Joel Zika is a digital artist and lecturer in screen and design at Deakin University. Joel has dedicated his career to uncovering the strange history of haunted amusement rides (ghost trains, haunted house rides). His latest initiative, ‘The Dark..
Joel Zika is a digital artist and lecturer in screen and design at Deakin University. Joel has dedicated his career to uncovering the strange history of haunted amusement rides (ghost trains, haunted house rides). His latest initiative, ‘The Dark Ride Project’ has seen him travel the world using Virtual Reality to capture the last of this dying breed of independent attractions.
Joel has written extensively on media archaeology, virtual reality and immersive design. His animation and print works have been exhibited at festivals around the world and his artworks are held by public and private collections across Australia. Recently his work was featured in the book New Romantics: Darkness and Light in Australian Art alongside other artists Bill Henson and Tony Lloyd. Joel Lectures at Deakin University in the Screen and Design program.
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The Constructed Environment
