Daniel Fine
Theatre Arts | Dance | Public Digital Arts
Tenure Dossier
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My creative research and scholarship are grounded in embodied, theatrical, interactive, and cinematic storytelling techniques. I investigate and experiment with how these techniques partner with digital media and new technologies to create narratives in live, physical/digital environments. My research centers on how new artistic experiences, forms, stories, and platforms are created and manipulated - in both low-tech and high-tech methods - by artists, performers, technicians, users, and audiences. I am deeply interested in how humans interact with technology, and I center technology, digital theories, and interdisciplinary techniques into the very meaning making of the work being created. The outcome of my research is to engage the imaginations and hearts of a twenty-first century audience by concentrating on storytelling through technology rather than dwelling solely on technology itself.
During my time at Iowa, my research has been awarded $221,579.00 in funding ($196,579.00 internal and $25,000 external) and includes an international premiere at the prestigious 2019 Prague Quadrennial. My scholarly research includes a published book, Digital Media, Projection Design and Technology for Theatre (Routledge, 2018) for which I am the co-author. My creative research over the last five years can be divided into four major categories: 1.) Co-Principal Investigator, Co-Creator, Producer, Director, and Designer of ongoing multi-year, large national and international research projects; 2.) Co-Creator/Creative Artist where I serve as the principal digital media/system designer for which I collaborate on the inception, development, and public performance of the artistic work; 3.) Traditional digital media designer where I am hired to collaborate on another artist’s or company’s project; and 4.) Writer and presenter.
ONGOING MULTI-YEAR, LARGE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
Digital Media and Clown
Virtual Reality & Live Performance
CO-CREATOR/CREATIVE ARTIST PROJECTS
Durational Performance Event and Interactive Gallery Installation
Site Specific Performance and Architectural Projection Mapping
Digital Media and Dance
Digital Media and Dance
Motion Capture and Dance
Long-Term Interactive Installation
WORK-FOR-HIRE: DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGNER FOR OTHER ARTISTS/COMPANIES
WRITER AND PRESENTER
Book
Commissioned Articles
Conferences
FUNDING/GRANTS
| Amount | Project | Source | Note | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ 25,000.00 | Media Clown | External: Epic Mega Grant | Co-PI, awarded for project | 2020 - |
| $ 12,000.00 | Elevator #7 & Distributed Project: Live Performance in Shared Virtual Worlds | Creative Matches Grant, Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. University of Iowa. | Awarded to Co-PI's for project. | 2019-2021 |
| $ 1,000.00 | Distributed Project: Live Performance in Shared Virtual Worlds | Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU). University of Iowa. | One undergraduate researcher to work on the project during the fall semester at $1,000. | Fall 2021 |
| $ 8,000.00 | Distributed Project: Live Performance in Shared Virtual Worlds | Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU). University of Iowa. | For four undergraduate researchers to work on the project during the academic year at $2,000 each. | 2020 -2021 |
| $ 2,000.00 | Media Clown | Provost Investment in Strategic Priorities Award. University of Iowa | Awarded for summer research stipend for Co-PI Daniel Fine | Summer 2021 |
| $ 2,000.00 | Media Clown | Theatre Arts Department. University of Iowa | Awarded to Co-PI Assocaite Professor Paul Kalina for summer research stipend. | Summer 2021 |
| $ 2,500.00 | Distributed Project: Live Performance in Shared Virtual Worlds | Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU). University of Iowa. | One undergraduate researcher to work on the project over the summer at $2,500. | Summer 2021 |
| $ 12,500.00 | Distributed Project: Live Performance in Shared Virtual Worlds | Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU). University of Iowa. | For five undergraduate researchers to work on the project over the summer at $2,500 each. | Summer 2020 |
| $ 4,900.00 | Media Clown | Public Digital Arts Cluster Faculty Research Grant. University of Iowa | Awarded to Co-PI's for project. | 2019 |
| $ 5,000.00 | Media Clown | Arts Across Border Grant. University of Iowa | Awarded to Co-PI's for project. | 2019 |
| $ 2,000.00 | Media Clown | Theatre Arts Travel Grant. University of Iowa | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for co-PI Daniel Fine | 2018 |
| $ 2,000.00 | Media Clown | Theatre Arts Travel Grant. University of Iowa | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for Co-PI Paul Kalina | 2018 |
| $ 1,000.00 | Media Clown | Dance Department.Travel Grant. University of Iowa. | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for Co-PI Daniel Fine | 2018 |
| $ 600.00 | Media Clown | Theatre Arts Felton Foundation Funding. University of Iowa | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for Grad student Chelsea Regen | 2019 |
| $ 600.00 | Media Clown | Theatre Arts Felton Foundation Funding. University of Iowa | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for Grad student Courtney Gaston | 2019 |
| $ 600.00 | Media Clown | Theatre Arts Felton Foundation Funding. University of Iowa | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for Grad student Sarah Hamilton | 2019 |
| $ 1,350.00 | Media Clown | Margaret Hall Scholarship Fund. Theatre Arts. University of Iowa | Research funds for Grad student Chelsea Regen to use on the project. | 2019 |
| $ 1,350.00 | Media Clown | Margaret Hall Scholarship Fund. Theatre Arts. University of Iowa | Research funds for Grad student Courtney Gaston to use on the project. | 2019 |
| $ 1,200.00 | Media Clown | International Programs. University of Iowa. | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for Co-PI Paul Kalina | 2019 |
| $ 1,100.00 | Media Clown | International Programs. University of Iowa. | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for Co-PI Daniel Fine | 2019 |
| $ 1,700.00 | Media Clown | Theatre Arts Summer Travel Grant. University of Iowa. | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for Grad student Chelsea Regen | 2019 |
| $ 1,700.00 | Media Clown | Theatre Arts Summer Travel Grant. University of Iowa. | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for Grad student Courtney Gaston | 2019 |
| $ 1,700.00 | Media Clown | Theatre Arts Summer Travel Grant. University of Iowa. | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for Grad student Sarah Hamilton | 2019 |
| $ 500.00 | Media Clown | Graduate & Professional Student Government (GPSG) Grant. University of Iowa. | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for Grad student Sarah Hamilton | 2019 |
| $ 250.00 | Media Clown | Graduate & Professional Student Government (GPSG) Grant. University of Iowa. | Travel funds to UK/PQ19 for Grad student Chelsea Regen | 2019 |
| $ 2,500.00 | Media Clown | Graduate & Professional Student Government (GPSG) Grant. University of Iowa. | Awarded to Co-PI Assocaite Professor Paul Kalina for project. | 2018 |
| $ 18,000.00 | Media Clown | Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Interdisciplinary Research Grant. The University of Iowa | Awarded to Co-PI's for stipend for summer research. Pi's donated all stipend (post taxes) to research project. | Summer 2018 |
| $ 13,000.00 | Elevator #7: Live Performance in Shared Virtual Worlds | Creative Matches Grant, Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. University of Iowa. | Awarded to Co-PI's for project. | 2017-2018 |
| $ 3,000.00 | Elevator #7: Live Performance in Shared Virtual Worlds | Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU). University of Iowa. | Matching funds for Creative Matches Grant for undergraduate researchers to work on the project. | 2017-2018 |
| $ 7,500.00 | Live Geometry | Arts & Humanities Initiative (AHI) Standard Grant, Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. University of Iowa. | Awarded to Co-PI's for project. | 2017-2018 |
| $ 11,029.00 | Talking Race: Alternative Platforms in Digital Art and Performance. Did not accept this grant. | Digital Bridges, a Melon funded project, part of The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies. University of Iowa. | Awarded to Co-PI's for project. | Summer 2017 |
| $ 6,000.00 | To research motion caption and live performance. | Old Gold Summer Fellowship. University of Iowa. | Summer 2017 | |
| $ 8,000.00 | New-hire yearly research package over four years. | The University of Iowa. | 2016-2020 | |
| $ 60,000.00 | New-hire research start-up equipment package. | The University of Iowa. | 2016-2022 | |
| $221,579.00 | Total to Date |
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