
Key Project Summary
The Lake
Digital Wave
Specious Dialogue
B) Nanotextures
In Particular
Dogs’ Ears

The Lake
Digital Wave
Specious Dialogue
B) Nanotextures
In Particular
Dogs’ Ears

Fine Acts bridges human rights and arts to achieve social change by bringing together activists and artists from across the world. […]

Rodent Activity Transmissions* (RAT) systems uses real-time data to allow us a peek into the lives of a colony of […]

October 2014 I was co-commissioned by The Space and the Open Data Institute to create a new online artwork using live […]

Created with artist Simon Emberton Drawing by Numbers is designed to demonstrate the conversion process from an analogue life drawing […]

Data as Culture is the term I gave to the process of selecting, commissioning and curating data-driven artworks for the […]

Key words: remote data, group behaviours, butterflies, moths, nitinol, arduino, prototype Lepidopteral is a multi-object computer-controlled kinetic artwork that responds […]

A seasonal affective disorder (SAD) light, effectively an array of white LEDs, has been hacked so the brightness of the light responds to data from a remote site – in this instance a light sensor at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin. Access to the real-time data is provided by Pachube*.

Tea Flock A dynamic gaggle of unfilled vessels flock to tea-rich lands for a nourishing brew. Social tea rituals fulfill global […]

The ethical implications of subliminal psychological manipulation are huge. It is said that the arts can be masters of communication, but what if the message is being communicated subliminally? And what if that message is not a concrete fact but an emotional feeling, something that drives you to act? Techniques are used to manipulate how you think and feel in the environment you are in. What are these techniques that make us feel those fight or flight or must-buy-it-now urges?
The Observatories is an experimental art work developed by Pink & Freeman, a scientist artist team that explores psychological manipulation of consumers… will you buy into it? Take part and find out…

Specious* Dialogue III consists of a pair of movable, sculptural concrete forms that house wireless audio playback systems. Mounted on pairs of swivel castors the forms are designed to be played with – pushed, rolled, kicked and shoved around the exhibition space. They are physical audio curiosities with personality.

Playfully subversive, fun and thought provoking, Dogs’ Ears is a visually arresting online installation that explores the beauty and language of the dog ear.
Presented as a video chat website, where visitors can log in, browse dogs and instant message with them online, Dogs’ Ears spotlights both the human attraction to dogs and the future of arts patronage in the digital era.

Please see The Lake microsite – for animation, audio, photos and more details. The Lake was installed at the Tingrith […]

The Nano Novels were exhibited at a BioCentre event on nanotechnology at the House of Lords on 28th February 2011 […]

HearIMPROV was an experimental audiovisual concert which visualised sound, and targeted people interested in improvisation, audiovisual media, and more specifically, […]

Specious Dialogue consists of a pair of movable, sculptural forms that house battery powered wireless recording and playback systems, and […]

The work was commissioned by Gestetner to launch an initiative to highlight the use of digital technology in creative practice […]

In Sound Mind is a demanding sonic artwork, playing pleasant soundscapes, such as bubbling brooks or wind through the trees, […]

Studio Fish was incorporated as a limited company in spring 1994 by artists and creative specialists in communications, design, concept […]

An underwater interactive sound environment where movements of fish in a tank were transformed into a flowing 3D soundscape. The […]