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Jen Seevinck is an electronic artist and researcher. She is pursuing an art practice-based PhD in interactive art at CCS. Her research interests are in interactive art, emergence, perception and the Gestalt, tangible computing, virtual reality and medical simulation. Her work history includes research and teaching, freelance design & art installations. At the Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC) in the U.S.A. (2001-2007) she collaborated with architects, engineers, scientists and medical professionals to research & develop a range of projects from interactive virtual reality environments to video and web. Prior to 2001, Jen established and lectured computer animation and multimedia courses at Deakin University. She held a similar faculty position at the Australian National University and recently contributed to the Tangible Media program at QUT (2007). She has worked as a freelance designer on interactive museum exhibits, web, architecture, theatre and film since 1993. Jen Seevinck holds a Bachelor of Design Studies (Architecture) from the University of Queensland and a Master of Philosophy (Electronic Arts) from the Australia National University. She has exhibited at conferences and contemporary art galleries in Beijing, Tokyo, Australia and U.S.A. She participated in an I-Park artist in residency program in 2003 & 2007 in the USA and was Video co-chair for IEEE-VR 2005 and Panels co-chair for IEEE-VR 2006.