Edward S. Johnston

MFA, University of Michigan
Post-baccalaureate Certificate, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
M.Ed., B.A., University of Notre Dame

Edward S. Johnston is a computational artist, designer, and educator whose creative practice examines how recorded experiences and the passage of time can be translated into spatial structures through moving image, spatial media, and digital fabrication. His current practice develops Voxelism, a computational approach for transforming ordered image sequences into spatial form. His recent Voxelations translate recorded image sequences into three-dimensional works experienced through animation, digital fabrication, and immersive installation.

Earlier work by Johnston was selected for the Lumen 50 and included in the Lumen Prize's international touring exhibition. His creative work has also been exhibited and presented nationally and internationally through ACM SIGGRAPH, the CVPR and ECCV Art Galleries, ISEA, the Generative Art Conference in Venice, CICA Museum, and other venues. His honors include artist grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts; Jean Paul Slusser Fellowships; a Kean University Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Creative Work; Faculty Research Mentor of the Year Award; and multiple Kean University faculty research grants.

Alongside his studio practice, Johnston conducts collaborative research in immersive media, experience design, and digital heritage. His work in this area includes Augmented Asbury Park, an augmented reality project reconstructing former Asbury Park boardwalk landmarks, and Liberty Hall 360: Revolutionary Wedding, an interdisciplinary film and 360° virtual reality production developed with students, faculty, museum professionals, and history scholars. Liberty Hall 360 received a Viddy Platinum Award and a New York Emmy nomination and resulted in peer-reviewed presentations and publications.

Website
edsjohnston.com

ORCID
0009-0006-0110-9827

• Animated Digital Design
• Augmented Reality Design
• Web & Interactive Design I

• Computational Art & Design
• Moving Image, Spatial Media & Digital Fabrication
• Immersive Media & Experience Design
• Digital Heritage & Extended Reality
• Generative & Emerging Technologies