Annie Wan, PhD

Associate Professor

Creative Studies, Media Studies

Office: CCS 380
Email: annie.wan@ubc.ca

Research Summary

Innovating Artistic and Socially Motivated Design through Creative Media by means of Gamification in Digital Heritage Preservation, Museums Archives and Digital Conservation; Employing Creative Media for the Socially Disadvantaged by means of Adopting Extended Realities and Intelligence Technologies for well- being.

Courses & Teaching

MDST 210: Creative Coding; MDST 311: Computational Poetics

Biography

Dr Annie WAN is an international digital media scholar, primarily research interests in adopting extended realities technologies for well-being and for social good. In 2012 she earned a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Washington, United States (one of the Public Ivies, ranked 16th best in the World (ARWU 2020)), in Digital Arts and Experimental Media. She grew up in Singapore and UK, has been living in Sweden and the US.

Wan was a Course Leader of BA Virtual Reality in the University of the Arts London, an Assistant Professor in Hong Kong Baptist University and Hong Kong Education University. She was the Principle Investigator of a European Commission’s European Regional Development Fund funded project, ACE IT, which supports London-based start-ups and SMEs to conceptualise, research and develop innovative products and services in the area of virtual/ augmented/ mixed reality/ mobile solutions in 2020-2022.

Her creative works have been exhibited in festivals in Europe, Asia and North America, including Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize 2018,  Art Neureau: A neuroscience- inspired art show in Seattle in 2017, The Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB), Hong Kong in 2015, Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards 2012 (Hong Kong, China) and International Festival of Creativity, Ogaki Biennale 2010 (Ogaki, Japan), Innovation & Digital Culture (Canary Islands, Spain), ZeroOne/ ISEA 2006 (San Jose, United States), French Pavilion in 10th Venice Architecture Biennale (Venice, Italy), Art +Communication Festival 2004 (Riga, Latvia), Multimedia Art Asia Pacific Conference 2004 (Singapore), etc.

Other past collaborators include West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Hong Kong Museum of Art and Hong Kong’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Department of Psychology on the Hong Kong’s first IT platform for mental health and well-being.

Websites

www.linkedin.com/in/annie-wan-21518021/

Degrees

PhD, Department of Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS), University of Washington, United States
Master of Science in Applied Information Technology (Art & Technology), Innovative Design, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Creative Media, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong

Selected Publications & Presentations

Edited book (co-editor)

Nicolas Douay & Annie Wan (Aug 2017). Big Data and Civic Engagement. Italy: Planum Publisher. (ISBN: 978-889-92370-6-6)

Chapter in an edited book (author)

Nicolas Douay, Annie Wan and David Bartel (Aug 2017). Big Data in the City. Nicolas Douay and On Ni Wan, Big Data and Civic Engagement. Italy: Planum Publisher. (ISBN: 978-889-92370-6-6)

Annie Wan (Aug 2017). Space Juxtaposition in Arts. Nicolas Douay and Annie Wan, Big Data and Civic Engagement. Italy: Planum Publisher. (ISBN: 978-889-92370-6-6)

Nicolas Douay, Annie Wan and David Bartel (Aug 2017). The City’s Survival Kit. Nicolas Douay and Annie Wan, Big Data and Civic Engagement. Italy: Planum Publisher. (ISBN: 978-889-92370-6-6)

Annie Wan (2008). Artist in Motion, Glow in the Dark. Ellen Pau, Spotting media. art. noise. in Hong Kong (15-19). Hong Kong: Asia One Books. (ISBN: 978-988-14525-9-7)

Journal Articles (author) Annie Wan. “Art Based Research as Virtual Cultural Heritage.” Bath Spa University: The International Journal of Creative Media Research. (ISSN: 2631-6773)

Selected Grants & Awards

ACE IT (on behalf of the University of the Arts London) (~USD$407,869.20 (50% matching)), European Commission’s European Regional Development Fund (Dec 2020, External)

Artwork commission (~USD$50000), Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (Jun 2017, External)

Arts Development Fund (Cultural Exchange Project) (~USD$2000), Home Affairs Bureau, Hong Kong
(Mar 2015, External)

Faculty Research Grant II (~USD$14000), Hong Kong Baptist University (Mar 2015, Internal)

Faculty Research Grant I (~USD$5600), Hong Kong Baptist University (Nov 2014, Internal)

New Media Exhibition Commission (~USD$70,000), on behalf of Media Arts Network, Leisure and

Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong (Dec 2013, External)

RC-Start-up Grant for New Academics (~USD$14000), Hong Kong Baptist University (May 2014, Internal).

Knowledge Transfer Partnership Project (~USD$14000), Hong Kong Baptist University (March 2014, Internal)

Start-up Research Grant for Newly Recruited Lecturers (~USD$3900), Hong Kong Institute of Education (Feb 2013, Internal)

Muybridge Moment (~USD$10,000), IAMAS-AIR 2010, The Agency of Cultural Affairs, Japan (Aug 2010, External)

Tuition Waiver Scholarship (~USD$11000), Office of Global Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, United States (Sept 2009, Internal)

New Media Exhibition (~USD$70,000), on behalf of Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Arts Development Council (Dec 2008, External)

Tuition Waiver Scholarship (~USD$99000), University of Washington, Seattle, United States (2005-2008, Internal)

Travel Grant (~USD$1,500), Trans Cultural Mapping Workshop, EU Culture Fund (May 2003, External)

Travel Grant (~USD$1,500), IT University, Gothenburg, Sweden (Mar 2003, External)

Awards & Distinctions

Shortlisted for Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize 2018

Finalist Award, Asia Digital Art Awards 2009, Fukuoka, Japan

Winning Award (Performance Category), Asiagraph, Shanghai, China

Top Scholar Award, University of Washington, Seattle, United States

Exhibitions

Imperfectionist (Online Artwork Commission). Hong Kong: Hong Kong West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Telepathy Machine (Art Exhibition). Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize 2018, Hong Kong: Hive Spring Gallery

Mutating Worlds: When past artworks meet future artists (Online Artwork Commission). Hong Kong: Hong Kong Museum of Art

Telepathy Machine (Art Exhibition). Art Neureau: A neuroscience- inspired art show. Seattle, United States: Fremont Abbey Arts Center

The Hermit Project (Artist in Residence). Signal Culture, New York, United States: Signal Culture

Multimedia Dance Performance

New Works Forum: Multimedia and Dance Dialogue – Hiroaki Umeda, Hong Kong: Artistic Development (Dance), Performing Arts West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Pocket Cinema Hong Kong (Art Exhibition). A City’s Survival Guide, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Baptist University

Pocket Cinema Hong Kong (Guided Tours). The Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB), Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation.

Cosmic Gun (Art Exhibition). American Gun Show, San Jose, United States: Works Gallery

Cosmic Gun (Workshop Tour, Invited Artist). Montreal, Canada: Eastern Bloc

Cosmic Gun (Workshop Tour, Invited Artist). New York City, United States: Eyebeam Art+Technology Center

DIY Future New Media Arts Exhibition (as a Curator). New Vision Arts Festival 2014. Hong Kong: Leisure and Cultural Services Department

Cosmic Gun (Art Exhibition). DIY Future New Media Arts Exhibition, New Vision Arts Festival 2014. Hong Kong: Leisure and Cultural Services Department

Where’s the Chicken? (Art Performance). Art Square at Salisbury Garden Completion Ceremony. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Museum of Art

Around the Corner (Art Exhibition). International Festival of Creativity, Innovation & Digital Culture. Canary Islands, Spain: Espacio Enter

Around the Corner (Art Exhibition). B-Tour Festival. Berlin, Germany: B- Tour Festival 2013

Where’s the Chicken? (Art Exhibition). Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennale 2012. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Museum of Art

Sky++ New Media Art Exhibition (as a Curator). Hong Kong: Goethe Institute

Around the Corner (Art Exhibition). CODE – A Media, Games & Art Conference. Melbourne, Australia: Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Around the Corner (Art Exhibition). Official Selection of Web Biennale 2012, WB12. Athens, Berlin, Istanbul. Istanbul, Turkey: Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum

Around the Corner (Artwork Presentation). Prospectives’12 International Festival of Digital Art. Reno, United States: University of Nevada, Reno, United States

Muybridge Moment (Art Exhibition). Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), Japan. Ogaki, Japan: Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), Japan.

Muybridge Moment (Art Exhibition). Ogaki Bienalle 2010, Japan. Ogaki, Japan: Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), Japan

Where’s the Chicken? (Art Exhibition), Hong Kong: Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Where’s the Chicken? (as a Curator and an Invited Artist), Hong Kong: Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University

Objet Petit A (Art Exhibition). October Contemporary, Hong Kong: Videotage

Tre Marie (Interactive Dance Performance). ACM Multimedia Conference. Santa Barbara, United States: University of California Santa Barbara

Haunted (Art Exhibition, Invited Artist). MetaVilla, French Pavilion. Venice, Italy: 10th Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy

Phenakistoscape (Art Exhibition, Invited Artist). ISEA 2006 (International Symposium of Electronic Arts)/ ZeroOne San Jose. San Jose, United States: ZeroOne San Jose

Tre Marie (Interactive Dance Performance). Dance in Digital Domain. Seattle, United States: Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, University of Washington

Audiovisual Performance. Shortcuts Film Festival. Visby, Sweden: Baltic Art Center

GeoLeds (Art Exhibition). ART+COMMUNICATION Festival 2004. Riga, Latvia: RIXC

TTFFFT (AudioVisual Performance). FLOSS in Motion. Bergen, Norway: Piksel Festival

Audiovisual Performance. Siren Electronic Music Festival 2004. Gothenburg, Sweden: Pustervik Theater.

Iceland Inside Out (Art Exhibition). Trans-Cultural Mapping Workshop. Reykjavik, Iceland: Trans-Cultural Mapping Workshop

Open Source City (Art Exhibition). Open Source City Festival. Strasbourg, France: Open Source City Festival

Mot Mars (Interactive Dance Performance). Atelier Nord. Oslo, Norway: Atelier Nord