James Gilberd is 46, has a Bachelor of Design, photography major, Victoria University 1997, and works as a commercial photographer while running Photospace Gallery – one of NZ’s two specialist photographic art galleries.
He founded Strange Occurrences in 2005, initially as a living art installation project with its eye on the Venice Biennale. Failing that goal, operational paranormal investigation work began in 2007.
- A brief overview of the work of the paranormal investigation group Strange Occurrences.
- Some pseudoscientific assumptions that continue to dog paranormal investigators, and what we are doing about them.
- Analysis of some alleged paranormal photographs.
James’ speech can be listened to below:
Part I
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