Sean
Carroll

Project Manager, Curator & Researcher in Digital Heritage and Generative AI
Email: seanzshow@gmail.com
Tel: 07936620229

Interdisciplinary practice across arts, heritage, technology, public engagement, festivals, archives, and artist development.

Project Delivery Digital Heritage Generative AI Curatorial Practice Research Fundraising
Profile

Interdisciplinary project manager, curator, and researcher working across arts, heritage, technology, and public engagement. Experienced in delivering complex cultural projects involving fundraising, stakeholder management, technical production, archival research, and community development.

Specialist expertise in generative AI, digital archives, and creative technology. Proven track record delivering festivals, exhibitions, artist development programmes, and research-led public engagement with cultural organisations, universities, artists, and funding bodies.

Core Competencies
  • Project Management & Delivery
  • Arts & Cultural Programme Development
  • Fundraising & Sponsorship
  • Stakeholder & Partnership Management
  • Curatorial Practice & Exhibition Development
  • Digital Heritage & Archival Research
  • Generative AI & Creative Technologies
  • Event Logistics & Operations
  • Risk Assessment & Compliance
  • Community Engagement & Artist Development
  • Public Speaking & Research Dissemination
  • Technical Production & AV Coordination
Experience
New Media Art Club
2022 – Present
Co-Founder & Project Lead

Artist development and co-working initiative for digital and emerging media practitioners.

  • Co-founded a sustainable creative workspace for artists and creative technology practitioners.
  • Delivered workshops, talks, peer-learning sessions, and public engagement activities.
  • Co-curated COMPUTALA, an annual digital art exhibition at Lightbox Gallery.
  • Managed planning, communications, operations, and programme development.
Computer Arts Archive CIC
2021 – Present
Secretary

Not-for-profit preserving and promoting the history of computer arts.

  • Managed administration, governance support, reporting, and funding applications.
  • Supported archival and curatorial projects in digital heritage and computer art history.
  • Coordinated communications between artists, researchers, partners, and stakeholders.
  • Developed expertise in metadata, provenance, and AI-assisted archival interpretation.
GRAFFWERK — Bring The Paint
2017 – Present
Project Manager

One of Europe’s largest street art biennials.

  • Managed delivery of over 100 public murals and event sites since 2017.
  • Produced risk assessments, contracts, permissions, and compliance documentation.
  • Coordinated artists, property owners, local authorities, suppliers, and production teams.
  • Built skills in negotiation, public safety planning, and live event operations.
Inspirate
2023 – Present
Chair

Arts Council England NPO delivering contemporary South Asian arts programmes.

  • Supported governance, strategic planning, and business development.
  • Contributed to fundraising strategy, partnership development, and sustainability.
An Indian Summer Festival
2014 – 2023
Technical Manager

Large-scale contemporary South Asian arts festival across multiple venues.

  • Managed technical production and operational logistics across festival sites.
  • Coordinated artists, technicians, venues, suppliers, and production schedules.
  • Supported performances, exhibitions, installations, and live events with up to 30 practitioners per festival.
Art AI Festival
2021 – 2022
Technical Lead

AI arts festival developed with artists and scientific researchers across Leicester venues.

  • Supported co-curation of a festival translating AI research into educational and artistic outcomes.
  • Managed complex technical setups for exhibitions, workshops, and public programme activity.
  • Worked with GANs, large language models, and traditional machine learning architectures in creative contexts.
Education
PhD
Completed 2025
De Montfort University — Institute of Creative Technologies

Research focus: Generative AI as a Media Archival Framework. Interdisciplinary research into AI systems, archives, curatorial practice, and digital heritage.

MA Music Technology & Innovation
De Montfort University

Research focus: algorithmic composition tools for dance and theatre makers. Technical and creative practice in interactive media and digital arts.

Research & Projects
EVA / BCS
2025
“3 Conditions for Radical Thought”

Invited lecture on generative AI in digital archival interpretation and cultural research.

ISEA 2024
Paper
“Integrating LLMs and RAG for Improved Usability in Multimedia Archives”

Research on retrieval-augmented generation and large language models in multimedia archives.

Solo Exhibition
& Paper
“Listen, Scoundrels!”

Archival exhibition exploring early Computer Arts Society histories through AI-assisted interpretation.

Phoenix
Leicester
“How to Destroy the Art World and Build Something Nicer — with AI”

Public lecture on practical uses of generative AI in arts organisations and access contexts.

Project Manager
Make Sound Conference & Exhibition

Managed fundraising, sponsorship, logistics, evaluation, and programme coordination. Supported by Arts Council England and Ableton.

Curator
Catalyst Artist Development Scheme

Delivered funded bursary programme supporting software-driven artistic practice, artist mentoring, and evaluation.

Writing
Notes on New Media
Essays, criticism, AI, archives, digital culture, and media theory
Research Papers
Conference papers, lectures, and academic publications
PhD Thesis
Generative AI, archives, curatorial systems, and digital heritage