Artists Profile
Bushra is an artist-designer storyteller whose work explores sense-of-self bringing together art and science through the use of a range of traditional and new media, from couture to digital installation. Previously she has developed work which explores the function of music as a trigger for an immersive sensory archive for older people. She has a background in painting, textile design, wearable technology, sustainable fashion and software engineering. She has explored memory and illusion and sense-of-self amongst other human conditions through multi-sensory storytelling. She holds an MA in Applied Imagination from Central Saint Martins (Distinction), a BA in Fashion from the London College of Fashion, as well as an earlier BSc from Imperial College in Biochemistry, which enables her to bring a unique perspective and range of skills to her work. She has exhibited nationally and internationally such as Brighton Digital Festival; V&A digital drop-in; International Symposium of Electronic Arts, Colombia; Rural Decay, Itoshima, Japan.
She is also the Founder and Creative Director of the award winning creative technology company ‘BB Studio’. Recent projects have included engaging immersive stories using virtual reality integrated with proprietary wearable technology embedded in striking costumes used for educational and science communication, fashion marketing and user-centred research and development to describe topics such as dark matter and ocean plastic pollution.
BUSHRA BURGE
Awards
2020 100 Tech Women Awards
2019 SXSW 'Alternate' to Finalists at Style & Wearable Tech in the Interactive Innovation category
2018 Wearsustain EU H2020 Award
2018 Publication and presentation at the Electronic Visualisation and the Arts Conference, British Computer Society
2016 Finalist at the New European Media awards
Talks, Demonstrations, Exhibitions
2020 Mars and Beyond, Barge House Oxo Tower, Projected animation
2020 PRG Speaker on immersive touch
2019 Dorkbot London Presentation and demonstrations
2019 The sustainable and ethical human, panel talk, The Immersive Collective
2019 Art Residency and showcase exhibition (movie) : Augmented Attention Lab - Augmented Sensorium Festival, Pistori Palace, Bratislava, Slovakia
2019 Electronic Visualisation & the Arts/ British Computer Society Conference : Demonstration, Published Paper & Speaker
2019 Panel Speaking : Tomorrow’s wardrobe // Great Exhibition Road Festival // V&A
2019 Moderating : Fashion as a Walking Artform, Chelsea Library, SW3 5EZ
2019 Key Note Lecture : TEST : Talking Ethics, Sustainability and Technology
2019 Panel Speaking : Creative Futures 5 Fashion and Technology, Engage Works, London
2019 Imperial Lates : Wearable tech, fashion, and future clothing, Imperial College
2019 Fashion Futures : VR Meetup, The Fusebox, Brighton
2018 Asylum Peckham with South London Womens Association : Strong and Stable
2018 CSM : Body Data talk and demo
2018 UX VR Meet up talk and demo, The Fusebox, Brighton
2018 Final Showcase, BOZAR (Centre for Fine Arts - Brussels Museums)
2018 ICT Exhibition, Vienna, Austria - Wearsustain showcase part of the STARTS (Science, Technology & the Arts) is an initiative of the European Commission, launched under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
2018 Brighton Digital Festival Hatsumi's mental health VR exhibition NoöSphere. credit Hatsumi, The Old Market, Brighton. Data visualisation of NHS mental health data : 'No of spell days per hospital, UK - November 2015' : GhostNet : Chilled edition
2018 Electronic Visualisation & the Arts/ British Computer Society Conference : Published Paper & Speaker
2018 Idea of the North Group Show, The Baltic Contemporary, Newcastle
2018 London Laser Series, CSM
2018 Digital Fancies, London Technology Week
2017 International Symposium of Electronic Arts, Colombia
2017 Propella Presents, The Future of, London
2017 Senate House, Opensenses by the Institute of Philosophy : DMDE v2.1
2017 Sculpture gallery, V & A London : Digital Drop : Showcased and demonstrated a number of pieces and works in progress 2017 Converge event, SXSW, Austin, Texas : sp-AR-kle AR jewellery worn by innovation leader Val Valcante panel presenting
2017 European Space Agency & Politecnico di Milano : Fashion in Orbit : short course development of Alienascent
2017 The Body Hacking Conference, Austin, Texas : Panel Speaker & Catwalk
2016 SCYA Goodmans Art Centre, Singapore : Dream of Stars talk and installation DMDE V1.2
2016 University of Fine Art, Porto, Portugal : New European Media 2016 Finalist talk and installation DMDE V1.2
2016 V & A London : E-stitches Talk & Demonstration DMDE V1.2
2016 Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan : Artist Residency and Exhibition : Rural Decay
2015 The Laban Centre, London : Coastal Currents, Textile prints
2015 St Leonards Arts Festival, Hastings : Coastal Currents, Textile prints
2015 NTU & Antennae, Nottingham : Arcintex Workshop : collaborative wearable tech project Snooz
2014 Music Technology Festival, LSO, London : Interactive costume worn by cyber punk opera band Intelligentsia
2014 New Cross Festival : Nebulae Interactive costume : Interactive costume worn by cyber punk opera band Intelligentsia
2014 The Phoenix, Brighton : Fractured Transparency : Projection Mapped film onto dress installation
Art & Technology Collectives
2019 - present Arebyte Studios, Victoria
2018 - present South London Makerspace
2018 - present South London Women Artists
2017 - present E-stitches Group
2017 - 2019 Immersive Lab, The Fusebox Brighton
2010 - 2018 Creekside Artists, Bermondsey and Deptford (also Director and Trustee)
2010 - 2011 Centre for Creative Collaboration
Illustration Diary
http://www.bushraburge.com/#/bushras-musings/