Teresa Dillon
Teresa Dillon is an artist-researcher. Her main interests include the use and role of existing and emerging technologies within live performance and interaction, particularly in public and site specific settings.
Teresa established Polar Produce, while studying at Glasgow University, Scotland. Since then she has directed and produced in collaboration with others various works as Polar Produce. Currently she is the company's director, working in partnership with the core team to create new work.
Teresa marries skills from live art and theatre with academic research and new media production. Prior to focusing on Polar Produce, Teresa worked for Futurelab, UK, where she developed new digital prototypes and future ideas for learning. Teresa holds a PhD from the Open University, UK where her worked focused on the creative collaborative process when making music. She has published on collaborative creativity, music, digital arts, open source and designing new media.
