Matthew Akers
Associate chair, immersive reality
Education
- M.F.A., film and video, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- B.S., design, Clemson University
Credentials
Academic experience
- Associate chair of immersive reality, 2023-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Professor of sound design, 1999-2006, 2010-2023, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Chair of sound design, 2002-2005, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Instructor, 1997-1999, Sound School, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Cooperative education advisor, 1999, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Instructor for computer applications, 1996, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
Professional experience
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Co-owner and manager, 2006-2012, I.V. Specialists, Inc., Beaufort, SC and Savannah, GA
Responsibilities included:- Patient clinical technology education
- Clinical continuum of care coordination with hospitals, physicians, and home health agencies
- Joint commission accreditation assessment management
- USP 797 classification I.V. compounding cleanroom design
- Purchasing contract negotiation with wholesalers and manufacturers
- Customer relations
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Associate producer and artist, 1995-1999, SkyBoy Productions, Chicago, IL
Coin-operated game development, software design, toy design, kiosk, and informational display design.
Responsibilities Included:
As associate producer:- Project scheduling for testing and release deadlines
- Personnel management for artists and programmers
- Proprietary visual artist tool design, development, and maintenance
- Proprietary MIDI software instruments design and development
- Project asset relational database design, development, and maintenance
- Sound design
- 3D modeling: Scene and level design
Awards, recognitions, and honors
- Police Trainer coin-operated videogame, sold over 10,000 units worldwide and spent eight months in the top 10 of Playmeter magazine, 1995-1999
Organizations
- Electronic Music Foundation
- Game Audio Network Guild
Publications and presentations
- Audiovisual performance collaboration with Medeology Collective, Pulse Festival, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA, Jan. 2018.
- Sound performance at Sulphur Studios, Savannah, GA, April 2017.
- Audiovisual performance, Chiptune Night!, Pulse Festival, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA, Jan. 2017.
- Audiovisual performance, Sonic Deviations: Pulse Festival, off-site sound art event, Savannah, GA, Jan. 2017.
- Audiovisual performance collaboration with Medeology Collective, Pulse Festival, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA, Jan. 2017.
- Audiovisual performance, Sonic Deviations: Pulse Festival, off-site sound art event, Savannah, GA, Jan. 2016.
- Audiovisual performance collaboration with Medeology Collective, Pulse Festival, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA, Jan. 2016.
- Audiovisual performance collaboration with Medeology Collective, Pulse Festival Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA, Jan. 2015.
- “Unsilent Savannah.” Audiovisual performance at Association of Moving Image Archivists Conference, Savannah, GA, Oct. 2014.
- Sound performer in Roberto Lange’s Brain Finger for SCAD 2013 deFINE ART, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, Feb. 2013.
- Interactive sound system design and installation, Chick-fil-A Innovation Center, Atlanta, GA, May 2012.
Reviews
- Review of Nick Malewski’s Quiet, Connect Savannah, Savannah, GA, 2004.
- Review of Hannah Pittard’s Current Circuits, The Chronicle, Savannah, GA, 2003.
- Review of Belinda Acosta’s The Territory, Austin Chronicle, Austin, TX, 2002.
- Review of Craig Drennen’s Vapour, ART PAPERS, Atlanta, GA, 2002.
- Review of Bertha Husband’s Carry on Drawing, Connect Savannah, Savannah, GA, 2002.
- “Excess is Best.” Review of Holly Gitlin’s Flood, Connect Savannah, Savannah, GA, 2001.
- Review of Ally Jackson’s Draw’l Bridge, The Chronicle, Savannah, GA, 2001.
- Review of Carolina Blatt’s Liberal Propaganda, The Chronicle, Savannah, GA, 2000.
- Review of Carolina Blatt’s Aqua 2000, The Georgia Guardian, Savannah, GA, 2000.