Summary
Ian Grant is a multidisciplinary computer science teacher and digital arts researcher with 14 years of professional experience combining software development, performance and pedagogy. He has led digital art and design programs at university level and now teaches Computer Science while applying his practice-led research in expressive control systems for digital puppets. Ian builds real-time image processing tools, stereoscopic capture workflows and interactive apps that blend kinetic performance with digitised artefacts, and his work has earned a research residency at the Institut International de la Marionnette. A pianist, arranger and performer, he brings live multimedia experience into classroom and research contexts, frequently presenting on media archaeology, animation and digital visualisation for fashion. He holds a PhD in Critical Media Practice and an MA in Computer Arts, and is known in visual programming communities for practical tooling around Apple technologies. Based in London, he maintains a public portfolio at daisyrust.com that documents his rare mix of artistic, technical and theatrical practice.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hons) Drama and Theatre Studies, Theatre and Performance, First Class, BA (Hons) Drama and Theatre Studies, Theatre and Performance, First Class at Royal Holloway, University of London
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Media, Film, Music; Digital Animation, Puppetry, Shadows, Media Archaeology, Awarded 2018, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Media, Film, Music; Digital Animation, Puppetry, Shadows, Media Archaeology, Awarded 2018 at University of Sussex
PGCE, Computer Science, PGCE, Computer Science at King's College London
MA, Computer Arts, MA, Computer Arts at University of West London