Lightbox

Spatial Installation
Co-Authored, 2009

A large-scale Camera Obscura environment from within which viewers experience Antarctic auroral conditions, surrounded by a multitude of light refractions and visual imagery projected through custom lenses onto a back-projection skin. 'Lightbox' serves as a crossover space where explorations of optics, meteorology, perception and light converge.

Further details, development and footage available on project blog;
http://lightbox09.blogspot.com

Collaboration with ICD colleague Antony Nevin, selected to be part of ‘Lightwave 09’, a major international exhibition investigating the theme of Light, during Jan/Feb 2009, at the Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. During its 5-week exhibition period, the installation received almost 17,000 visitors as part of a public program of events.
http://sciencegallery.ie/exhibits

A revised modular iteration of 'Lightbox' will also be exhibited at the Arkitektur og Designhøgskolen, Oslo, Norway, during the upcoming 'Nordes - Engaging Artifacts' Conference.


Media Coverage
Science Gallery Channel Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XjCgIP6084&feature=channel

Radio New Zealand Interview
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ngts/ngts-20090126-1915-Lightbox_Art-048.mp3

Licht

Short Film
Solo Author, 2008

'Licht' is an experimental film created in an analogue method, without using digital effects to achieve visual results. The film uses oil, water and light in motion, to produce waves of organic patterns and generative structures. 'Licht' functions primarily as a meditative engagement with pure abstract form and pace.

It also presents complex geometries, which have been formed by organic materials and depicts pulsing movement reminiscent of sonic tones or biological beats, which give the piece an inherent natural propulsion.

Accepted for screening in the ‘Urbanscreens 08’ exhibition program, an international urban design Conference at Federation Square, Melbourne, October 2008.
http://www.urbanscreens08.net/usm08-film-program

Also shortlisted for Jury Prize at the first 'Bluebanana Internationaler Kunstvideo Wettbewerb' in Landau, Bavaria, Germany, July 2009.
http://bluebanana-contest.com/Teilnehmer.html

An online video of 'Licht' can be viewed here; http://vimeo.com/1612702

Blinkendress

Textile Design
Co-Authored, 2009

‘Lightdress’ involved the development of a custom wearable commission for critically acclaimed musician Bachelorette (signed internationally to Drag City). Produced in collaboration with Toi Whakaari costume construction designer Lindsay Broomfield, ‘Lightdress’ is a wearable light/sound reactive costume using Lilypad Arduino embedded electronics.

The 'Lightdress' became part of a comprehensive New Zealand and United States music tour stage performance during May/Jun 2009, with opening show footage here; http://vimeo.com/4809867. Concepts surrounding expanded light, gestural control and reactive spatial elements will be further explored in ongoing project research.


Media Coverage
Fashioning Technology article
http://www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/led-light-dress-costume

Make Magazine feature
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/06/bachelorette_blinkendress_on_stage.html

Forever Disco

Spatial Installation
Co-Authored, 2009

During a Zeme research presentation on the 'Lightbox' project at the Institute of Communication Design, Massey University, a temporary installation piece was created.

Entitled 'Forever Disco' and constructed inside a glass elevator, recycled materials were used to create a moving Camera Obscura. As the lift transferred between floors, external imagery from surrounding hillside terrain became inverted through multiple simple apertures, captured on an internal back-projection screen.

Due to the continual flow of movement, visual details were animated and gave the appearance of a projected filmic array. Further Guerrilla Obscura interventions are planned!

Additional details/imagery are available here; http://lightbox09.blogspot.com/2009/06/guerrilla-obscura.html

Mechanic Sound Workout

Kinetic Sculpture
Co-Authored, 2009

A collaborative workshop-based audio sculpture project with media artist Niklas Roy, as part of ‘Structures Club Transmediale 09’. Electromechanical sound devices were constructed individually and subsequently connected in sequence to a modular switch synthesizer, thus forming a holistic interconnected analogue piece.

Following its premiere performance, the final collective installation was invited for inclusion into a month-long public exhibition program at ‘Club Transmediale 09’ at Der Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin.

Video footage can be viewed here;
http://vimeo.com/3279480

Additional workshop details archive;
http://www.clubtransmediale.de/festival-09/day-program/workshops-actions/mechanic-sound-workout/photo/1.html

Wish We Were Here

Short Film
Solo Author, 2008

Sound reactive generative piece for an unreleased HDU album track, developed using Processing software and a method of re-filming footage to preserve textural qualities. An evolving series of concentric circular forms appear in direct response to musical flow, with geometric scale being aligned to audio amplitude. Over time a temporal record of the sparse track is created as sonic sculptures are layered in progression.

'Wish We Were Here' also featured as part of large-scale live visuals to accompany 'Metamathics' national tour performances around New Zealand, during May 2008.

The work can be viewed online here; http://vimeo.com/1626271

[i/o]

Live Performance
Co-Authored, 2008

'[i/o]' is a live cinema performance piece and a connected organic environment, where sound is generated by filmic transformations and visual projections are in turn influenced by audio events.

Devised in collaboration with Berlin-based sound artist Servando Barreiro, physical control of both visual and auditory media is achieved using a series of kinetic mechanisms. '[i/o]' focuses upon the production of graphical projections and corresponding sonic signals using water, oil and light.

Luminous refractions are captured on camera output, analysed by optical sensors and in turn converted into reactive soundscapes. A parallel screen displays generative elements, constructed digitally, which become responsive to these audio signals. Thus a mutual system of optical/sonic feedback is induced, live content drives its own production and transformation in real-time.

Technical set-up on project blog;
http://resolutionisland.blogspot.com/2008/09/ctm-09_2924.html

Optical Sound

Live Performance
Solo Author, 2008

‘Live Cinema and Optical Sound’ workshop/performance with experimental filmmaker Guy Sherwin at The Film Archive, Wellington.

Solo project work involved the production of an abstract 16mm film loop, using analogue editing techniques and featuring a live optical soundtrack, with subsequent collaborative performance of each composition. Graphical celluloid imagery was directly transformed into audio signals and output as tonal values, which oscillated according to the visual properties of each frame.

Further film stills can be seen here;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/resolutionisland/sets/72157606758529108

Wonders Down Under

Spatial Installation
Commercial Project, 2007

Reactive spatial installation project commissioned by Tourism Australia for public launch in Brisbane during May 2007. A series of modular multi-user environments were created that encompassed physical interaction with informative content to create fully responsive spaces.

A large scale reactive regional map and a bench top multi-touch events calendar were produced, using custom motion tracking systems to detect users. Interactivity became an intuitive experience as visual material was accessed though bodily movement and gestural motion, also encouraging a sense of exploratory play.

Footage from the project can be viewed here;
http://vimeo.com/1625172
http://vimeo.com/1625146

Tunguska

Music Video
Solo Author, 2006

Experimental seven-minute music video for New Zealand band HDU, constructed using analogue visual feedback techniques. The work was created using both analogue televisions and large scale projections, in order to capture the intricate real-time patterns formed by optical interference loops.

Finalist in 'Handle the Jandal' music video awards, screened on C4 television and premiered in The Embassy Cinema, Wellington.

Voted best music video of 2006 in 'Under the Radar' national poll; undertheradar.co.nz/utr/more/NID/317/The2006Undertheradar.co.nzMusicAwardWinners.utrradar.co.nz

An online video of the project can be viewed here; http://vimeo.com/1617212