I have spent much of my adult life thinking about and making interactive installations, film, video art and theatre.
This blog is a space in which I’d like to kick some of those ideas about, as well as talk about some more personal stuff too.
The Kaleidoscopic Beauty of Crowds
Can a compelling theatrical event be created in which there is no distinction between performer and audience?
An overcooked marrow, a search for brake fluid & a last-minute arrival on stage
I discovered an old diary entry that recalls a hair-raising dash to be on stage, which encouraged me to reflect on spontaneity, risk, and performance.
Urdance - Part 2. A Collaboration
How to move the project forward when the key collaborator is absent.
Urdance - Part 1. A Dialogue
The first in a series of posts about the challenges of resurrecting Urdance, a full-scale work for orchestra and synthesiser, written by my late brother, Francis.
Render unto the machine the things that are the machine's and unto humans the things that are human
Living alongside Artificial Intelligence. Stop thinking about artworks as objects and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.
Here I Am, Telling You My Story: Faces, Imagination and Storytelling in People We Love
A short essay written by Professor Jenna Ng, University of York, for the catalogue that accompanied the edition of People We Love in Viborg, Denmark, in the Autumn of 2023.
York - Reigniting the UNESCO City of Media Arts Designation.
The text of a talk given at York’s first Reignite (UNESCO City of Media Arts) event held at The Radisson Hotel, North Street, York on 14th September 2023.
People We Love
I find it hard to really get my head around the global allure of the Mona Lisa.