Lecturer in Media Production, Employability and Media Theory.
Doctoral Candidate in Digital Media and Society .
Research interests cover a range of topics related to digital art, interactive immersive media and visual culture.
Experience
Computer Artist
Washington University School of Medicine
January 1991
to August 1994
St. Louis
United States - Missouri
Provided Medical illustration, Clinical photography, Photography and Digital Graphic design/illustration for the Physicians and Scientists of Washington University School of Medicine. Worked on representations for PCR and the Human Genome project.
Education
PhD (Predicted)
University of Leicester
August 2015
to December 2021
PhD Topic: The Creative Practice of Selfies: Playful Expression and Subversion in Digital Culture.
Publications:
Routh, Patricia. 'The Politics of Transformation: Selfie Production of the Visually Marginalised' in Karatzogianni, A., Nguyen, D. and Serafinelli, E. (eds) The Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere: Conflict, Migration, Crisis and Culture in Digital Networks, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Routh, Patricia. A poststructuralist review of selfies: Moving beyond heteronormative visual rhetoric. for(e)dialogue, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 1, p. 4-14, mar. 2016. ISSN 2398-0532.
Conferences
The Politics of Transformation: Selfie Performativity Beyond of the Hegemonic Visual Rhetoric', PhD Seminar 2015, University of Leicester, Department of Media and Communication, Bankfield House.
Gender Performativity and Selfie Creation: Beyond the Binaries of Heteronormative Visual Rhetoric, 2015, NDiMR New Directions in Research, University Of Leicester, Department of Media and Communication.
November 26th, 2014 - Gendering Happiness: The Power of Pleasure. "Affect and Identity in Selfie Production". University of Hull, WISE
November 13 - 15, 2014 - Material Matters in Times of Crisis Capitalism, "Affect and Memory in Selfie Production". Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
January, 16th 2014 - The Curated Ego: "What Makes a Good Selfie? " National Portrait Gallery, London.
April11-12 2013-Conflict and Dialogue in Transnational and Digital Diaspora Networks, New Aesthetic Nostalgia as a Bridge to the Present.". University of Hull, WISE
PhD Representative - 2015 -2016
Associate Editor - for(e)dialogue
Branding, Web Design and Content Producer - MeCCSA PGN 2016
PGCert
University of Hull
2014
Research Methods
Research methods and techniques
Qualitative inquiry
Quantitative research and data analysis
Mixed methods and action research
MSc
School of Art and New Media, University of Hull
September 2009
to September 2010
Digital Media
Research spotlighted the Uncanny Valley as a methodology for understanding the acceptance and perception of realistic skin texture within digital photographic post-processes. Following University research ethics guidelines, built on-line quantitative and qualitative study and secure mysql database.Successfully completed all coursework and training requirements for Master of Science.
BFA
Kansas City Art Institute
September 1982
to August 1985
Experimental Media Arts
Studio practice
Student gallery representative
Skills
Research
Media Studies
Digital Media Cultures
Class
Relational Aesthetics
Vernacular and Autodidactic Art
Semiotic analysis
Memory
Quantitative and qualitative research methods and analysis.
Posthumanism
Visual Culture
Identity
New aesthetic
Nostalgia
Machine gaze
The Uncanny Valley.
Race
Gender
Performativity
Cultural capital
Aesthetics
Play
Subversion
Experimental narratives
Poststructuralism
Creative Skills Overview
Production Management
Project Management
Creative Direction
Visual design and narrative.
Digital Video
Digital Photography
Image and Web Content
Motion graphics
Creative Writing
User Interaction Design.
Branding, Graphic Design
Digital Painting
Sonic synced motion graphics
Audio
Programming
Digital Workflow
Media Writing
Screenwriting
Interactive and Immersive Media
Content Strategy
Non-narrative Story
PACT Analysis
Paper plan/Wireframing
Branding and Personas
Usability Design
Elements and Principles of Design, Layout, Colours and Fonts
Prototyping
Gamification
SEO and Marketing Strategies
Photography
In-depth knowledge of new & emerging modes of photographic production, graphic file types, file sizes, preparing files for all levels of resolution and postproduction distribution and consumption.
Extremely knowledgeable of new and emerging post-production digital workflow.
Reliable interpersonal skills in working with clients, advertisers, publishing agencies, and designers.
Meet all deadlines on time, very fast post production workflow.
Patient, comforting and strong ability to place novice clients at ease.
Exercise originality and have advanced technical proficiency with professional DSLR equipment.
Exceptional talent for capturing images that visualize a story or require a visual narrative of an event.
In possession of equipment and software needed to produce work.
Digital Video Editing
Advanced knowledge of digital video editing systems, including Apple Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Premiere.
Very creative, able to conceptualise innovative ideas and bring into fruition.
Video work has been recognised and screened Internationally.
Experienced designing workflow and organisation for large projects
Media Literacy
Motion Graphics
Solid knowledge of designing production logs,storyboards and screen decks.
Extensive experience with motion graphics, typography and design.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects, Apple Motion and Adobe Flash.
Excellent interpersonal skills in working with clients, advertisers, publishing agencies, and designers.
In-depth knowledge of graphic file types, file sizes, resolution and broadcast colour.
Digital Media
Advanced knowlege of compression techniques and algorithms.
High competence with digital audio, image and video formats and applications.
Understand the implications of psychological and sociological influences on web design.
Awareness of the factors involved in Multimedia systems and the implications of multimedia formats, and types.
Can perform web design and development, adhering to W3C web standards and can critically comment on graphic design and standards based web development.
Knowledge of HTML, CSS, Actionscript, Javascript, Ajax and PHP.
In possession of equipment and software needed to produce work.
Interests
Academic Conferences and Publications
The Creative Practice of Selfies: Playful Expression and Subversion in Digital Culture., PhD Seminar 2019, University of Leicester, Department of Media and Communication, Bankfield House.
Routh, Patricia. 'The Politics of Transformation: Selfie Production of the Visually Marginalised' in Karatzogianni, A., Nguyen, D. and Serafinelli, E. (eds) The Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere: Conflict, Migration, Crisis and Culture in Digital Networks, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2018
Routh, Patricia. A poststructuralist review of selfies: Moving beyond heteronormative visual rhetoric. for(e)dialogue, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 1, p. 4-14, mar. 2016. ISSN 2398-0532.
The Politics of Transformation: Selfie Performativity Beyond of the Hegemonic Visual Rhetoric', PhD Seminar 2015, University of Leicester, Department of Media and Communication, Bankfield House.
Gender Performativity and Selfie Creation: Beyond the Binaries of Heteronormative Visual Rhetoric, 2015, NDiMR New Directions in Research, University Of Leicester, Department of Media and Communication.
November 26th, 2014 - Gendering Happiness: The Power of Pleasure. "Affect and Identity in Selfie Production". University of Hull, WISE
November 13 - 15, 2014 - Material Matters in Times of Crisis Capitalism, "Affect and Memory in Selfie Production". Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
January, 16th 2014 - The Curated Ego: "What Makes a Good Selfie? " National Portrait Gallery, London.
April11-12 2013-Conflict and Dialogue in Transnational and Digital Diaspora Networks, New Aesthetic Nostalgia as a Bridge to the Present.". University of Hull, WISE
November 7, 2012 - The Media & Memory Research Initiative (MaMRI) "New Aesthetic Nostalgia as a Bridge to the Present.".- Department of Digital Media, University of Hull, SANM
Exhibitions, Print & Screenings
February 21, 2020 Music, Technology & Innovation/Performance DMU, Postgraduate Concert, "Golden Turtle" audio reactive video to live performance of Golden Turtle sound composition by Susanne Grunewald.
June 12, 2018 Music, Technology & Innovation/Performance DMU, Postgraduate Concert, "Golden Turtle" audio reactive video to live performance of Golden Turtle sound composition by Susanne Grunewald.
March 22, 2017 Music, Technology & Innovation/Performance DMU, Postgraduate Concert, "Golden Turtle" audio reactive video to live performance of Golden Turtle sound composition by Susanne Grunewald.
* 2009-2016 – Photographic work featured regularly within Paraphilia Magazine. USA
January 2014, The Curated Ego: What Makes a Good Selfie? "The Personality Surgeon" images screened at National Portrait Gallery, London.
August 3 - August 29, Photography & Video Backdrops for Open Wide Tour, Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
April 6th, 2013 Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, LACDA Ninth Anniversary Exhibit
Los Angeles, California
Featured five digital prints.
March 2013- the video, "End Begins", broadcast on FRANK MOORE'S UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES on Berkeley TV (BTV), Ch. 28. Berkeley, California, USA
August 2012- the video, "Torch me up,with the olympics", broadcast on FRANK MOORE'S UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES on Berkeley TV (BTV), Ch. 28. Berkeley, California, USA
March 2012 -LACDA, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, New Aesthetic Prints.
December -2011, Mobile phone photography as featured illustrations for Michael Butterworth's, "Christmas Story".
December 2011- the video, "End Begins", broadcast on FRANK MOORE'S UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES on Berkeley TV (BTV), Ch. 28. Berkeley, California, USA
September, 2011, videos shown at Dilston Grove and Matt's Gallery , London UK . ”Something just behind your back”, ”Phil the Messenger”, “ ’and Inhabited the Spaces’ “, and “Adventures in the House of Memory”.
April 2011 - the video, "Gangster State", will broadcast on FRANK MOORE'S UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES on Berkeley TV (BTV), Ch. 28. Berkeley, California, USA
March 2011- the video, "Jimmy Carter 1979", broadcast 4 times on FRANK MOORE'S UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES on Berkeley TV (BTV), Ch. 28. Berkeley, California, USA
October 1, 2010 - October, 2011, the videos, "The Edge of my World", "Persephone", "Alveolus", "The Ancient Old Ones", "Mysterium Tremendum", "Lusion Plain", "Skin", "Normal", "Funky Bacon", and " Swimming Upside Down" screened on loop at the Plaza Eventi hotel in NYC, giant outdoor screen. New York , New York, USA
* September, 2010, videos shown at Dilston Grove and Matt's Gallery , ”Something just behind your back”, ”Phil the Messenger”, “ ’and Inhabited the Spaces’ “, and “Adventures in the House of Memory”. London UK
* July 8th – 24th, 2010 – LACDA, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; “FEEDBACK”; shown “Phil the Messenger”.
Los Angeles, California, USA
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