Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice 1 - Wednesday 20 December 2023 10.00am (AEST)
Fine Arts and Design (excluding Architecture)
- Presiding Officer: Ms Ann Sherry AO
- Ceremonial Host: Ms Leanne Harvey
- Presenting Officer: Professor Damian Candusso
- Doctor of the University Recipient: Dr Lindy Lee
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Honourary Award Recipient - Doctor of the University
Dr Lindy Lee
Dr Lindy Lee is a prominent Australian contemporary artist with a significant international reputation. Her works are included in numerous major public and private collections and have featured in countless solo and group exhibitions across Australia and around the world.
Globally renown for her public art commissions, she is currently working on Ouroboros, an immersive sculpture commissioned by the Australian National Gallery to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Due to be completed in 2024, it is the highest value public artwork commission by the NGA to date.
In addition to her arts practice spanning over four decades, Dr Lee has provided significant service to the community through a range of arts sector board directorships and memberships. She is currently a member of the Creative Australia Board. She has previously been: founding member and President of Gallery 4A (Asian Australian Artists Association) in Sydney; trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales; board member of Artspace (Sydney); board member of the Australian Centre of Photography (Sydney); and chair of the Australia Council Visual Arts and Craft Fund.
Dr Lindy Lee will create the signature masterpiece to be showcased as part of the transformational Queen’s Wharf Brisbane development - a unique, 8-metre, 8,000-kilogram bronze sculpture for the George Street Atrium entrance to the precinct, titled Being Swallowed by the Milky Way.
Dr Lindy Lee holds a Diploma of Education (Art, Secondary School) (1975) from QUT predecessor institution the Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, where she was taught by renowned artist, William Robinson. In the 1980s she studied at The Chelsea School of Art in London. In 1984 she received a Post Graduate Diploma (Painting) and Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) from the Sydney College of the Arts. She was awarded PhD in Art Theory from the University of New South Wales in 2001.
She is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary fellowships including: the Property Council of Australia's Innovation & Excellence Award for Best Public Art Project (2022); Honorary Fellow of The Australian Academy of the Humanities (2022); Sydney University Alumni Award for Cultural Contribution (2021); and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects National Award of Excellence for Civic Landscape (2020).
In recognition of her distinguished service to the community, QUT Council has awarded Dr Lindy Lee Doctor of the University.
Doctor of Creative Industries
BOJIC, Dusan
Thesis Title
A Commercialisation-Ready Framework of Technology Transfer and Knowledge Management in Artscience, Using Spiroartis as an Artscience Proof-of-Concept in the Design of the First Art-based Asthma Spirometry Platform for Adolescent Asthmatics
Supervisors
- Professor Alethea Liane Blackler (Principal Supervisor)
- Distinguished Professor Dietmar Hutmacher (Associate Supervisor)
Citation
This Doctorate addressed the lack of a suitable commercialisation framework to enable ArtScience research projects to identify IP and take advantage of opportunity recognition to generate outcomes that could be licensed and patented. The framework developed in the first part of the Doctorate was used to develop a design-tested prototype for the first art-based spirometry platform for adolescent asthma patients. The framework will aid the ArtScience sector in generating IP income and becoming more sustainable and self-sufficient and less reliant on government funding. The SpiroArtis project will be further developed for eventual commercialisation with an international industry partner.
Doctor of Philosophy
EVANS, Richard Graham
Thesis Title
A Method for Observing Designed Experiences Using Trace Ethnography
Supervisors
- Associate Professor Glen Desson Murphy (Associate Supervisor)
- Professor Lisa Scharoun (Principal Supervisor)
Citation
This thesis explored ways of observing designed experiences using digital traces derived from Wi-Fi data. It developed new knowledge about processes and methods for analysing designed experiences and ways of representing human digital traces (HDTs) in visual forms so that they can be understood and used by designers. The research outcomes were an HDT observational framework and an innovative high fidelity visualisation prototype capable of 360-degree immersive observations that harness building information model (BIM) technologies. These outcomes will lead to improvements in the way customer and employee experiences are designed by making visible previously invisible patterns of human digital activity.
KELLY, Michelle Veronica
Thesis Title
Let Me Play, Too! Co-Designing Inclusive Sensory Play Spaces In Collaboration with Neurodiverse and Neurotypical Children
Supervisors
- Associate Professor Debra Flanders Cushing (Mentoring Supervisor)
- Dr Jeremy Arthur Stuart Kerr (Principal Supervisor)
- Associate Professor Janice Lynn Rieger (Associate Supervisor)
Citation
This research investigated inclusive play spaces in the school environment from the perspective of the neurodiverse child in Brisbane, Australia. Co-design methods engaged children in creative workshops to explore what features supported their sensory and social inclusion in school play time. The purpose of the study was to enhance neurodiverse children's agency, their future inclusion and wellbeing through greater involvement in school play, and their right to take part in future social discourse. Design principles were created that demonstrated benefits afforded to neurodiverse children when more supportive play features were considered.
MIRZAEI, Mehrnoosh
Thesis Title
Embodied Activity for Children to Understand Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies in Natural Emergencies
Supervisors
- Dr Shayne Beaver (Associate Supervisor)
- Professor Alethea Liane Blackler (Mentoring Supervisor)
- Dr Jeremy Arthur Stuart Kerr (Principal Supervisor)
Citation
Current disaster risk reduction tools and school activities do not provide sufficient risk knowledge for children to prepare them for risk incidents in their local environment. In Australia, 88% of youths believe they should learn more about mitigation strategies in natural disasters. Embodiment and experiential learning enrich the learning experience by allowing learners to use their sensorimotor system and physical interaction with the learning environment. In addition, learning through game elements can drive motivation. Inspired by the potential of experiential learning and embodiment, this research investigates how these approaches would effectively inform a game-based disaster risk reduction learning environment.
YADAV, Prithi
Thesis Title
Evidence-Based Design Justice: A Design-Led and Data-Driven Approach for Systemic Justice in Human Services
Supervisors
- Dr Heather McKinnon (Associate Supervisor)
- Dr Manuela Britto Taboada (Principal Supervisor)
Citation
This research introduces a trauma-informed approach called 'Evidence-based Design Justice' (EDJ) to address systemic injustice in human services. Systems and structures meant to assist vulnerable populations from human services issues such as homelessness, unemployment and child welfare often inadvertently reinforce and perpetuate structural oppression. EDJ leverages the synergy of design and data for systems change in human services towards social justice, through an interplay between data, design, systems, and justice. It aims to respond to systemic injustices by gaining a holistic understanding of those experiencing these issues and initiating concerted agency, through traversing the gap between systems-level and street-level perspectives.