As Creative Director at Nexus Interactive Arts, Kim-Leigh specialises in directing interactive volumetric and motion capture experiences, as well as interactive narrative for emerging tech. Kim-Leigh’s background is in XR, interactive TV, emerging technology interaction design, and interactive storytelling. Kim-Leigh brings ideas of embodied interaction and speculative design to the worlds of film and TV production and product design. Previously she was at Sky VR Studios, the BBC, Amazon and Apple, working on everything from systematic interaction design for distribution systems (iPlayer, Sky Q) to R&D for emerging sensor technology (Apple Human Input Devices). She studied Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art. Kim-Leigh has won a BAFTA, Emmy & D&AD for interactive TV work, and three VR pieces that Kim-Leigh directed were recently shown at the Venice Film Festival (2017, 18 & 19).
Kim-Leigh also writes and directs her own work, with her current piece, #CorpTopia — an AR multiplayer performance set in a parallel world of human-animal species — currently in production. #CorpTopia combines cutting edge augmented reality tech with live actor-led performance and hand drawn animation to put participants at the centre of an institutional drama where they have to rescue their friends from a cut throat corporation that will do anything to maintain it’s commercial edge. #CorpTopia is experienced as a live video call, making immersive theatre and augmented reality accessible to a wide audience during challenging times for creators and audiences. |
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