Emilie Giles

Emilie Giles is an alumnus of MA Interactive Media: Critical Theory and Practice at Goldsmiths College. Since graduating her time has been spent co-organising MzTEK, a nonprofit education initiative with the aim of encouraging women to learn skills in the field of arts and technology, interning for internationally renowned artists Blast Theory and has been working for social video advertising gurus Unruly, curating and co-ordinating their events.

She is currently involved with TESTIMONIES, a project which explores oral history through social media in relation to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and is also facilitating workshops at Furtherfield Gallery for the Embroidered Digital Commons with Ele Carpenter, part of the Being Social exhibition.

Emilie's own practice revolves around notions of pervasive gaming linked with urban exploration and psychogeography. Her work is largely experimental, focusing on the methodology of creating rather than on the finished piece. Recent work includes Emotional Geocaching - a piece which looks at our emotional reaction to our surroundings, whilst embarking on a dérive, Lost London - a pervasive experience with a psychogeographical twist which invites participants to go in search of London’s network of disused tube stations and Ace of Spades Hunt  - a treasure hunt which explores issues surrounding blood diamond mining.

In her spare time Emilie enjoys nothing better than running (or shuffling) around Hampstead Heath with her chums from Fire Hazard, whilst (pretending to be) in the zombie apocalypse.