Julie Freeman (b.1972, Buckinghamshire, UK)
Artist, researcher. Graduated with a BSc from the University of Plymouth in 1994 and an MA from the Centre for Electronic Arts of Middlesex University (London) in 1997. Her work explores the relationship between science, nature and new technologies. Freeman uses electronic technologies to ‘translate nature’. In 2005, she launched her pioneering digital artwork The Lake, which uses advanced technology to track electronically tagged fish and translate their movement into an audio-visual experience. The project was widely covered by the UK media and supported by Tingrith Coarse Fishery and a fellowship from NESTA (The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts). Freeman has created several interactive installations – which have been presented at contemporary art exhibitions and festivals – such as: Digital Wave (Science Museum & ICA, London, 1998), Dry Fall (COMA@Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2004), The Lake (Tingrith Fishery, Bedfordshire, 2005; The Truman Brewery, London, 2006; FILE show, Sao Paulo, 2007), The Time Machine that is Landscape (The Curator’s Gallery, London, 2005/2006), In Sound Mind (the Dana Centre, London, 2006; Sheffield, York, 2008) and Specious Dialogue (The Kinetica Museum, London, 2007; Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 2008). She has given presentations at various symposia including OFFF Festival of Digital Art and Electronic Music (Barcelona, 2004), Creative Software for Cybersalon (London, 2006), Dorkbot (London, 2006), ISEA / ZeroOne (San Jose, 2006), BurningDork (London, 2007), Art and Science (London, 2007) and York and Sheffield Science Weeks (2008). Freeman is currently an artist-in-residence at the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Centre of Cranfield University (London).