Practice
Over twenty years delivering immersive art, fine art, exhibition technology, and digital infrastructure across museums, galleries, festivals, and public institutions in Australia and internationally. From projection mapping the Royal Exhibition Building to building AI infrastructure for museum collections, the work has stayed grounded in real spaces, real audiences, and real technical constraints.
Currently undertaking a PhD (Design) at RMIT, developing ARCHAI — sovereign AI heritage infrastructure for museums. The research builds directly on two decades of making things work in buildings, for artists, for audiences, under real constraints.
FAMTEC operates as both a research studio and a freelance practice. I work with museums, galleries, artists, festivals, and commercial clients on immersive environments, fine art production, exhibition technology, AI systems, and technology consulting. If you need someone who can carry the work and wire the building, let's talk.
Current
- Founder — FAMTEC Studio
- PhD Researcher — RMIT University (Design)
- ISEA 2026 — Dubai (accepted)
Background
- Head of Technology — NCM / TarraWarra Museum of Art
- Lead Technician — Heide MoMA / MUMA, Monash University
- Exhibitions, Public Programs, AV, Cinema & VX — ACMI
- Collections & Digital Media Systems — Museums Victoria
- Senior Technical Lead — Grande Experiences
- 50+ exhibitions — ACMI, TWMA, Heide, MV, MIFF, Geelong Gallery
- International — New York, Illinois, São Paulo, Colorado
- MA Animation & Interactive Media — RMIT
Active Projects
ARCHAI
Sovereign semantic heritage infrastructure for museums. Multi-collection search, grounded object conversation, and 1400+ live objects across eleven collections including Museums Victoria, The Met, V&A, Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland, Rijksmuseum, Europeana, Auckland Museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, M+ Hong Kong, and Brasiliana Museus. Open/public records only, with item-level rights preserved.
Working prototype · open to partners Open Source · AI SafetySafeChat
Crisis detection and verified helpline resources for AI chat systems. One script tag. 34 countries. 67 verified helplines. 420 automated tests. Zero data collection. Runs entirely on-device.
Released · testing partners welcome Developer Tools · macOSKeytec
API key management for macOS. Store keys in Keychain. Group by project. Inject at runtime. No .env files. No cloud. No account. CLI + local web dashboard with GitHub Actions sync.
Early release · open to reviewResearch, Funding & Testing
These projects are active research and development systems: working prototypes, public demos, and open-source tools being tested through FAMTEC and doctoral research at RMIT University.
I am open to funded research partnerships, institutional pilot testing, accessibility evaluation, software development support, grant collaborations, and feedback from museums, galleries, universities, public-interest technology groups, and aligned funders.
For research, funding, or testing enquiries, contact rob@fineartmedia.tech.
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