Heather Raikes

Heather Raikes is a physical/media artist and researcher working with dynamic interfaces between the body and technological systems. She is currently completing postdoctoral research as an Advanced Research Associate with the Planetary Collegium via the Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Integrative Arts (CAiiA), University of Plymouth. Raikes holds a PhD from DXARTS, the University of Washington’s Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media; an MPS from New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, and a transdisciplinary arts AB from Duke University. Exhibitions and performances of her artwork include HEREArt Mainstage (New York), Aaron Davis Hall (New York), On the Boards (Seattle), The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), SIGGRAPH (Boston), The International Festival of Performance (Barcelona), Culturgest (Lisbon), E-Poetry (Paris), Imaginaria International Film Festival (Conversano, Italy), Inscriptions In the Sand (Famagusta, Cyprus), the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Her writings have been published in the International Journal of Art, Culture and Design Technologies (IJACDT), Technoetic Arts, Body/Space/Technology, The American Communication Journal, PoeticaNet, New River Journal and in the book Technologically Expanded Dance. Raikes has held academic positions at the University of Washington, the University of California San Diego and Temple University. She is also a former dancer with the Erick Hawkins Dance Company and the founder of Neoflow Yoga.

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