The National CollegeVisual Culture Staff
Dr. Paul O'Brien, BA, PhD
Lecturer, Aesthetics / Cultural Theory
Co-ordinator Core History of Art & Design. His research interests are in the areas of cultural and critical theory and theory of art, art and technology, new media, ecology, and post-modernism. Publications include "Hypertext, Changelings and the Digital Fireside" (chapter in forthcoming book on Ireland and cinema, Wallflower, 2004); "Under the Surface" in Profile: Andrew Folan, Gandon, 2002; "Conspiracies, Computers and Consensus Reality,"Reframing Consciousness, Intellect, 1999; "New Toys for Boys", The Irish Communications Review, 1997; "Virtual Redemption: The Role of Interactive Art", Point, Number 1, Winter 1995; "Post-Modernism and Democracy", Education Arts Research International, 1993; "Art and Technology", Circa No. 44, Mar/Apr 1989, etc. He has also reviewed many exhibitions of Irish and international artists, and reported on international events in the electronic arts. He recently presented conference papers at the Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts at the University of Wales College, Newport, and at Glasgow School of Art, and has participated locally in events in the Digital Hub and Media Lab Europe.
