Animation and Visualisation Research Group (AVRG) Members

Dr Daniel Black

AVRG researcher, Dr Daniel Black

Dr. Daniel Black has a BA(Honours) from Melbourne University and a Ph.D. from RMIT University. His interest in animation stems from his research into technologies used to image or simulate living bodies. In addition to its use in entertainment media, animation is increasingly used in areas such as medicine, artificial life and simulated environments. His current research is focused on discovering what such ways of representing or simulating the body can tell us about dominant understandings of the relationship between our bodies, technology and information.

Publications

Black, D. 'The Virtual Ideal: Virtual Idols, Cute Technology and Unclean Biology,' Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, Vol. 22, No. 1 (February 2008), 37–50.

Black, D. 'Digital Bodies and Disembodied Voices: Virtual Idols and the Virtualised Body,' Fibreculture Journal No.9 (December, 2006), http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue9/issue9_black.html

Black, D. The Silicone Chick: Lara Croft and Sexy Technology.' Metro No.127/128 (Autumn/Winter, 2001), pp.76-82.

Black, D. 'An Anatomy of Light: Corporeality and Identity in Animation.' Metro No.121/122 (December, 1999), pp.31-36.