Transtechnology Research,
Room B312 Portland Square,
University of Plymouth,
Drake Circus,Plymouth,
PL4 8AA.
Joanna Griffin is an artist from the UK where she has held teaching posts at the University of Southampton and also at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Ireland. She has an MA in Fine Art from Edinburgh University and an MA in Hypermedia Studies from the University of Westminster. Her work has been shown internationally in galleries and film festivals including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, but has more recently taken place in public contexts such as radio, participative events, education and project leadership. Her research into the material and immaterial manifestations of satellite networks has been carried out at the University of British Columbia and during an International Arts Council England Fellowship at the Space Science Lab, UC Berkeley.

Kristian Buus. ‘Satellite Stories’ an event by Joanna Griffin produced by The Arts Catalyst at UCL Mullard Space Science Lab, Surrey, UK, 2 November 2008.
This thesis is about how space technology is experienced in the social domain and how its purpose is recast from different viewpoints. The author is an artist and the approach taken foregrounds qualities of experience and viewpoint in which artists have a particular investment. This approach opens up the ways that affect, agency and authorship cross social domains that are directly and indirectly associated with the production of space technologies. A key focus is a group project led by the author that was initiated in response to the launch in October 2008 of the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The project took place in Bengaluru, India where the spacecraft was built.
‘Satellite Stories’ performed at Cube Cinema, Bristol for You and Your Work September 2007