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Wesley Goatley is a Acting Programme Director of Interaction Design and Visual Communication at London College of Communication. Wesley is a critical artist and researcher based in London, UK.
His work examines Artificial Intelligence technologies and their relations to society, geopolitics, and the climate crisis, and how art practice can intervene and explore these tools and topics.
Wesley has given talks on his practice and research at international events such as Milan Design Week, Global Art Forum Singapore, CTM Festival Berlin, and the European Data Forum in Eindhoven. His writing has featured in arts magazines, academic journals, and news outlets. He has been a consultant for organisations such as BBC R&D and the University of the Creative Arts, London.
His installations, performances, and films have been shown at international venues such as Eyebeam in New York, Berghain in Berlin, The Nam June Paik Art Center in Seoul, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Wesley has a 25-year background as an experimental performer and musician, including for labels such as Kranky (US) and Southern (UK). He was awarded an EMARE/EMAP residency prize with Impakt Festival in 2017, and has been artist in residence at Extrapool Nijmegen and Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada.
Wesley holds a doctorate in Creative and Critical Practice from the University of Sussex for this practice-based thesis 'Critical Data Aesthetics: Towards a Critically Reflexive Practice of Data Aestheticisation'.
Prior to joining LCC, Wesley both authored and taught BA and MA courses in Computational Practice, Music Performance & Production, and Sonic Media Theory.
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+44 (0)20 7514 6500