Dr Dan Strutt

Staff details

Dr Dan Strutt

Position

Senior Lecturer

Department

Media, Communications and Cultural Studies

Email

daniel.strutt (@gold.ac.uk)

Goldsmiths Research Centres/Groups

A media theorist leading practice-based research in digital motion-captured dance performance in shared virtual space

Strutt’s work straddles the fields of Screen Studies and Creative Economy, with some productive cross-pollination between the two. Having studied his UG, MA, and PhD at Goldsmiths, he convenes modules in film, digital, immersive, and generative media. Since 2024 he also convenes the MA Film and Screen Studies.

Aligned with the theory research of his 2019 book ‘The Digital Image and Reality: Affect, Post Cinema, and Metaphysics’ (AUP), Strutt engages in practice-based research with digital visual artists, creative technologists, and dancers. Since 2020 he has been P.I. on AHRC-funded projects in digital dance; using motion capture streaming for remote collaboration, sustainability, and accessibility in metaverse-type performance practices.

Dan also has a track record of Creative Economy research with CREATe, Creativeworks London, and the Creative Economy Programme, and through the co-authored book ‘Fashion as Creative Economy’ (Polity, 2023).

Research interests

Strutt is actively researching in areas of motion-captured performance practice, mocap streaming and telematic performance, virtual embodiment, post-cinema, and immersive media. He also addresses issues around creative enterprise and the creative economy.

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