Professor Gavin Sade
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
Office of the Deputy Dean
Biography
Professor Gavin Sade is the Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education, and Social Justice at QUT. He has extensive leadership experience in higher education holding a range of roles including Associate Dean (International), acting Executive Dean, Director of the Creative Lab Research Centre, and Head of the School of Design and Head of Interactive and Visual Design. With over two decades of experience in learning and teaching, Gavin has made significant contributions to the University. He has introduced innovative subject areas and developed new courses and degrees across the creative arts and design, fostering meaningful collaboration across disciplines, faculties and with external partners. Gavin's expertise is in interactive computational media. He holds a PhD in Interactive Media Arts and Sustainability and a Bachelor of Music in Sonology. His journey in the creative arts began in 1990 when he embarked on a career as an electronic musician and performer. In 2003, he founded Kuuki, a creative media collective, where he led the production of numerous high-profile electronic artworks showcased at prestigious national and international galleries and festivals. Gavin is currently co-directing the 29th International Symposium of Electronic Arts, set to take place in Meanjin/Brisbane in 2024.Personal details
Positions
- Deputy Dean
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
Office of the Deputy Dean - Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Creative Arts
Keywords
Electronic Arts, Interaction Design, Interactive multimedia design, Sustainability
Research field
Screen and digital media, Design
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
- BMus (Griffith University)
Professional memberships and associations
Principal Fellow, Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) Member, Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DASSH) Convenor, Associate Deans (Learning & Teaching) Network, DASSH Chair, Learning & Teaching Steering Committee, Creative Industries Faculty Chair, Additional Entry Management Committee Chair, Academic Misconduct Committee Chair, Academic Appeals Committee Professor Sade sits on a number of University committees, including the University Academic Board, Curriculum Standards Committee, University Learning and Teaching Committee, Academic Concessions and Student Submission of Assessment Review Steering Committee, QALT Evaluation of Units and Teaching Review Steering Committee and Online Learning @ QUT Committee.
Teaching
Professor Sade has over 20 years teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, primarily in the areas of interaction design and electronic arts. He has initiated, designed and delivered classes in interactive media design, interaction and user experience design, media technology, web design, design theory/philosophy, and tangible media and physical computing. Gavin continues to teach whilst holding management positions. In 2019 he taught Data Visualisation as part of the Faculty's first online course.
Publications
- Sade, G. & Bracks, P. (2015). Grateful fateful sunshine rain. Presented at: Grateful fateful sunshine rain [Design/Architectural Work]. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/80101
- Sade, G., (2014). Experimental creative practices. In N. Lee (Ed.), Digital Da Vinci: Computers in the arts and sciences (pp. 23–48). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/69168
- Sade, G., (2014). Aesthetics of urban media facades. Proceedings of the 2nd Media Architecture Biennale Conference: World Cities, 59–68. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/79284
- Bracks, P. & Sade, G. (2013). Acacia Light Wall [Artefact]. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/70483
- Sade, G. & Bracks, P. (2013). Every One, Every Day. Presented at: Every One, Every Day [Artefact]. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/60331
- Armstrong, K., Sade, G., Dean, R., Carroli, L., Page, J., Nyfantis, P., Fitzwalter, Z. & Thomas, L. (2013). Long time, no see? Presented at: Long time, no see? [Digital Creative Work]. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/70953
- Sade, G., (2012). Designing well: Sustain-able Interaction Design and vegetarianism. In E. Felton, O. Zelenko & S. Vaughan (Eds.), Design and Ethics : Reflections on Practice (pp. 74–96). Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/49581
- Sade, G. & Bracks, P. (2011). Suzumushi: The Silent Swarm. Presented at: Suzumushi: The Silent Swarm [Visual Art Work]. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/39874
- Sade, G. & Bracks, P. (2009). Distracted: Poetic interpretations of climate data. Proceedings of the Digital Arts and Culture Conference, 2009, 1–5. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/31058
- Sade, G. & Bracks, P. (2009). e Menura Supurba. Presented at: e Menura Supurba [Visual Art Work]. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/29212
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Gavin, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Co-chair of technical program and publications for Interactive Entertainment 2008. Proceedings published by the Association of Computer Machinery.
- Type
- Curatorial/Juried selection of work for Exhibition Recording/Screening etc.
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Finalist in the Concurso de Artes Electrónicas y Video del Festival Transitio_MX 04 - http://transitiomx.net/contest
- Type
- Curatorial/Juried selection of work for Exhibition Recording/Screening etc.
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Creative work - Suzumushi - selected for inclusion in the UNCONTAINABLE & Untitled Exhibition at the International Symposium of Electronic Art Istanbul 2011. An Official Parallel Program of the 12th Istanbul Biennial.
- Type
- Curatorial/Juried selection of work for Exhibition Recording/Screening etc.
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Creative work - e. Menura superba- selected for inclusion in the International Symposium of Electronic Art 2009 Juried Exhibition, Belfast, UK.
- Type
- Publicly commissioned Artworks
- Reference year
- 2006
- Details
- The creative project "Charmed" received an Expermienta New Visions commission in 2006, and was curated into the EXPERIMENTA PLAYGROUND International Biennial of Media Art and tours with this exhibition between 2007 and 2009.
- Type
- Publicly commissioned Artworks
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Winner of the Southern Downs Climatic Art Competition for a new major work of public art for the Town of Stanthorpe.
Selected research projects
- Title
- Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Youth Mobile Help-seeking Tool-kit
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP150100178
- Start year
- 2016
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.