Giles Lane
Proboscis
<www.proboscis.org.uk>

Giles founded Proboscis in 1994 and chairs the board of directors. He manages the company with Alice Angus and leads the SoMa research programme.

Giles founded and edited COIL journal of the moving image between 1995 and 2000, and co-edited and published Ghost Stories by Pavel Buchler in 1999. He initiated, developed and produced Mapping Perception (a 35mm film, immersive installation book and CD-ROM) between 1998 and 2002, and conceived the DIFFUSION eBook format. Giles initiated and co-developed the Topologies initiative, which led to the establishment of the SoMa think tank in late 2000.

In 2001 Giles founded the Peer2Peer Network and curated and produced Private Reveries, Public Spaces. He also commissioned and edited the DIFFUSION eBooks series, Species of Spaces (2002/2003). Giles is currently leading the development of the location-based wireless project, Urban Tapestries as well as consulting for clients such as IDEO, Arts Council England and NESTA.