Gareth Jenkinson
Gareth Jenkinson is Media Technician for the Department, providing practical and conceptual support in the use of video and audio technologies in performance as well as managing the Department's media resources to support learning and teaching. He teaches Sound Design on the BA Drama & Theatre Arts, and Video and Sound for Performance on the MA in Performance Making.
He has extensive experience in performance production gained from technical management of arts centres, production management of touring for visual and physical theatre companies and tour management of rock bands. He was a core member of Volcano Theatre Company, managing UK and international tours and festival runs over a four year period, leaving the company to work in Higher Education.
Personal interests and research includes building analogue noise generating and processing equipment, particularly guitar effects pedals, and restoring electronic instruments of the 1960s and 1970s. He is currently experimenting with physical computing, and is developing MIDI driven projection accessories for performance use.