Rik Lander
Rik Lander is maker of interactive and participatory media currently focussing on conversational systems. I am Echoborg (2016-present) is a theatre experience created afresh each time by an audience in conversation with an artificial intelligence. Based on a social psychology concept, it exemplifies…

Projects

My Big Break
"What shall I do? Angelina Jolie just offered me $10m to spike Jennifer Aniston's salad with nuts to set off her terrible allergy! Tell me what to do..."Rupert, a Hollywood wannabe, needs your advice. Can you help him achieve money, fame *and* happiness? My Big Break is a game for web-enabled mobile…Worked on

ZOP Stokes Croft
ZOP Stokes Croft is an online peer to peer learning tool where people involved in the regeneration of this inner city Bristol area will be able to post their stories.Rik Lander is maker of interactive and participatory media currently focussing on conversational systems. I am Echoborg (2016-present) is a theatre experience created afresh each time by an audience in conversation with an artificial intelligence. Based on a social psychology concept, it exemplifies a powerful way to facilitate meaningful audience agency within the event. This has led to ROMI, an NIHR funded project into using similar methods to improve self-care in people with type 2 diabetes.
In 2014 he won the RTS West Digital Innovation award for his pervasive drama The Memory Dealer which was staged at Bristol MAYFEST in 2013. View some of his work at riklander.co.uk