Sam Trubridge is a performance designer, and artistic director. His work includes various live art projects as well as the critique of 'performance culture' across various political and disciplinary boundaries.He has presented work and lectured across 5 continents, with publication in journals such as Performance Research, Theatre Forum, ADS, Illusions, and Performance Paradigm. His work is defined by some cutting edge collaboration with sleep sciences on The Waking Project and the award winning Sleep/Wake (Auckland Festival 2009), and as the founding director for the annual Performance Arcade event on Wellington Waterfront. Until recently he lectured in Spatial Design at Massey University, Wellington, NZ.