Staff Profiles

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Volker Kuchelmeister

Lecturer / Head of Media Laboratory iCinema Interactive Cinema Research Centre

School of Design Studies, School of Media Arts, iCinema Centre for Interactive Cinema

Qualifications

GradDipDigitalMedia Furtwangen Germany

http://www.kuchelmeister.net

Volker Kuchelmeister

Lecturer at School of Media Arts and School of Design Studies
Co-ordinator Media Lab - iCinema  Centre for Interactive Cinema Research

phone +61 2 9385 0767
fax +61 2 9385 0808
mobile +61 417 257 787

email kuchel@unsw.edu.au

web http://www.kuchelmeister.net
http://www.icinema.unsw.edu.au

 

Voker Kuchelmeister is a practicing media artist, technologist and researcher in the field of immersive visualisation, narrative structures, omni-directional, multi-perspective and stereoscopic imaging and user interface design.

His research focus is in

  • Immersive Visualisation
  • Human-Computer-Interaction
  • Interface Design
  • new media in the performing arts.


Volker Kuchelmeister is a Lecturer at School of Media Arts and School of Design Studies at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales UNSW Sydney. He is associated with UNSW iCinema Centre for Interactive Cinema Research as the Head of iCinema Studio and with the UNSW NIEA National Institute for Experimental Art. 


In 1996, Kuchelmeister established the renowned and multi award winning Multimedia Studio at the ZKM Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Institute for Visual Media, where he worked as Head until 2002. Numerous interactive media projects, museum displays, European Union research project and interactive art publication series (ZKM artintact, six volumes, ZKM Digital Arts Edition, five volumes) which have been produced over the years have earned the ZKM Multimedia Studio an outstanding international reputation. 
In 2002 he continued in a full-time research position at the UNSW iCinema Centre as Head of Media Laboratory and transferred to the current partial teaching and research role at the College of Fine Arts in 2010. Kuchelmeister has collaborated as Chief Investigator in three Australian Research Council grants (a total of AUD 940,000) and as a Senior Research Associate, co-Inventor and joint Intellectual Property holder on a number of immersive and interactive applications and key iCinema technologies such as AVIE Advanced Visualization and Interaction Environment, iDome hemispherical projection environment and Spherecam 360º capture system. He has an active role in the commercialisation of iCinema’s research output (for instance Mines Rescue Pty Ltd. and Shenyang Research Institute of China Coal Technology & Engineering Groupcontract totalling over A$7million).

Kuchelmeister was appointed a Visiting Fellow at City University Hong Kong in 2011 (Feb.-June) and was invited to join ZKM Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe as a Visiting Research Fellow in 2009 (June – Oct.). 

His work is exhibited at festivals, in galleries and museums internationally, amongst others: Centre Pompidou Paris; The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston; ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe; Applied Laboratory for Interactive Visualisation and Embodiment, City University Hong Kong; Powerhouse Museum Sydney; Museum Victoria; Back of Bourke Exhibition Centre; Un Volcan numérique II, Volcan Scène nationale du Havre, Le Havre; Matière-Lumière, Complexe EDF, Béthune; Shanghai eArts Festival; Experimental Media and Performing Arts Centre, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY.

In the performing arts, Kuchelmeister collaborated with theatre director Robert Lepage and choreographer/dancer Saburo Teshigawara on large scale multichannel stereoscopic video installations (Fragmentation 2011, Double District 2008), with Liz Lecompte and the New York City based experimental theatre company The Wooster Group on a 360º immersive theatre installation (There is still time … brother, 2007), with choreographer William Forsythe on the award winning interactive publication and installation Improvisation Technologies, 1994-2011 and with Japanese traditional theatre performers Mansai and Mansaku Nomura on the award winning DVD publication series Mansaku & Mansai,That's Kyogen (2000).

 

Publications:

  • William Forsythe. Improvisation Technologies. A Tool for the Analytical Dance Eye. Volker Kuchelmeister, Nik Haffner, Christian Ziegler (1999, 2009, 2011).  Book and Interactive CD-ROM. ZKM Digital Arts Edition, ZKM. Karlsruhe, Published by Hatje & Cantz Stuttgart, 1999, 2009, 3rd edition: Oct 2011.
  • Stereoscopic multi-perspective capture and display in the performing art. Volker Kuchelmeister Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXII, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, San Francisco, Proc. SPIE Vol. 7863, Paper 7863-18, 2011.
  • Development of a modular stereoscopic pre-visualisation and display framework. Volker Kuchelmeister Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXII, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, San Francisco, Proc. SPIE Vol. 7863, Paper 7863-53, 2011.
  • Immersive Mixed Media Augmented Reality Applications and Technology. Volker Kuchelmeister, Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Matthew McGinity, Ardrian Harjano IEEE PCM 2009, 10th Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia. , Bangkog, In Advances in Multimedia Information Processing, series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5879, Springer Heidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-642-10466-4, p. 1112-1118, 2009.
  • Universal capture through stereographic multi-perspective recording and scene reconstruction. Volker Kuchelmeister IEEE PCM 2009, 10th Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia. , Bangkog, In Advances in Multimedia Information Processing, series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5879, Springer Heidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-642-10466-4, p. 974-981, 2009.
  • AVIE: A Versatile Multi-User Stereo 360 degree Interactive VR Theatre. Matthew McGinity, Jeffrey Shaw, Volker Kuchelmeister, Ardrian Hardjono, Dennis Del Favor ACM Siggraph, San Diego, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 252 archive. Proceedings of the 2007 workshop on Emerging displays technologies: images and beyond: the future of displays and interaction. San Diego, California. Article No. 2. 2007. ISBN:978-1-59593-669-1, 2007.
  • Praxisbeispiele computergestützter Wissensvermittlung. Volker Kuchelmeister Book Chapter. Vom Tafelbild zum globalen Datenraum, Ed. Peter Weibel, Edition ZKM, Hatje Cantz, ISBN-10: 3775710779, p 171-179, 2001.

 

Selected Non Refereed Publications, Seminars, Talks:

  • Volker Kuchelmeister. Stereoscopic multi-perspective capture and display in the performing art. Dimension 3, International S-3D & New Images Forum, Avance Rapide Communication, Seine Saint Denis Aveni, Paris, 2011.
  • Volker Kuchelmeister. 3D and Beyond . The future of audiovisual arts. Beyond Festival, 3Days of Dimensions, ZKM Centre for Art and Media, HfG Academy of Design, Karlsruhe, 2011.
  • Volker Kuchelmeister. Stereoscopic 3D. Context, theory and technologies, dontbelieveinstyle, Hong Kong, 2011.
  • Volker Kuchelmeister. Immersive Interactive Cinema Technology and Applications. Interactive and Embodied Exhibition Installations, School of Creative Media & Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, City University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2010.
  • Volker Kuchelmeister. Visualising the Body in Motion. SEAM Agency and Interaction, Somatic Embodiment, Agency & Mediation in Digital Mediated Environments, Critical Path, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, 2010.
  • Volker Kuchelmeister. Deconstructing Double District. UNSW International Research Workshop: Art, Design, Media, Humanities, UNSW, Sydney, 2010.
  • Volker Kuchelmeister. Universal capture through stereographic multi-perspective recording and scene reconstruction. OzViz, Scientific Visualisation Workshop, OzViz, Monash University, Melbourne, 2009.
  • Volker Kuchelmeister. Omni Directional Capture Systems and Playback Environments. UNSW Research Showcase Creative Media, UNSW, Sydney, 2008.
  • Volker Kuchelmeister. Ultra High resolution panoramic video: System design and post processing. Workshop at VSMM Virtual Systems and Multimedia, Brisbane. University of Queensland Brisbane . 2007

 

Grants:

  • FARO LS420 high precision measurement scanner and software. Maurice Pagnucco, Phillip Stothard, Chris Rizos, Claude Sammut, Alan Blair, Craig Ryan, Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Volker Kuchelmeister, Ardrian Hardjono. Major Research Equipment and Infrastructure Initiative Scheme, UNSW University of New South Wales, 2008, AUD 82,500.
  • Reformulating narrative in virtual heritage using a co-evolutionary model of immersive interactivity. Dennis Del Favero, Jeffrey Shaw, Neil Brown, Paul Compton; Maurice Pagnucco, Andre van Schaik, Craig Jin; Hock Seah, Peter Weibel, Sarah Kenderdine, Tim Hart, John Fritz, Volker Kuchelmeister.. ARC Linkage, Australian Research Council, 2006, AUD 519,625.
  • An investigation of interactive strategies used within multi-sensor enabled mixed media installation to develop a metaphor based model of participatory interaction. Volker Kuchelmeister, Brad Miller. Faculty Research Grant, College of Fine Arts, UNSW University of New South Wales, 2004, AUD 8,000.
  • Reformulating museological narrative using three models of cinematic interactivity. Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Neil Brown, Volker Kuchelmeister, Nikos Papastergiadis; Scott McQuire, Andy Arthurs. ARC Linkage Project, Australian Research Council, 2004, AUD 131,965.

 

Awards:

  • Experiments in Stereoscopic Imaging. Honorary Mention, 3D Theatre Session, in the Category Stereoscopic Live action and CG (FX). Volker Kuchelmeister. Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXII, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, San Francisco, 2011.
  • iCinema iCasts. Nomination Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research by an Interdisciplinary Team. Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Adrian Hardjono, Matthew McGinity, Volker Kuchemeister. Australian Museum, 2010.
  • iCinema iCasts. Gold Award, IDEA International Design Excellence Award, in the Interactive Product Experiences category. Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Adrian Hardjono, Matthew McGinity, Volker Kuchemeister. IDEA International Design Excellence Award, 2009.
  • Mansaku & Mansai. That’s Kyogen, Silver Medal at Interactive Media Design Review. Volker Kuchelmeister, Andreas Kratky, Christian Ziegler. I.D. Magazine, New York, 2001.
  • Improvisation Technologies. Bronze Award Interactive Media Design Review. Volker Kuchelmeister, Nik Haffner, Christian Ziegler. 
  • I.D. Magazine, New York, 2000. Improvisation Technologies. Honorary Mention (Special Prize), Prix Moebius. Volker Kuchelmeister, Nik Haffner, Christian Ziegler. Marstall Muenchen, Munich, 1999.
  • Improvisation Technologies. Winner at the New Voices, New Visions 1996. Volker Kuchelmeister, Nik Haffner, Christian Ziegler. New York. Wired Magazine, Interval Research & Voyager, 1996.

 

Third-Party Funded Projects, Industrial Applications, Research Commercialisation:

  • iCinema iCasts, Virtual Reality Mine Safety Training. Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Adrian Hardjono, Matthew McGinity, Volker Kuchemeister. University of New South Wales, iCinema Centre. Shenyang Research Institute of China Coal Technology & Engineering Group (CCTEG), 2011, A$ 1M.
  • Virtual Orchestra Pilot. Volker Kuchelmeister. Mod Films Sydney, Australian Chamber Orchestra, 2010.
  • Double District, Multiperspective stereoscopic 3D film shoot and post production. Volker Kuchelmeister, iCinema Centre. Epidemic Paris, 2008.
  • Interactive Immersive Museum Display,  Darling River Journey. Volker Kuchelmeister,  iCinema Centre. BackOBourke Exhibition Centre, Spinifex Interactive Sydney, 2008.
  • iCinema iCasts, Virtual Reality Mine Safety Training. AVIE-SC and Interaction Consoles. Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Adrian Hardjono, Matthew McGinity, Volker Kuchemeister, University of New South Wales, iCinema Centre, School for Mining Engineering. Mines Rescue Pty Ltd,2008,  A$ 930,000.
  • iCinema iCasts, Virtual Reality Mine Safety Training. iCinema AVIE and iDome. Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Adrian Hardjono, Matthew McGinity, Volker Kuchemeister, University of New South Wales, iCinema Centre, School for Mining Engineering. Mines Rescue Pty Ltd, 2007, A$ 4.2M.
  • There is still time .. Brother,  Interactive immersive 360º theatrical video installation. Liz Lecompte, Jeffrey Shaw, developed with Volker Kuchelmeister. Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [USA], 2007, AUD 30,000.
  • iDome installation for research and visualisation applications. iCinema Centre. Scitech/Questacon. 2007.
  • iDome installation for research and visualisation applications. iCinema Centre. University of Woolongong. 2007.
  • iDome installation for research and visualisation applications. iCinema Centre. University of Western Australia. 2006.

 

Selected Exhibitions:

  1. Volker Kuchelmeister. Sage iDome Industrial Training Application, 2011. Mining Industry Skill Centre Conference and Exhibition. Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
  2. Volker Kuchelmeister, Nik Haffner, Chris Ziegler. Lectures from Improvisation Technologies by William Forsythe, 2011. Centre Pompidou, Paris. October 7 2011 - January 16 2012.
  3. Volker Kuchelmeister, Nik Haffner, Chris Ziegler. Lectures from Improvisation Technologies by William Forsythe, 2011. The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston. Nov 23 2011 - April 2 2012.
  4. Saburo Teshigawara, developed with Volker Kuchelmeister. Double District, 2011. Matière-Lumière. Complexe EDF. Béthune, France. Curator: Richard Castelli.
  5. Robert Lepage, developed with Volker Kuchelmeister. Fragmentation, 2011. Matière-Lumière. Complexe EDF. Béthune, France. Curator: Richard Castelli.
  6. Volker Kuchelmeister. Deconstructing Double District, 2011. Beyond Festival - 3Days of Dimensions. HfG Academy of Design Karlsruhe, ZKM Center for Art and Media. Karlsruhe, Germany. Curator: Ludger Pfanz, Bernd Linterman.
  7. Volker Kuchelmeister. Juxtaposition, 2011. Beyond Festival - 3Days of Dimensions. HfG Academy of Design Karlsruhe, ZKM Center for Art and Media. Karlsruhe, Germany. Curator: Ludger Pfanz, Bernd Linterman.
  8. Volker Kuchelmeister, Experiments in Stereoscopic Imaging, 2011. 3D Theatre Session, Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXII Conference. IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging. San Francisco.
  9. Volker Kuchelmeister. Sphereplayer, 2011. ALIVE Lab. City University Hong Kong.
  10. Kuchemeister, V., Del Favero, D., Shaw, J., Hardjono, A., McGinity, M.. Catalyst Interactive and Chevron Australia, 2010. APPEA Conference and Exhibition. Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
  11. Volker Kuchelmeister. Deconstructing Double District 1&2, 2010. SEAM Agency and Interaction, Somatic Embodiment, Agency & Mediation in Digital Mediated Environments. Critical Path, University of Western Sydney. Drill Hall, Rushcutter Bay, Sydney. Curator: Margie Medllin.
  12. Michela Ledwidge, Volker Kuchelmeister. The Virtual Orchestra Pilot featuring the Australian Chamber Orchestra, 2010. UNSW iCinema Scientia Facility.
  13. Kuchelmeister, V., Del Favero, D., Hardjono, A. Voyage to the Planets, ABC TV, 2010. ABC TV.
  14. Volker Kuchelmeister. Dynamic interface Exhibition Database ZKM, 2009. Imaging Media @ ZKM. ZKM Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Oct. 2009 - May 2011. Karlsruhe, Germany. Curator: Perter Weibel, Bernhard Serhexe.
  15. Volker Kuchelmeister. artintact revisted, 2009. Imaging Media @ ZKM. ZKM Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Oct. 2009 - May 2011. Karlsruhe, Germany. Curator: Perter Weibel, Bernhard Serhexe.
  16. Volker Kuchelmeister. Panoramic Navigator revisited, 2009. Imaging Media @ ZKM. ZKM Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Oct. 2009 - May 2011. Karlsruhe, Germany. Curator: Perter Weibel, Bernhard Serhexe.
  17. Volker Kuchelmeister, Chris Ziegler, Andreas Kratky. Mansaku & Mansai. That's Kyogen, 2009. Imaging Media @ ZKM. ZKM Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Oct. 2009 - May 2011. Karlsruhe, Germany. Curator: Perter Weibel, Bernhard Serhexe.
  18. Volker Kuchelmeister, Nik Haffner, Chris Ziegler. William Forsythe. Improvisation Technologies., 2009. Imaging Media @ ZKM. ZKM Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Oct. 2009 - May 2011. Karlsruhe, Germany. Curator: Perter Weibel, Bernhard Serhexe.
  19. Saburo Teshigawara, developed with Volker Kuchelmeister. Double District, 2009. Un Volcan numérique II. Volcan Scène nationale du Havre / Le Havre, France. Le Havre, France. Curator: Richard Castelli, epidemic [France].
  20. Jeffrey Shaw, Sarah Kenderdine, Tim Hart, John Fritz, Volker Kuchelmeister, Maurice Pagnucco, Andre Van Schaik, Craig Jin, Dennis Del Favero, Peter Weibel, Neil Brown, Paul Compton. Place Hampi, 2009. Ancient Hampi. Immigration Museum. Melbourne.
  21. Kuchelmeister, V., Del Favero, D., Shaw, J., Hardjono, A., McGinity, M. Simulation - Maximising Organisational Benefits, 2008. SimTech Conference. Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Melbourne.
  22. Kuchelmeister, V., Del Favero, D., Shaw, J., Hardjono, A., McGinity, M.. Australasian Planetarium Society, 2008. Australasian Planetarium Society Conference. Horizon Planetarium. Perth.
  23. Saburo Teshigawara, developed with Volker Kuchelmeister. Double District, 2008. Shanghai eArts Festival 2008, Urbanized Landscape. Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. Shanghai. Curator: Richard Castelli, epidemic [France].
  24. Liz Lecompte, Jeffrey Shaw, developed with Volker Kuchelmeister. There is Still Time...Brother, The Wooster Group, 2008. Experimental Media and Performing Arts Centre (EMPAC). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA. Troy New York. Curator: Johannes Goebel.
  25. Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Matthew McGinity, Ardrian Hardjono, Volker Kuchelmeister. iCASTS, 2008. Mines Rescue Pty. Ltd. Woonona Facility. NSW Australia.
  26. Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Matthew McGinity, Ardrian Hardjono, Volker Kuchelmeister. iCASTS, 2008. Mines Rescue Pty. Ltd. Argenton Facility. NSW Australia.
  27. Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Matthew McGinity, Ardrian Hardjono, Volker Kuchelmeister. iCASTS, 2008. Mines Rescue Pty. Ltd. Lithgow Facility. NSW Australia.
  28. Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Matthew McGinity, Ardrian Hardjono, Volker Kuchelmeister. iCASTS, 2008. Mines Rescue Pty. Ltd. Singleton Facility. NSW Australia.
  29. Jeffrey Shaw, Sarah Kenderdine, Tim Hart, John Fritz, Volker Kuchelmeister, Maurice Pagnucco, Andre Van Schaik, Craig Jin, Dennis Del Favero, Peter Weibel, Neil Brown, Paul Compton. Place Hampi, 2008. eARTS Festival: eLandscapes. Zendai Museum of Modern Art. Shanghai. Curated by Richard Castelli (Director, Epidemic, France).
  30. Kuchelmeister, V., Del Favero, D., Shaw, J., Hardjono, A., McGinity, M. iDome, 2007. AIMEX Australian Mining Industry Conference. Olympic Park. Sydney. . Curator:
  31. Volker Kuchelmeister. Historical Darling River Journey, 2007. Back of Bourke Exhibition Centre. Museum Display. Bourke. Curator: Bourke Shire Council and Spinifex Interactive
  32. Liz Lecompte, Jeffrey Shaw, Volker Kuchelmeister. There is Still Time...Brother, The Wooster Group, 2007. Panorama Festival. ZKM Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe. Karlsruhe. Curator: Peter Weibel
  33. Jeffrey Shaw, Sarah Kenderdine, Tim Hart, John Fritz, Volker Kuchelmeister, Maurice Pagnucco, Andre Van Schaik, Craig Jin, Dennis Del Favero, Peter Weibel, Neil Brown, Paul Compton. Place Hampi, 2007. From Spark to Pixel. Martin-Gropius-Bau. Berlin. Curated by Richard Castelli (Director, Epidemic, France).
  34. Jeffrey Shaw, Sarah Kenderdine, Tim Hart, John Fritz, Volker Kuchelmeister, Maurice Pagnucco, Andre Van Schaik, Craig Jin, Dennis Del Favero, Peter Weibel, Neil Brown, Paul Compton. Place Hampi, 2007. i.Future Festival. Singapore Science Centre. Singapore. Curated by Dr Chew Tuan Chiong (Director, Singapore Science Centre).
  35. Jeffrey Shaw, Sarah Kenderdine, Tim Hart, John Fritz, Volker Kuchelmeister, Maurice Pagnucco, Andre Van Schaik, Craig Jin, Dennis Del Favero, Peter Weibel, Neil Brown, Paul Compton. Place Hampi, 2007. Panorama Festival. ZKM Centre for Art and Media. Karlsruhe. Curated by Bernd Lintermann (Director, Institute for Visual Media, ZKM Centre for Art and Media).
  36. Jeffrey Shaw, Dennis Del Favero, Neil Brown, Volker Kuchelmeister, Nikos Papastergiadis, Scott McQuire, Andy Arthurs. Conversations @ the Studio, 2005. Powerhouse Museum Sydney, Design Across Time. Sydney.