SARA LISA VOGL
VR Lead 1.0
Sara Lisa’s role intersects with Tosca. She is working with Jason and Brendan building the VR world. Optimizing assets and building the virtual environment’s interactive fx
BRENDAN LEHMAN
Neuroscientist/Programmer
Brendan is connecting the Other than human and human Bio-data into virtual experience. Brendan is essentially the project's Mycelial Neural Network.
PENELOPE WALCOTT
Sound Design/Field Recordist
Penelope's branch intersects with Tosca in capturing & creating the spatial sound environment. Penelope will be working with Tosca, Brendan and Andrei in the physical installation environment.
TOSCA TERÁN
Art Director/Mycelium wrangler
Project Lead, Art Director
Tosca's hypha intersects with the other collaborators through bringing living mycelium biodata into the mixed reality environment, building the tactile interfaces & forest soundscapes. How the microbial, fungal & particulate data will be visualised
from micro to macro.
JASON STAPLETON
VR Lead 1.5
Jason is a world building wizard. Working with Tosca, Sara Lisa, Brendan, Allison and really the entire Mycelial crew towards optimization of point cloud data, creating custom assets, working on the overall aesthetic with Tosca and Sara.
ALLISON MOORE
Photogrammetry/Point Clouds
Allison brings expertise in Photogrammetry, Point Cloud visualisations of trees, lichen, fungi found in sections of Canada's unique temperate Rainforest, and Boreal regions. Working with Jason and Tosca optimising point cloud data.
PETER HENDERSON
Interactive Designer/AR manager
Peter's branch intersects with Tosca in the physical installation space, enhancing the tactile interfaces/integrating AR.
Peter is also here for moral support Sym/Dys HR.
TYSON CROSS
3D Sculptor
Tyson will be working with Tosca, Peter, Peggy and Jason. Working with imagery from Tosca's Coalesce residency, building the Holobiont(s), and forest microbial & fungal biomes.
PEGGY WOLVEN
Science Illustrator
(aka Maggie) Is a scientist & tech at Guttman Laboratory of Pathogen Genomics & Evolution. She knows her microbes! Peggy is working with Tosca, Jason, Tyson & Peter building microbial, fungal assets
ANDREI GRAVELLE
Consultant
Andrei is a digital technologist, sound engineer and musician. With decades of experience tech directing, managing, trouble-shooting digital & analogue content for international film festivals. Andrei has offered to assist us with spatial audio mix-downs, ATMOS content where applicable for the physical installation.
LEIF BLOOMQUIST
Consultant
Leif has been experimenting with technology and music since the days of the Commodore 64. He also dabbles in wearable technology, open-source hardware, performance art, and gaming. When not working on hobby projects, Leif is a senior engineer at MDA, an aerospace company best known for their work on the Canadarm. He holds a BASc in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo. Leif has offered to assist Tosca with Arduino coding.
