Experiments at the Space Department (Artist in residence), Nara, Japan
During October 2023, I completed a residency at the Space Department in Nara, Japan. The Space Department focuses on spatial creative practice. This was a period of experimentation for me.
Liquid Rock
Liquid Rock is an exploration of the elusive nature of time and the concept of impermanence.
Unfold
This project explores capturing the intrigue of partial visibility and the allure of the unseen.
Crossing
Crossing is an immersive interactive installation, negotiating ever-shifting waters and exploring our relationship to the sea and the act of crossing.
Enter
Pass
Rock No.1
Follow
Circle No.2
Circle No.1
Floating
Floating explores a calm, soft, oceanic experience of water.
Storm - sketch
Storm consists of two projections that sit opposite each other and randomly erupt in a deluge of blurred imagery and loud rushing sounds.
Close - sketch
Close is a reactive space based around a looped video
Hold On
Hold On is an exploration of the coastal tidal zone of a place in change and flux.
Drifters
Three LCD screens sit on the floor of the space; on the LCD screens are slow moving fluid images.
Falling
Falling is a video installation exploring the sensation of floating
Brushes of Liquid
Brushes of Liquid is a series of four twisted, distorted sections of responsive handrail.
Strokes
Strokes is a responsive surround-sound and light installation that attempts to evoke some of the human sensory experiences relating to swimming.
Dropping
An interactive video installation that suggests the sensory experience of floating at the surface and then diving down to be fully submerged.
Moments of Grey
A handheld responsive objects which attempt to evoke what might be found near the sea.
Liquid Sensations
"Liquid Sensations: Evoking sensory experiences with interactive video installation art” was the title of my PhD thesis.
Wake
An interactive video installation that seeks to evoke the sensations of water wrapping around the body that occur when entering the water from a beach and the relative calm once past the surf.
Under
Is an interactive video installation that suggests the feelings and sensations that relate to looking up at the surface of the water while submerged beneath it.