Richard Colson has taught digital media for many years in colleges and universities in the UK. He was Reader for Art and Digital Media Practice at Thames Valley University from 2008-2010 and Senior Lecturer at the same University responsible for the Undergraduate Programme in Digital Arts from 2000-2008. He was Director of the Takeaway Festival for Do It Yourself Media from 2007-2010. He has presented his ideas and work at well known forums for debate on digital media and culture in the UK and abroad, including Tate Britain, the Kinetica Art Fair, ISEA (Japan), the New York Digital Salon, Arte Forum in Rio de Janeiro and Watermans Arts Centre. (http://elmcip01.norstore.uio.no/person/richard-colson)