Design, Design Plans Two 3D Renderings Children's Park Kinetic Sculpture Concept and Design, Design Plans Four 3D Renderings 2013 Sustainable Cinema No. 6: The Zhongshan Waterfalls Concept and Design, Technical Drawings Five 3D Renderings Sustainable Cinema No. 7: Mutoscope Garden Concept and Design, Technical Drawings Four 3D Renderings 2012 Film for Helicopter v.1 Concept and Design, Technical Drawings Three 3D Renderings 2011 Sustainable Cinema No. 3: Praxinoscope Windmill Concept and Design, Engineering, Fabrication Kinetic Sculpture, 3x1x1m Steel, Plastics, Electronics Sustainable Cinema No. 4: Shadow Play Concept and Design, Engineering, Fabrication, Animation Kinetic Sculpture, 3x2x2m Steel, Plastics, Papers, Electronics Sustainable Cinema No. 5: Phenakistoscope Windmill Concept and Design, Engineering, Fabrication, Animation Kinetic Sculpture, 2x1x1m Steel, Plastics, Electronics Mediated Earthworks Nos. 1-6 (Prototypes for site installations) Concept and Design, Technical Drawings Six 3D Renderings 2010 Housing Memories Executive Producer, Writer Photo Catalogue, Documentary Film and New Media Exhibition

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Creative Works (continued)

2009 Sustainable Cinema No. 1: The Image Mill Concept and Design, Engineering, Fabrication, Animation Kinetic Sculpture, 3x2x1m Steel, Plastics Celestial Mechanics 2 Concept and Design, Programming, Animation High Definition Video, 11:00 2008 GPSFilm Concept and Design; Programming Open Source Software Application Nine Lives Co-Writer and Executive Producer Feature Film, High Definition Video, 118:00 Sacred Cranes, Holy Birds Co-Writer and Executive Producer Short Film, High Definition Video, 9:00 The Tibetan Mastiff Co-Writer and Executive Producer Short Film, High Definition Video, 9:00 Sumatra 1948/2008 Concept and Design, Photography, Digital Manipulation Photo Series 2006 The Pikme-up 2008 International Distribution through Cinetec Entertainment Writer, Director, Producer, Animation Feature Film, Digital Video, 88:00 2005 Celestial Mechanics 1 Concept and Design, Programming, Animation High Definition Video, 11:00 Flight Patterns Concept and Design; Programming by Aaron Koblin High Definition Animation, 7:00 Mulholland Drive Concept and Design, Fabrication, Programming Robotic Light Installation and Performance, 20:00 2004 Brakelights v.1 Concept and Design, Script, Programming, Director, Editor Real time Video, 15:00 Noir Window Concept and Design, Programming, Music Production Interactive System, Video 5:00 2003 Your Breath, Another Man’s Voice Concept and Design, Programming, Fabrication Interactive Sculpture, Video 4:00 DJ Digital Concept and Design, Programming, Fabrication Interactive Sculpture, Video 4:00 Foreign Film Generator Concept and Design, Programming, Writer, Director, Editor Interactive Film System, Video 7:00 2002 D-Tours Concept and Design, Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Programming Live Interactive Performance, Three 10:00 videos Alternate Routes Concept and Design, Writer, Producer, Programming Interactive Website 5

Creative Works (continued)

2002 Our Trip, Having Never Arrived Concept and Design, Writer, Producer, Editor Live Multimedia Performance 2000 Your Winning Finish (The Los Angeles Marathon) Concept and Design, Producer, Programming Interactive Website 2000 Wanderlust 2000 International Distribution thru Eschelon Entertainment Writer and Producer Feature Film, 35mm, 93:00 1997 Damaged Californians: Music from Films and Videos Producer, Composer, Musician Music CD 1996 The Science Fair: Damaged Californians Website Writer and Producer Interactive Website 1994 Below 30/Above 10,000 Writer and Producer Feature Film, 16mm, 82:00 1993 Grammar School Filmstrip Concept and Design, Writer, Producer Interactive Website 1992 Revolutionary War Filmstrip Writer and Producer Short Film, Video, 11:30 One Fifth of Your Life Producer, Fabrication, Construction Short Film, Video, 16:00 The Damaged Californians Documentary Writer and Producer Broadcast Video, 60:00 1991 Airline Safety Film #4a Writer and Producer, Fabrication, Construction Short Film, Video, 3:36 Art on Rails—A Train of Thought Writer, Producer and Performer MetroRail Grand Opening Live Performance, 45:00 Revolutionary War Filmstrip—Live Writer, Producer and Performer Live Multimedia Performance, 15:00 A Dance Piece to President Bush’s State of the Union Address Writer, Producer and Performer, Fabrication, Electronics Live Multimedia Performance, 20:00 1990 The Radar of Small Dogs Writer and Producer, Fabrication, Construction Short Film, Video, 15:40 Juggling Portable TVs Showing Knee Surgery Footage Writer, Producer and Performer Live Multimedia Performance 30:00 1989 Domestic Flight (with Anna Homler) Writer, Producer and Performer Live Multimedia Performance 25:00 The God of Distance Will Be Played by the Telephone Company Writer, Producer and Performer, Electronics Live Multimedia Networked Performance 15:00 6

Creative Works (continued)

1989 Learn to Speak Bohemian Writer, Producer and Performer, Sound Design Live Multimedia Performance 8:00 1988 Hillbilly Slid Loudly Writer and Producer, Fabrication, Construction Short Film, Video, 9:40 1987 Mary Had a Little News Writer and Musician Sound Collage, Live Multimedia Performance Elderly Women Call Their Cats Writer and Musician Sound Collage, Live Multimedia Performance 1985 Tonight at Noon Writer and Producer Live Radio Program, 3 hours every Sunday to 1987 1983 Radio Chaos Writer, Producer, Disk Jockey Live Radio Program, 3 hours every Saturday to 1985 1976 ongoing This Far and No Further Ephemeral Earthwork Line marking in soil on every journey at furthest point from home

Extreme Environments: Expeditions Organized

2017 The Arnavon Islands, Solomon Islands with The Nature Conservancy Sipidan Islands Coral Reefs, Malaysia with The State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution 2015 Central Vietnam Cave Networks with The British Cave Research Association, Oxalis 2014 Antarctica and Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina with One Ocean, The Akademik Ioffe 2012 The Mojave Desert and Joshua Tree, California with Art/Sci UCLA, The Center for Land Use Interpretation 2009 Hong Shui Village, Hainan, China with China Exploration and Research Society, Canon, Wildlife Asia 2007 Tibet and Western China with China Exploration and Research Society, Canon, Wildlife Asia

Extreme Environments: Exhibitions Produced

2019 “Blown Away: Art, Science and Extreme Weather Kings Park, Hong Kong Observatory Tai Kwun Centre for Arts and Heritage 2017 “Deep Focus” Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong Coral.scm.cityu.edu.hk “Deep Focus Touring Exhibition” The Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Central Pier, Hong Kong 2015 “Fade to Black” Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong Caves.scm.cityu.edu.hk 2014 “Freeze Frame” Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong Antarctica.scm.cityu.edu.hk 7

Extreme Environments: Exhibitions Produced

2012 “The Desert Metropolis” Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong mojave.scm.cityu.edu.hk 2009 “Housing Memories: The Eclipse of a Hainan Tribe” Asian Civilizations Museum and Central Library, Singapore 2007 “Sacred Crane, Mortal Birds” School of Art, Design and Media, Singapore

Exhibitions, Screenings, Performances

2021 Videoformes Festival, Place de la Victoire, Clermont-Ferrand, France 2020 404 Festival of Art and Technology, Rosario, Argentina 2019 Celestial Mechanics 2005-2019, Tai Kwun Centre for Arts and Heritage, Hong Kong Celestial Mechanics Selected Works, Sensorium, Toronto Leonardo Da Vinci: Art and Science, Then and Now, Indra and Harry Banga Gallery, Hong Kong Terrestrial Tales: 100 Takes on Earth, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland 2017 Feminist Climate Change, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria Feminist Climate Change Redux, UCLA Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, USA Kingdee Software Corporate Gallery, Shenzhen, China 2016 The Age of Experience, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria Art Works for Change: Earth Day Exhibition, International Online Re>Evolution: ISEA Exhibition, Hadid Innovation Centre, Hong Kong Sancy Horizons Art in Nature, France 2015 Device Art, Main Gallery, Ars Electronica Centre, Linz, Austria Melbourne Planetarium, Museum Victoria, Australia (ongoing to 2016) 2014 This Slow That Fast Animamix Bienalle, Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong The Shenzhen International New Media Art Festival, Shenzhen, China 2013 The Innovationists The Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan The Innovationists K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong From Picture Books to Animated Films, Taipei Intl Animation Festival,Taiwan 2012 The Burning Edge: Making Space, Activating Form, CMC Gallery, Hong Kong SIGGRAPH International Conference on Computer Graphics, Los Angeles Birmingham Science Museum, Tripnotic, UK 2011 Grand Opening Festival of the Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong Melbourne Planetarium, Museum Victoria, Australia (ongoing to 2016) ThinkTank Science Museum, FulldomeUK, Birmingham ONE New Media Art Festival, Synthetic Cinema Exhibition, Belgrade, Serbia Enter 5: Datapolos: International Art/Science/Technology Bienalle, Prague QUESTNet 2011, University of Queensland, Australia 2010 The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan ALIVE: Applied Laboratory for Interactive Visualization and Embodiment, HK The Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia The Chaffee Planetarium, ArtPrize 2010, Grand Rapids, Michigan Housing Memories, The Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore The National Library of Singapore The Urban Pet Experience Exhibition, Sipology Gallery, Long Beach 2009 The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan The South Australian Museum, Adelaide International Film Festival, Australia The Golden Grove Arts Centre, Adelaide, Australia The European Immersive Film Festival, Centro Multimeios, Espinho, Portugal DomeFest: Global Festival for Full-Dome, LodeStar Astronomy Center, US 8

Exhibitions, Screenings, Performances (continued)

2008 The Cartoon Network, “Adult Swim” International Broadcast Ava Gardner Film Festival, North Carolina 2007 American Airlines Conference on Air Traffic Visualization, New York Main Art Gallery, School of Art, Design and Media, Singapore ScienceWorld at TELUS World of Science, 2006 Outfest, Disney Hall, Los Angeles Calfornia (Critic’s Pick Award) Interferenze New Media Festival, Rome 3rd International Festival of Electronic Art, Buenos Aires Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo (Jury Recommendation Award) NBC Television, USA National The Maker’s Faire, San Mateo, CA SONAR: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain Pop!Tech Festival of New Media, Camden, US 2005 SIGGRAPH International Conference on Computer Graphics, Los Angeles SPLASZ, Wight Gallery, Los Angeles MSNBC Video of the Week, US National SONAR New Music Festival, Barcelona Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo, Japan American Cinemateque, The Historic Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood 2004 Palacio Euskalduna Jauregia, Bilbao, Spain Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Output Int’l Design Competition (Winner) Amsterdam Wight Gallery, Los Angeles Bergamont Galleries, Los Angeles 2002 Melbourne International Film Festival The Independent Film Society (two screenings) San Diego 2001 Dances With Films International Film Festival, Hollywood 2000 The American Cinemateque at Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles KCOP Television, United Paramount Television Network 1999 “Best of the Decade,” Dallas Video Festival, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas 1998 Cyberarts 98: International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica, Linz 1996 Infi-Net’s Cool Site of the Year Award, Webster Hall, New York Electronic Arts and New Media Festival, Berlin 1994 Mandalay Los Colinas Festival of the Arts, Fort Worth “Light Fantastic”, Windows Art Center, Bath “The Independents”, The Learning Channel, USA The Cannes Film Market, Cannes Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley “New American Makers”, Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley The Nineties Channel, Most Cable Networks, USA Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco Dimension Media Cable Systems, Rancho Palos Verdes 1993 The Film Festival, Rotterdam The Cutting Edge: Experimental Film, South Bank Centre, London International Experimental Audio Visual Festival, Amsterdam Big Muddy Film Festival, Southern Illinois University Athens International Film and Video Festival (winner), Athens Carolina Film and Video Festival (winner), Greensboro The Upland Main Street Film Festival (winner), Upland Monitor 93, Frolunda Kulturhus, Goteborgs Honstmuseum, Stockholm “Articulated Speculation”, Monmouth Cable, Ocean “Crossing Borders,” Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine 1992 Berlin International VideoFest, Berlin The Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore 9

Exhibitions, Screenings, Performances (continued)

1992 International Video Shorts Festival (winner), Seattle International Film Festival (winner), Chicago The London Film Festival, London WorldFest International Film and Video Festival (winner), Houston Dallas Video Festival, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas “Best of 1992”, The British Film Institute Atlanta Film and Video Festival, Atlanta LA Freewaves Arts Festival, Los Angeles Festival der Nationen, Ebensee (winner), Austria East Bay Video Festival (winner), Oakland Impakt Film Festival, Utrecht New York Expo of Short Film and Video, New York “Video Refuses”, New Langton Arts, San Francisco “Wit & Wisdom: Humor in Art”, The Forum Gallery, Jamestown International Center of Photography, New York Berkeley Museum of Art, Berkeley 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle Ekko Cultuurcentrum, Utrecht The Onyx 10th Anniversary Show of Art, Los Angeles “Alternative Music”, WYOU Television, Madison “Young, Gifted, and Broke”, Manhattan Cable, New York “Act of Video 92”, DCTV Video Festival, New York “Articulated Speculation”, Monmouth Cable, Ocean “Cabaret Voltaire”, Irvine Fine Arts Festival, Irvine New Langton Arts, San Francisco Williams/Lamb Gallery, Long Beach CityTV, Santa Monica 1991 “New American Makers”, Opera Plaza Cinema, San Francisco Dallas Video Festival, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas AFI Film Festival, American Film Institute, Los Angeles Williams/Lamb Gallery, Long Beach “Downtown Art Discovery”, Long Beach “Image Union”, WTTW Television, Chicago “Long Shot Theatre” BNN Television, Boston CityTV, Santa Monica Peralta Colleges Television, Oakland Utah Short Film and Video Festival, Salt Lake City 2nd Annual Onyx Café Arts Festival, Los Angeles “Killer Shorts,” WKNO Television, Memphis “Axelgrease”, Buffalo Media Resources Cable, Buffalo RTD Blue Line MetroRail, Los Angeles to Long Beach Los Angeles Festival of Arts, Los Angeles EZTV Video Gallery, Los Angeles Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles Benefit for the LA Free Clinic, Kelbos Tiki Lounge, Los Angeles 1990 Dallas Video Festival, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas “New American Makers,” Opera Plaza Cinema, San Francisco Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles EZTV Video Art Gallery, Los Angeles Centre International de Creation Video, Monbelliard, France “Independent Eye”, KQED Television, San Francisco “Image Union”, WTTW Television, Chicago PBS Interview, KBDI Studios, Denver “Cast Iron TV”, Manhattan Cable, New York

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Exhibitions, Screenings, Performances (continued)

1989 The American Film and Video Festival (winner), Chicago “Independent Eye”, KQED Television, San Francisco OverReact Gallery, Long Beach Java Gallery, Los Angeles The Pik-Me-Up, Los Angeles The Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque 1988 Summer Video Series, Museum of Modern Art, New York “Video Refuses Festival” Artists’ Television Access, SF Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles “Café Cinema as Art”, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine California College of Art, San Francisco “Image Union”, WTTW Television, Chicago The Pik-Me-Up 1st Anniversary Show, Los Angeles Fuzzyland, Los Angeles

Publications

Journals Hessels, Scott (2017). “Lenticular Waterwheels: Simultaneous Kinetic and Embedded Animation,” Leonardo Journal of International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 394–399, 2017

Hessels, Scott (2017). “Time Flies: Visualizing Aerial Technologies,” Ubiquity: The Journal of Pervasive Media, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 61-73, 2017

Hessels, Scott (2012). “Sustainable Cinema No. 4: Shadow Play”, Leonardo Journal of International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, Volume 40, Number 4, pp. 384-385, 2012

Hessels, Scott (2011). “Sustainable Cinema: Creating the Moving Image with Natural Power”, The Sustainability Review, ed. Robert Kuttner, Arizona State University School of Sustainability, April 2011

Book Chapters Hessels, Scott (2017). “Sustainable Cinema: The Moving Image Created By Natural Force”. Visual Approaches to Cognitive Education with Technology Integration (ed. A. Ursyn). IGI Global.

Hessels, Scott (2012). “Sustainable Cinema: The Moving Image and the Forces of Nature” Biologically-Inspired Computing for the Arts: Scientific Data through Graphics (ed. A. Ursyn) IGI Global (pp. 90-104).

Conference Proceedings and Presentations Hessels, Scott (2020). “The Art of Trajectory: Celestial Mechanics V”, published in the proceedings of ISEA, 45th International Symposium on Electronic Arts, ,

Hessels, Scott (2020). “Border Issues with Sustainable Cinema”, presented at Border Control: New Media Caucus 2019 Symposium, University of Michigan, USA

Hessels, Scott (2019). “Fugitive Color and the Choreographed Escape”, published in the proceedings of ISEA, 44th International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Gwangju, Korea. Pp. 455-457

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Conference Proceedings and Presentations (continued)

Boland, H., Freeman, J., Hastings, J.A., Hessels, S., Klein, T. (2018). “Self- Willed: Flux and Reaction in Systems, Organisms and Materials”, Panel presented at ISEA, International Society of Electronic Artists, , South Africa

Hessels, Scott (2018). "Animating Glass: Stencil Animation and Smart Materials,” , Paper presented in the Proceedings of the 22nd International Society of Electronic Artists (ISEA) 2018,Durban, South Africa

Hessels, Scott (2017). “Lenticular waterwheels and the Sustainable Cinema series”, presented at SIGGRAPH, 44th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Los Angeles, USA

Hessels, Scott (2017) “Extreme Environments: Arts-based field research”. Presented at the 12th International Conference on the Arts in Society, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, , France.

Hessels, Scott (2017) “Planted movies: Site-embedded film distribution.” Conference on the History of Movie-going, Exhibition and Reception, Hosted by the Circuits of Cinema Project, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

Hessels, Scott (2016). “Gigantic: Mediation Beyond Surface” (Chair and Editor, S. Hessels). Panel Paper with R. Armstrong, M. Benayoun, S. Kenderdine, M. Phillips, S. Travis. Published in the proceedings of 22nd International Society of Electronic Artists (ISEA), Hong Kong

Hessels, Scott (2016) “Built Chameleons: Reactive Media Display.” Paper presented in the Proceedings of the 22nd International Society of Electronic Artists (ISEA) 2016

Hessels, Scott (2016) “The Extreme Environments Program: Arts-based field research” Creative Arts in Tertiary Education 2016: An Inter-tertiary Symposium on Creative Arts Education in Hong Kong, Education University of Hong Kong

Hessels, Scott and Klein, Tobias (2016). “Skunkworks: an educational framework for the mediation of reactions.” Paper presented at SIGGRAPH Asia, Macau.

Hessels, Scott (2016) “Time flies: Visualizing aerial technologies.” Presented at The Fourth International Conference on Transdisciplinary Imaging at the Intersections of Art, Science and Culture, hosted by i-DAT at Plymouth University, UK

Hessels, Scott (2015). “Too big to see: The need for design strategies to visualize multiple spatiotemporal datasets.” Published in the proceedings of the 21st International Society of Electronic Artists (ISEA), Vancouver, Canada

Hessels, Scott (2014). “Art to the Ends of the Earth”, Environmental Visions Conference, Singapore.

Hessels, Scott (2014). “The Moon is a Mirror”, published in the Proceedings of The 20th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Dubai, UAE

Hessels, Scott (2014). “Hong Kong’s Extreme Environments Programme”, published in the Proceedings of The 20th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Dubai, UAE

Hessels, Scott (2013). Extreme Environments Programme Overview, 2013 Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, Hong Kong

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Conference Proceedings and Presentations (continued)

Hessels, Scott (2012). “Sustainable Cinema No. 4: Shadow Play” artist talk presented at SIGGRAPH, 39th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles

Hessels, Scott (2012). Making Sense of Data panel discussion (with Julie Freeman, Robert Ferry, Geo Homsy, Elizabeth Monoian & Vicki Sowry) published in Proceedings of ISEA 2012, The 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Albuquerque.

Hessels, Scott (2012). The Virtual Forum of Radical Cosmologies panel discussion (with Tom Leeser, Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Saso Sadlacek, Lea Rekow and Sundar Sarukkai) published in Proceedings of ISEA 2012, The 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Albuquerque and posted on the CalArts project website “Radical Cosmologies” http://viralnet.net/radicalcosmologies/description.html

Hessels, Scott (2012) “Making a Mess: Environmental Data Visualisation as a Creative Strategy” invited to be presented at the Proceedings of The 2nd International Conference on Transdisciplinary Imaging at the Intersections between Art, Science and Culture, Melbourne, Australia

Hessels, Scott (2011). “Mediated Earthworks: New Media Goes Wild” to be published in Proceedings of ISEA 2011, The 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art,

Hessels, Scott (2010). “Storytelling on the New Mobile Platforms”, paper presented at 404 Electronic Arts Festival, Taipei, Taiwan

Hessels, Scott (2009). “GPS Film: Cinema’s Latest Revolution” published in the proceedings of SIGGRAPH: The 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, New Orleans, USA

Hessels, Scott (2009). “Stories on the Run: Narrative Structures for Mobile Cinema” published in Proceedings of ISEA 2009, The 15th International Symposium on Electronic Art, , Ireland

Hessels, Scott (2009). “GPSFilm: Location-Based Mobile Cinema” to be published in the Proceedings of Mobile 2.0: Beyond Voice, the 2009 International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Chicago, USA

Hessels, Scott (2009). “GPSFilm: Location-Based Mobile Cinema” Video documentation presented at FILE: Festival Ineternacional de Linguagem Electronica, Sao Paolo, Brazil

Hessels, Scott (2009). “Dome-based Artworks and Scientific Visualization” Paper presented at Double Helix: Art and the Moving Image Symposium Adelaide, Australia

Hessels, Scott (2008). “GPSFilm: Not a Moving Picture, a Picture Moving” published in Proceedings of ISEA 2008, The 14th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Singapore

Hessels, Scott (2007). “The Machines Above Us: An Overview of the ‘Celestial Mechanics New Media Artwork” published in the proceedings of Mutamorphosis: Challenging Arts and Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Hessels, Scott (2007). “The Machines Above Us: An Overview of the ‘Celestial Mechanics New Media Artwork” the Asian Space Conference, Singapore 13

Conference Proceedings and Presentations (continued)

Hessels, Scott (2007). “Recent Trends and Developments in Cinema and Film Education in Asia" Paper presented at the Asian Conference on Film Education, Singapore

Hessels, Scott (2006). “Technology and Art Working Together” Paper presented at Forum on Creativity in the Arts, Science and Technology sponsored by The Tan Kah Kee Foundation, the National Arts Council of Singapore, and the Singapore National Academy of Science, Singapore

Hessels, Scott (2005). “Brakelights: The Environment Directs the Film” published in the proceedings of CiberArt International Festival of New Technologies, Art and Communication, Bilbao, Spain

Hessels, Scott (2005). “Mulholland Drive: Projecting Topology" paper presented at The ACM International Conference on Multimedia, Singapore

Hessels, Scott (2005). “New Media in Film Education” paper presented at the International Conference on the Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, USA

Hessels, Scott (2004). “New Narrative Structures in Cinema” paper presented at Narrative Digital Storytelling Conference, Los Angeles, USA

Catalogues

Hessels, Scott (2021) Videoformes 36th International Digital Arts Festival Catalogue (2021) pp. 76-81

Angelil, Marc and Siress, Cary (2019) Catalogue for Terrestial Tales, published by Ruby Press, Berlin, pp 154-157.

Hessels, Scott (2016). Brakelights, Catalogue for Age of Experience, Vienna, 2016, printed by the School of Creative Media, Hong Kong

Hessels, Scott (2017) Catalogue for Extreme Environments: The Coral Triangle, City University of Hong Kong, 130 pages. (with online website coral.scm.cityu.edu.hk

Hessels, Scott (2015). “Catalogue for the Fade to Black Exhibition” printed by City University of Hong Kong (with online website caves.scm.cityu.edu.hk)

Hessels, Scott (2014). “Catalogue for the Freeze Frame Exhibition, printed by City University of Hong Kong (with online website antarctica.scm.cityu.edu.hk)

Hessels, Scott (2013) “Catalogue for the The Desert Metropolis Exhibition, printed by City University of Hong Kong (with online website mojave.scm.cityu.edu.hk)

Hessels, Scott (2013) “If These Walls Could Talk: The Space Around Art”, Catalogue for the Exhibition “Innovationists”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan.

Other Publications Hessels, Scott (2020) Turbulences Magazine, October, #109, pp. 44-85.

Hessels, Scott (2020) “Behind the Viral Curtain.” Invited Op-Ed for Rapid Growth Media, USA 14

Other Publications (continued)

Hessels, Scott (2009). “Relocating the Moving Image”. (Guest Editor, S. Hessels) Filter Magazine, Issue 70, Published by the Australian Network for Art and Technology, pg. 3-6

Hessels, Scott (1980-1984) First Time Out: Poetry Magazine (Editor and Publisher)

Artist Presentations and Workshops Organized

Artist Talks 2019 Art+Sci Lab California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA Sensorium Artist Talk, York University, Toronto, Canada Graduate Student Seminar, York University, Toronto, Canada 2017 California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA Radio Interview: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China Lecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Campus, China Shenzhen Design Week, Shenzhen City of Design Promotion Association Kingdee Software Creative Employee Program, Shenzhen, China 2016 Keynote: Kellett British International School, Christmas Lecture Series, United States Navy and Consulate (in Hong Kong) 2015 TEDx Talk, Chinese University of Hong Kong The Asia Society of Hong Kong Saatchi and Saatchi, Guangzhou, China 2014 Singapore Art/Science Museum “Meet the Artists Series” Shenzhen International New Media Art Festival, China Ars Electronica Main Gallery, Linz, Austria 2013 Western Michigan Center for Art and Technology, Grand Rapids, US Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan K11 Art Concept Mall, Hong Kong 2012 Keynote: Taipei International Animation Festival, Taiwan 2011 Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (Hong Kong LASER), Videotage, 2010 Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal University of New South Wales, , Australia 2009 Samstag Museum, Adelaide, Australia Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids, USA 2008 IDM International Workshop, Singapore NTU/Sweden Interactive Media Workshop, Singapore 2002 Victoria College of Technology, Melbourne, Australia St. Albans College of Technology, Melbourne, Australia Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Australia 2002 Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia 1999 The Center for Land Use Interpretation, Los Angeles University of Southern California, Los Angeles Residencies 2011 ISIS Arts Residency, British Arts Council, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK

Workshops Organized 2019 Touching the Future Internet Creating Distributed Media Experiences with TouchDesigner and ND (with UCLA), Hong Kong 2015 Night of New Media Art, Asia Society of Hong Kong 2011 “Lost and Found: From Analogue to Digital and Back Again” The Media and Visual Communication Department, Chang Gung University, Taiwan 2010 GPSFilm, Three-day workshop and training: Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal

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Selected Film and Video Awards

Finalist, 2011 World Technology Award, Arts Category Measuring “long term significance and innovation” Sustainability Award, 2009 ArtPrize Competition, Grand Rapids, Michigan Winner from over 1200 international artwork entries Top 25 Artist, 2009 ArtPrize Competition Voted on by public in attendance (over 350,000) Jury Recommendation Award, 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo Top tier International Media Art Festival First Place, 2006 National Science Foundation, Science Visualization Category Top tier International Design Competition Critic’s Pick, 2006 Outfest, Disney Hall, Los Angeles Calfornia Top tier International Film Festival Jury Recommendation Award, 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo Top tier International Media Art Festival First Place, 2004 Output Int’l Design Competition, Amsterdam Top tier International Design Competition “Best of the Decade” 1999 Dallas Video Festival 10, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Top tier Video Festival First Place, 1993 Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens Second tier International Film Festival First Place, 1993 Carolina Film and Video Festival, Greensboro Second tier U.S. National Film Festival First Place, 1993 Upland Main Street Film Festival, Upland Second tier U.S. National Film Festival First Place, 1992 Festival der Nationen, Ebensee, Austria International Experimental Film Festival First Place, 1992 International Video Shorts Festival, Seattle Top tier International Film Festival First Place, 1992 Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago Top tier International Film Festival First Place, 1992 East Bay Video Festival, Oakland Second tier U.S. National Film Festival First Place, 1992 WorldFest International Film and Video Festival, Houston Top tier International Film Festival First Place, 1989 American Film and Video Festival, Chicago Top tier International Film Festival

Academic Awards

2016 Distinguished Teaching Award 2014 Teaching Excellence Award

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Financial Awards, Grants, Commissions

Research Grants Total: $3,556,325 (HKD)

2019 $521,640 (HKD) General Research Fund 2017 $355,345 (HKD) General Research Fund 2015 $374,000 (HKD) General Research Fund 2014 $100,000 (HKD) Strategic Research Grant $50,000 (HKD) City University Seed Grant 2011 $248,000 (HKD) City University Development $259,000 (HKD) City University Development 2010 $30,000 (SGD) Tier 0 Grant 2009 $6,000 (SGD) Proof of Concept Development Grant $10,000 (SGD) ITTO Development Grant $50,000 (SGD) i-JAM: IDM Jumpstart and Mentor Grant $85,000 SGD) City Development Limited $37,500 (USD) URECA Grant 2008 $25,000 (SGD) Digital Creativity Center 2006 $44,039 (SGD) Singapore Ministry of Education

Education Grants Total: $3,064,995 (HKD)

2019 $77,000 (HKD) Campus Sustainability Fund $40,000 (HKD) Culture and Sports Committee Fund 2018 $236,388 (HKD) Teaching Development Grant 2017 $450,000 (HKD) Provost Donor Fund $267,507 (HKD) Teaching Development Grant $103,100 (HKD) Campus Sustainability Fund 2016 $50,000 (HKD) Campus Sustainability Fund 2015 $180,000 (HKD) Teaching Development Grant (co-I) 2014 $459,000 (HKD) Teaching Development Grant $150,000 (HKD) Teaching Excellence Award 2013 $300,000 (HKD) Mainland and External Affairs $70,000 (HKD) Quality Campus Life Fund $300,000 (HKD) Interdisciplinary Opportunity Fund 2012 $191,000 (HKD) Mainland and External Affairs $181,000 (HKD) Teaching Development Grant, City University $10,000 (HKD) Discovery Enriched Curriculum Initiative

Commissions Total: $749,435 (HKD)

2017 $570,000 (CNY) Kingdee Software Company 2016 $8,000 (EU) Sancy Horizons Art in Nature

Donations Total: $1,129,225 (HKD)

2016 $2,500 (HKD) Kellett British International School Donation 2015 $80,000 (HKD) V.ABC Chemical Group, China (forfeit) $20,000 (HKD) SAR Motorsport Racing Group (forfeit) 2014 $100,000 (HKD) Ucan.com Group Ltd $150,000 (HKD) Kaspersky Labs 2013 $500,000 (HKD) Private Donor 2010 $36,000 (SGD) China Exploration and Reseach Society $22,000 (SGD) Exhibitions and Touring Programme

Note: The Extreme Enviroments Program has received a large amount of in-kind services and goods

GRAND TOTAL: $8,499,980 (HKD) raised in past 10 years 17

FINANCIAL RECORD (converted to USD)

Research Grants Total: $453,401

2019 $66,502 General Research Fund 2017 $45,366 General Research Fund 2015 $47,748 General Research Fund 2014 $12,767 Strategic Research Grant $6,384 City University Seed Grant 2011 $31,662 City University Development $33,066 City University Development 2010 $21,873 Tier 0 Grant 2009 $4,375 Proof of Concept Development Grant $7,291 ITTO Development Grant $36,454 i-JAM: IDM Jumpstart and Mentor Grant $61,971 City Development Limited $37,500 URECA Grant 2008 $18,227 Digital Creativity Center 2006 $32,108 Singapore Ministry of Education

Education Grants Total: $390,761

2019 $9,815 Campus Sustainability Fund $5,100 Culture and Sports Committee Fund 2018 $30,179 Teaching Development Grant 2017 $57,450 Provost Donor Fund $34,152 Teaching Development Grant $13,163 Campus Sustainability Fund 2016 $6,383 Campus Sustainability Fund 2015 $22,981Teaching Development Grant (co-I) 2014 $58,600Teaching Development Grant $19,150 Teaching Excellence Award 2013 $38,301 Mainland and External Affairs $8,937 Quality Campus Life Fund $38,300 Interdisciplinary Opportunity Fund 2012 $24,384 Mainland and External Affairs $23,108 Teaching Development Grant, City University $1,277 Discovery Enriched Curriculum Initiative

Commissions Total: $91,273

2017 $82,110 Kingdee Software Company 2016 $9,163 Sancy Horizons Art in Nature

Donations Total: $146,814

2015 $10,214 V.ABC Chemical Group, China $2,553 SAR Motorsport Racing Group 2014 $12,767 Ucan.com Group Ltd $19,151 Kaspersky Labs 2013 $63,836 Private Donor 2010 $22,251 China Exploration and Reseach Society $16,042 Exhibitions and Touring Programme

Note: The Extreme Enviroments Program has received a large amount of in-kind services and goods

GRAND TOTAL: $1,083,673 raised in past 10 years 18

Professional Service

Current Ongoing Service Chair, Assessment Panel (School) Deputy Chair, Teaching Assignment Panel (School) Teaching Development Grant Approval Panel (University) Campus Sustainability Committee (University) Cluster Leader, New Media Course Curriculum (School) Knowledge Transfer Coordinator (College) Interdisciplinary “Discover and Innovate” GE Course (School) The Board of the School of Creative Media (School) Academic Development Coordinator (University) The BACM Curriculum Committee (School)

Individual Service 2017-2018 Associate Dean, School of Creative Media 2014-2017 Acting Dean (as needed), School of Creative Media 2010-2015 External Examiner, UniSIM / NAFA Degree in Arts Management 2015 Jury, Arts Division, SIGGRAPH Asia, Kobe, Japan 2013 Programme Committee: VINCI 2013 (The 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction) with ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), China 2013 Programme Committee: Re-New Media Arts Conference and Festival, Copenhagen 2011 Judge in Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards 2010 Senate, Nanyang Technological University URECA Judge for LIFE@NTU Poster Competition 2009 Guest Editor, Filter Magazine Issue 70 “Screen Play” published by The Australian Network for Art and Technology 2009 Judge on the Hong Kong Silent Film Festival, organized by iCubed and Channel V Asia 2009 Judge on “Speak out for the Red” a multimedia competition for education about HIV/AIDS organized by AIESEC, Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales 2008 Organizing Committee, ISEA 14th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Singapore 2008 Organizing Committee, NTU/Sweden Interactive Media Workshop, Singapore GPS Film Press Conference, Kay Ngee Tan Gallery, Singapore 2007 Organizing Committee, Asian Director Workshop, Singapore

Biography and Online Databases

Personal Website: www.scotthessels.com Archive of Digital Art: www.digitalartarchive.at Rhizome: www.rhizome.org School of Creative Media: www.scm.cityu.edu.hk

Patents “Method Apparatus Film and System for Film Viewing with Apparatus Location Control” Scott Hessels and Nanyang Technological University

2014 United States Patent Number US 8,744,236 B2

2010 Singapore Patent Number 159004

2009 International Patent Number WO 2009/022983 A1