Dr Ruth Farrar

Personal statement

Dr Ruth Farrar is a sound artist, practice-based researcher and Reader in Creative Media and Enterprise at Bath Spa University. Ruth Farrar is the Co-Director of the university-wide strategy research centre, the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries (CCCI).

Dr Farrar is a co-investigator on MyWorld: a £46 million, five-year programme positioning the South West as an international trailblazer in screen-based media.

Dr Farrar’s binaural research has resulted in international sound art exhibitions like ‘From Austria to America’ and app commissions such as ‘Dear Carnegie Hall’ for Carnegie Hall in New York.

Her current immersive audio research has led to co-creating an audio-first approach to making immersive experiences collaborating with industry partners such as the Roman Baths. Listening to industry and community needs, she recently founded the Immersive Audio Network in the West of England. 

In industry, she has successfully created media for international clients including French Vogue, Discovery, and Twentieth Century Fox. Her award-winning films have been screened at film festivals around the world from Cannes to California.

She completed an AHRC-funded PhD by practice at the University of Exeter on the theoretical, creative and technological applications of binaural technology usage.

For eight years, she was Director of Shextreme Film Festival and Shextreme Alliance: the world's first international network for female adventure filmmakers and photographers.

As Knowledge Exchange Lead in the School of Art, Film and Media, Public Engagement Champion for the Centre for Media Research and a member of NET Lab, Dr Farrar also plays an active role in supporting and advising Bath Spa colleagues carrying out impactful public engagement research and knowledge exchange.

She is also an appointed member of the strategic group Film Hub South West and an accredited Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.