Greg Corness
Assistant Professor of Creative Technology and Game Design
Creative Technologies Program

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Center for the Visual Arts - CVA 211 B
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Biography
Greg Corness is a Researcher and Artist working with embodied interaction in media environments. His background in music, theatre and dance provides the basis for his research which focus on games, interdisciplinary improvisation, distributed cognition in performance, and methodologies for researching experience in games and performance.
Current Courses
460.002Computer Performance Arts Studio
450.001Design And Aesthetic Issues In Creative Technologies
490.005Directed Projects In Creative Technology
352.001Game Design II
353.001Game Development
499.003Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
380.001Selected Topics In Arts Technology
481.001Selected Topics in Creative Technologies
PhD Interactive Arts and Technology
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, Canada
MM Music Composition
University of Victoria
Victoria, Canada
BM Music Composition
University of Victoria
Victoria, Canada
Book, Chapter
Carlson, K., Corness, G., Sun, P., Corness, G., & Sun, P. Toys and Playful Devices : A Case Study. Foundations in Sound Design for Embedded Media (2019)
Corness, G., Carlson, K., Sun, P., Carlson, K., & Sun, P. Interfaces for Sound Installation. Foundations in Sound Design for Interactive Media (2019)
Carlson, K., Corness, G., & Sun, P. Case Study: Toys and Playful Devices. Filimowicz, Michael (EDs), Foundations in Sound Design for Embedded Media. Routledge (2018)
Antle, A., Corness, G., & Bevans, A. Springboard: Designing Image Schema Based Embodied Interaction for an Abstract Domain. England, David (EDs), Whole Body Interaction. Springer London (2011): 7--18.
Antle, A., Corness, G., & Bevans, A. Springboard: Designing image schema based embodied interaction for an abstract domain. Whole body interaction. Springer (2011): 7--18.
Conference Proceeding
Corness, G., & Carlson, K. Physical Time: A Model for Generating Rhythmic Gestures Based on Time Metaphors. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Movement and Computing (2020): 1--6.
Carlson, K., Corness, G., & Sun, p. Active Listening: Encouraging Sound Awareness Through Tangible Sonic Toys. Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. ACM (2019): 334--338.
Carlson, K., Alaoui, S., Corness, G., & Schiphorst, T. Shifting Spaces: Using Defamiliarization to Design Choreographic Technologies That Support Co-Creation. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Movement and Computing. ACM (2019): 17:1--17:8.
Corness, G., & Carlson, K. Embodied Intention: Robot Spinal Initiation to Indicate Directionality. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Movement and Computing. ACM (2019): 6:1--6:4.
Corness, G., & Carlson, K. Physicalizing Time Through Orientational Metaphors for Generating Rhythmic Gestures. Electronic and Visual Arts London (2018)
Journal Article
Corness, G., & Carlson, K. Deconstructing Gesture: Investigating Embodied Motion. The International Symposium on Movement and Computing. ACM (2019)
Corness, G., Carlson, K., & Buckley, Z. Explorations in a Classroom Context of 3D Audio for Game Environments. The Future of Audio in VR Workshop IEEE VR. IEEE (2019)
Carlson, K., Sun, P., Cuykendall, S., Lantin, M., Schiphorst, T., & Corness, G. Beyond the Here and Now: Exploring Threaded Presence in Mediated, Improvised Performance. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments 26.2 (2017): 97--110.
Antle, A., Corness, G., & Bevans, A. Balancing justice: exploring embodied metaphor and whole body interaction for an abstract domain. International Journal of Arts and Technology 6.4 (2013): 388--409.
Antle, A., Corness, G., & Droumeva, M. Human-computer-intuition? Exploring the cognitive basis for intuition in embodied interaction. International Journal of Arts and Technology 2.3 (2009): 235--254.
Presentations
Intuition as a Parameter of Interaction Experience. Embodied Perspectives on Musical AI. (2022)
Valuing Embodied Knowledge: Teaching Technology to Dancers. Tish Dance and New Media Conference. (2017)
Bodies and Presence. The 2015 International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2015). (2015)
The Interactive Arts and Media Department at Columbia College Chicago. The 2015 International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2015). (2015)
Artist Presentation. #docyourworld, Conference on documentary practices. (2014)
Invited Speaker, Artist Presentation. Texas A+M Architecture and Visualization Department. (2014)
Us + It: Developing Performer-Computer Interaction with Agents in Performance. International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference (IDMAA2014). (2014)
Intuition as a Parameter for Interactive Performance. Kinesthetic Empathy: Concepts and Context. (2010)
The Illusion of Togetherness: Audience Kinesthetic Experience of Dance. Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts Conference 2010 (DHRA2010). (2010)
Grants & Contracts
Dean’s Faculty Professional Development & Travel Award Program. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2022)
Sounding Actions: Analysis and Visualization of Embodied Bowing Technique for Stringed Instruments’. University Research Grant. Illinois State University. (2022)
Using Balance as an Embodied Feedback Parameter for Dancer-Robot Interaction. CITE Columbia College Chicago. Other. (2016)
Image, Text, Sound and Technology. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Federal. (2009)