About

andrew prior

I am a designer, artist, musician, and educator dedicated to co-design and participatory practices in my practice and teaching. I received my PhD from Aarhus University in 2015, and I have exhibited and performed internationally in cities such as New York, Tokyo, Aarhus, Roskilde, Brno, and Žilina. My research and creative pursuits often focus on t(h)inkering (thinking through tinkering – or vice versa), multi-media practices and collaborative methodologies, which I explore through various publications.

Recent works include: Co-Creation and Co-Design of Post-Digital Workshops (2025), co-authored with Laura Arkley, presented at the Media Art History conference in Bogotá; T(h)inkering with Unreal (2024), co-authored with Musaab Garghouti and Greg Bott, presented at SIGGRAPH Lightning Talks in October 2024; Lo-Fi, Quick and Glitchy: T(h)inkering with Unreal Engine in Digital, Hybrid, and Expanded Theatre (2024), also co-authored with Musaab Garghouti and Greg Bott, presented at the Expanded Animation conference at Ars Electronica in September 2024; and Thinkering Hotwire, a presentation co-authored with David Strang at the On Not Knowing: How Artists Teach conference by the Society of Artistic Research in June 2023.

In my work as a graphic designer and animator, I have collaborated with various organisations, including Liminal, Fourway Lab, PlayHard, GoingPublic, and Centrica, always striving to invite participants into a co-creative journey.