Dr. Garrett Lynch IRL is an artist, lecturer, curator and theorist. His work explores networks (in their most open sense) within an artistic context; the spaces between artist, artworks and audience as a means, site and context for artistic initiation, creation and discourse. Recently most active in performance Garrett’s networked practice spans online art, installation, performance and writing. Documentation of over twenty years of practice can be seen on his website: http://www.asquare.org/.

Post-graduate of interactive research at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD), Paris, France and PhD of networked art at South Bank University, London, England, Garrett has taught on many new media, art and technology courses throughout England, Wales and India.

Garrett is the Director of Education, Research and Development (ERDI) for the School of Cultural Technology (SCT) overseeing learning and teaching, research and development as well as the Postgraduate Research Director. He contributes to years two, three and four of the degree BA Arts, Technology and Entertainment with Contemporary Entrepreneurialism delivering teaching in the areas of networked art, performance, programming, generative art, interactive media, sonic arts, installation art and electronics. Informal contact from prospective doctoral candidates in the research areas listed below are most welcome.

Conceptual art

AI generative adversarial networks (GANs)

Networked performance

Networked art

Post-disciplinary practice

New media art

Contemporary art

Network theory

Systems theory

Cybernetics