Bio
Anıl Çamcı is an artist and researcher whose work investigates new tools and theories for multimodal worldmaking using a variety of media ranging from electronic music to virtual reality. Previously he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory, where he led research projects on human-computer interaction and immersive audio in virtual reality contexts.
Prior to this appointment, he worked as a faculty member of the Istanbul Technical University, Center for Advanced Studies in Music, where he founded the Sonic Arts program. He completed his PhD at Leiden University in affiliation with the Institute of Sonology in The Hague, and the Industrial Design Department at Delft University of Technology. He holds a degree in multimedia engineering from the Media Arts and Technology Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Çamcı’s work has been presented throughout the world in journals, conferences, concerts, and exhibitions. He has been granted several awards and scholarships, including the Audio Engineering Society Fellowship, and the ACM CHI Artist Grant.