Stephen Jones, Ph.D.

Stephen Jones (born 1951, lives in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian video artist, curator, video engineer and conservator of long standing. He worked with Bush Video (1974-5) the Paddington Video Access Centre (1976-978) with Nam June Paik during his exhibition at the AGNSW in Sydney (1976) as well as providing technical support for many major exhibitions including the Biennale of Sydney and Australian Perspecta from 1976 to 1985. From 1983 to 1992 he was the video-maker for the electronic music band Severed Heads. Between 1989 and 1996 he worked as an engineer for several major video post-production and computer graphic production facilities.

In 1996 he returned to making art and in 1998 received a New Media Arts Fellowship from the Australia Council. He provides technical support for artists, developing sensor-controlled systems for interactive video/DVD installations and physical immersion installations, as well as developing theoretical perspectives on interactivity, artificial intelligence and artificial life. Since 2002 he has been researching the history of art and technology in Australia. This work has lead to his book, Synthetics: Aspects of Art and Technology in Australia, 1956-1975 is to be published by MIT Press in February 2011. [see http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12572]