Tracey Benson (aka bytetime) is a green geek/artist/researcher into connected communities, cross-media, sustainability, tech/art synergies, maps and FOSS. Tracey has participated in many international digital media events including: SCANZ2013; ISEA2011; THATCamp, Canberra 2010; ISEA2008; AOIR 2006; ISEA2004; Siggraph 2001; N5M4, Amsterdam 2003; N5M3; MAAP'99 and MAAP2000. Her creative work has focused on the connections between landscape and identity. This has been realised through a number of umbrella projects including Big Banana Time Inc (1995-2000) and Fauxonomy (2007 - 2013). More recent creative explorations have utilised mobile and hand held online technologies for the creation of virtual and augmented reality works. In 2001, she received a Research MA from Queensland University of Technology, focusing on souvenirs, nostalgia and personal identity. In 2010, Tracey was awarded a PhD from The Australian National University, which explores online communities and social networking tools. Recent exhibitions/publications include: Finding Balance: Mura Gadi, Belconnen Art Centre; Walks of absent memory, ADA MESH Cities, Dunedin; Words for Water, Transreal Topologies, MARart and ISMAR; Mobile Media Practices, Presence and Politics (Edited by Kathleen M. Cuminskey & Larissa Hjorth); and Locating Emerging Media (Edited by Ben Aslinger and Germaine Halegoua). Tracey is also a Trustee for New Zealand based interdisciplinary organisation Intercreate. You can find bytetime on twitter, delicious, scribd, flickr, linkedin, identica, slideshare and facebook.
