Dr Sam Mcgilp is a new media artist based on Wurundjeri country in Naarm. He creates collaborative modes of making with performers through playful experiments that expand the potential dramaturgies of live performance.

Sam’s body of work includes performance (Running Machine - Arts House - 2022), hybrid digital/performance works (STACK - CTM Festival Berlin, Zerospace New York and SOFT CENTRE 2024), (Triplet State -ACC Korea and DAC Taipei - 2023, Body Crysis –ACMI - 2023 and The Substation – 2022) and films (Body Pipelines - Sydney Opera House - 2023, Bonanza! - Chunky Move - MIFF 2021). 

Sam has worked extensively in collaborative contexts including with Harrison Hall,  NAXS Future (Taiwan), Lu Yang (China), Kazuhiko Hiwa and Makoto Uemura (Japan).