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Michael Longford

Michael Longford's creative work and research activities reside at the intersection of photography, graphic design and new media. Currently, he is a principle investigator for the Mobile Digital Commons Network (MDCN), a joint research project launched by Concordia University and the Banff New Media Institute. The MDCN includes a multidisciplinary group of artists, scholars and computer scientists exploring mobile communications in the context of urban networks, art installations, participatory public authoring and the database as a space for experiment and collaboration.

He joined the department of Design Art at Concordia University in 1998 where he teaches courses in graphic design, new media and interactivity. He has organized numerous workshops, artist talks, exhibitions and conferences. He has also served on a number of committees overseeing the integration of new technologies in the Faculty of Fine Arts. He is currently a member of the Management Committee for the Centre interuniversitaire des arts médiatiques (CIAM) at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and is the Research Director for the Advanced Digital Imaging and 3D Rapid Prototyping Group in Hexagram.