Ashley James Brown Email & Phone Number

Ashley is an internationally respected artist and developer based in Coventry UK creating immersive and narrative led digital experiences using code, electronics and sound.Ashley works in collaboration and as a consultant with many cultural organisations, businesses and individual artists to realise their creative potential with technology. Ashley has over 15 years experience working professionally with a wide variety of cutting edge and non-traditional software and hardware across the arts/gaming/media/creative sectors as well as education, business and charitable organisations.Playful and interactive with a hint of nostalgia, his own practice and artworks use technology and story telling to engage, excite and inspire audiences and users. Ashley explores game psychology and game dynamics alongside human computer interaction to immerse and engage audiences, and, create a sense of ownership and empathy with the experiences. Working with a passion for positive mental health and social interaction and creating for diverse audiences, his thoughtful works are always interactive and co-creative. Ashley produces and performs electronic music under the name Arctic Sunrise and has scored several short dance films and performances as well as output on various international record labels, including his own UK based experimental label Airvent Media since 2006. Ashley was crowned the UK Laptop Battle Champion in 2009. Ashley also builds electronic noise machines and devices and hacks apart old analog and digital technology for sound art, performance and interactive works. Ashley also teaches and lectures across the country to a variety of age groups, including undergraduate and post graduate students, and is passionate about engaging people in computer programming, digital technology and electronics through a visual arts and creative approach. This pedagogical approach combined with instilling an experimental and entrepreneurial approach has given hundreds of Ashleys workshop participants and collaborators the confidence and digital literacies needed to navigate the changing landscapes today.