David Cox Curriculum Vitae

DAVID ALBERT COX, M.A.

Curriculum Vitae

San Francisco State University
School of Design
San Francisco, CA 94132
1695 18th Street, Suite 417
San Francisco, CA 94107
Tel: (415) 401-5227
Email: davidalbertcox@gmail.com
Website: http://www.davidalbertcox.com


EDUCATION

2003    M.A., Animation & Interactive Multimedia, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

1990    Graduate Diploma, Applied Film & TV (Hons), Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

1984    B.Ed., Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia


PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2020–2025      Lecturer, Design & Information Technology, San Francisco State University

2015–2020      Lecturer, School of Design, San Francisco State University

2007–2020      Lecturer, Visual Media Design, City College of San Francisco


PUBLICATIONS

2023    “Deep Memory in the Archive Bunker: The Beat Film School,” in Avant to Live: Craig Baldwin (book chapter)

2014    “Mise-en-Experience: Virtual Reality,” Otherzine Journal

Various essays, reviews, and interviews in Examiner.com, podcasts (The Big Other), etc.


AWARDS AND HONORS

1990s  ATOM Award (Australia), Most Daring & Outrageous (Swinburne Film Festival)

1990s  International film festival selections (New York, London, Annecy, Turin, Hong Kong, Seattle, Olympia)


GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

1998    Film Victoria & Australian Film Commission Grant, AUD $240,000, for Otherzone film and videogame project

1998    Visiting Scholar, MIT Media Lab, Sociable Media Group (Judith Donath)


INVITED TALKS

2021    Workshop in 360 Filmmaking, Deakin Motion Lab, Melbourne, Australia

2021    Seminar on 360 Cinema, San Francisco Film School


CONFERENCE ACTIVITY

2023    Retrospective: Other Zones: The Work of David Cox, Thornbury Picture House, Melbourne

Various screenings and presentations at Other Cinema (San Francisco), ATA, and academic film festivals


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

San Francisco State University

DES324 Writing for Design (2015–2025)

DES356 History of Design and Technology (2015–2020)

DES227 Rethinking Digital Media (2015–2020)

ISYS568 Multimedia for Business (2020–2024)

City College of San Francisco

VMD180 Exploring Game Worlds (2007–2020)

CS110A Introduction to Programming (Python) (2020)

San Francisco Film School

360 Cinema (2021)

Other Institutions

Swinburne University of Technology — Textuality & Discourse: From Book to Film (1996)

DeVry University (Online) — Games and Simulation Programming; Game Design and Digital Media (2014)


CURATORIAL AND CREATIVE PROJECTS

2022    Return to Zabriskie Point, 360 film, screened at Other Cinema, San Francisco

2015    Lunar Modules, mini-opera staged at Other Cinema, ATA Gallery, San Francisco

2020    Light Space Time and Motion, opera on Moholy-Nagy, staged at Other Cinema


SERVICE TO PROFESSION

Podcast host/producer, The Big Other (interviews with Lynne Sachs, McKenzie Wark, V. Vale, etc.)

Reviewer/Editor for online and print media in film, media arts, and technology


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

California Faculty Association

Other Cinema at ATA Gallery, 992 Valencia


REFERENCES

Available upon request