Dr Cat Fergusson-Baugh

About Dr Cat Fergusson-Baugh
Hi, I am Cat (she/her/they) and I have been at the University since 2007 having previously held posts at the universities of Kent and Warwick, and I have worked in areas of computer visualisation since 1995 and would broadly characterise myself as a digital researcher and practitioner. The significance of my early focus in the development of reconstructive visualisation for theatre history has been recognised through consultancy and contributions to Channel 4's Lost Buildings series, THEATRON (a virtual theatre resource), and to exhibitions of the work of Edward Gordon Craig and Phillip Loutherbourg for the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
My work on illustrative visualisation prompted a detailed exploration of the methodological impact of reconstructive practice for the theatre historian, which has produced projects and publications exploring the historical development of theatrical form at the site of Drury Lane Theatre and and the work of Vlastislav Hofman (exhibited at the Columbus Museum of Art).
Since coming to Hull, I have developed the area of digital performance, first as a taught specialism and now as a growing area of postgraduate research activity. My practice in the emerging area of XR performance includes contributions to Surfaces of Understanding (Oculus installation) and the production Fellow Prisoners (binaural audio walk).
My expertise in the practice and theory of audio and digital performance has been internationally recognised through the convenorship and moderation of panel discussions in these areas at the 14th and 15th editions of the Prague Quadrennial.