artist and technologist

> 'Back of Beyond'. Kinect at Glastonbury with Copperdollar

2011-08-12T00:43:00.011+01:00

'Back of Beyond' with Copperdollar
Glastonbury 2011

A kinect powered interactive dance wall for projections onto a framed screen where people on our marquee dancefloor would be shown dissolving and disintegrating.
Also, Copperdollar dancers would dance behind the screen casting their shadows onto the projections for viewers to see.

interactive dance wall -

I got fiddling with the distortion filters as time went on :-D
This is just a videograb of the laptop whilst people were dancing...

Watch this space for the official Copperdollar Glastonbury 'Back of beyond' video link.....

[c++, opencv, opengl, libsfreenect, Copperdollar, Glastonbury]

> Veil @ Zu Studios party

2011-06-03T11:11:00.004+01:00

Veil

Veil - A modified version of 'rain' used in earnest at the end of May party, located at the sublime Zu Studios in Lewes uk.

Projected behind the fab band, "Bob Hillary & The Massive Mellow", the interactive zone was aimed at the public audience who were dancing in front. A lot of twiddling required to work within the space, the Kinect sensor was at the limit of its range and I found that the user experience was improved by allowed a greater 'width' of the veil, eg: expanding the depth of user interaction. Also, adding rainbow (predator style!), adding coloured splash and generally enhancing the colours to counter the weak projector above the ambient lighting/effects.
I will be experimenting with dynamic changes of depth/multiple areas of depth interaction so that the veil is not static at one particular depth - this will enhance the experience for more interactors at one time who happen to be nearer or further.

Great kit this Kinect :-D
[c++, opencv, opengl, libsfreenect, party, Zu Studios]

> Water Curtain - using Kinect

2011-03-01T08:41:00.006+00:00

Rain v4

A new version of my Rain but using the kinect to enable correct depth testing.
Means that the Rain can truly be a curtain. More like the original waterfall effect I wanted.
Great kit this Kinect :-D
[c++, opencv, opengl, libsfreenect]

> seaec 'Trace' exhibition

2006-10-12T01:30:00.000+01:00

'Rain'

I exhibited a new Magic Mirror entitled 'Rain' with the seaec organised exhibition in Hastings at the beginning of October.

Looking into the Magic Mirror results in the appearance of heavy rainfall upon your head and shoulders. The rain splashes off you; moving your hands and head and body create a silhouette in the rainfall.

photo thanks to Mike Blow

A different approach to using the Magic Mirror this time and it was interesting to watch peoples different inter/reactions with it compared to the previous versions.

Because a literal silhouette of yourself was defined in the computer generated rain, Sometimes it didn't match up with your true reflection and then the illusion became less convincing. This was a technical challenge which I initially attempted a simple stereovision photogrammetry approach to solve. Due to its sluggishness to achieve anything accurate in the end I went for an enhanced single camera technique! (sorry boring tech bit)

I will look at using stereo in the future.

> SIGGRAPH

2006-08-05T23:41:00.000+01:00

Magic Mirror #2

The new iteration of the Magic Mirror was exhibited in Boston USA at the SIGGRAPH 2006 Art Gallery, chaired by Bonnie Mitchell.
See 'Magic Mirror' for the previous entry.

I would like to thank all the people that interacted with the Magic Mirror - for their comments and for the look of delight on their faces!

I would also like to thank Bonnie Mitchell and Sue Gollifer and the rest of the SIGGRAPH Art Gallery team. And I would like to recommend the exhibition of Charles Csuri and thank Janice Glowski for curating his exhibition.

Thanks to Peachpit for posting a short clip of the Magic Mirror with interview.

Click 'here' to see more of my art works.

> Portfolio

2006-02-01T17:18:00.001+00:00

This is an informal blog, please find me on linked in for a more uptodate and comprehensive listing.

Artwork
See my artworks here.

Programming

- Space Station Simulator. Exhibit for Birmingham Science museum.
- Mobile phones. Java5, J2ME, Eclipse
- 'Je Joue' Project. C++, wxWidgets, OpenGL, GUI, Eye Candy Visualisation of data.
- Processing. Java, camera capture, motion analysis, motion tracking.
- Fish tracking software development. C++, OpenCV, camera capture.
- Visualisation of MIDI motion capture suit data. C++, DirectX9 SDK, 3DSMax.
- 3D Stereo Photogrammetry. C++, OpenGL, Intel OpenCV libs, camera capture.
- Quake/Half-life Game plug-in. C++, GUI, design & project management.
- Museum exhibit, C++, GUI, design & project management.
- Flash Action Script && Director Lingo && .xtra plugins (click on top left head!)
- Desktop Mapping (GIS). C language.
- Commercial Estates Management. Cobol, Unisys B39s'.
- Also see Artwork below.
QA
- Quality Assurance Engineer. Silk-test, Rational Software, Purify, Coverage, and ClearQuest, Perl and C++.
- Most programming projects include a large element of QA.

CGI

Teaching / Visiting Lecturer
- Lighthouse. One Minute Wonders animation workshops and training.
- Brighton University. PgDip Multimedia Studies.
- Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. MA Future Textiles.
- Private tutition/support of PhD & MA level students.

See also, my On-Line CV.

> Birmingham Science Museum (Thinktank)

2006-01-01T23:48:00.000+00:00

A new exhibition at the Millenium Point building in Birmingham hosts the 'Vision Station'.

Commissioned by Spiral Productions I programmed and codesigned a space simulator where the user can fly above the earth exploring the International Space Station. Using extreamly high resolution images and 3D data from NASA, The piece was written in C++ using OpenGL. With 'reward' movies from Spiral and music by Brighton based Paul Harrison. (Click 'here' for 16MB movie.)

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> Magic Mirror

2005-10-30T00:07:00.000+01:00

I produced the original exhibit the 'Magic Mirror' for the Big Blip 05. Commissioned to produce an interactive exhibit, it suddenly dawned on me that instead of projecting the reflection of the participant with the computer graphics added; why didn't I try using the REAL reflection? ie: a mirror.

'The Magic Mirror takes an interactive tool which we all use daily, the mirror, and uses its familiarity to create a jerk into the extraordinary.

Stand in front of the Magic Mirror and you can summon and interact with sprites by moving your hands in front of you.'

A new iteration, Magic Mirror #2 Butterflied has been accepted into the SIGGRAPH 2006 Art Gallery to be exhibited in Boston.

By using a mirror as an interface, the participant is sucked unawares into a new place. The initial delight which they encounter with the interface allows me as an artist to take them on a route in which they reach deeper into the realms of exploration.

The magic mirror is accessible to all. From young to old, from artist to geek, transgender and transculture, all are familiar with the mirror as an interface.

I am currently working on a series of art works using the mirror as an interface....
I look forward to taking more people into strange places....
watch this space....

> Mobile J2ME programming

2005-07-29T22:03:00.000+01:00

the Nokia 6230

I've been checking out J2ME using Eclipse and have written a few small apps to familiarise myself with its differences from regular java and C++.

if you've got a Nokia 6230 then goto the game downloads menu and use the address :

http://www.benedictsheehan.com/java

I've been frustrated with sound and have learnt that the code is very platform dependent. Also interesting, reading up on business models.

I've rewritten the Spore 'logo', written a basic Pong game (to go bluetooth at some point) and had a look at camera and image access (not so much joy on the 6230).

To get going on coding phones :

1.Install JDK.
J2SE 1.5 http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/index.jsp

2.Install J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.2
http://java.sun.com/products/j2mewtoolkit/download-2_2.html

3.Install Eclipse 3
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/index.php

4.Download EclipseME 0.7.0
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86...blah

5.Then any platform plugins for Eclipse depending on the phone.

ps: my favourite mobile app of all time mygirls. If only I'd had this in my bachelor days! But even for settled couples - this could be a relationship saver!!! (its indicates PMT!!!!!). Apologies for being a bit unPC ;-b

> Massage Visualisation

2005-07-20T21:51:00.000+01:00

Currently just finishing up the visuals in open-GL for a new application for a company called Soda. They're an interesting mix of art and technology, producing creative projects such as SodaPlay

I first came across them when they were letting office space from Studio Fish an excellent creative multimedia company set up by Julie Freeman.

Like myself, several members of Soda and Studio Fish are ex-Middlesex MA Digital Art acquaintances, either students, researchers or teachers.

> Teaching

2005-07-20T13:00:00.000+01:00

This is just a general post about my teaching work.

One Minute Wonder, Animation Workshops
Organised by Lighthouse and Final Cut, supported by Screen South, the Arts Council England South East, Awards for all, Brighton TV and Cinecity.
We gave 9 participants a very busy weekend of talks/films and workshops in preparation of producing their One Minute Wonders.
read more.

Central St Martins
I spent a year as a visiting lecturer on the MA Future Textiles course at Central St Martins College of Art and Design.

Armed with soldering iron and patience, I was involved in setting briefs for the students and to aid them with relevant technologies.

From flooring which used intellegent plastics in order to change shape to clothing with memory......

Brighton University
More recently, I have been teaching on Sue Gollifer's Brighton university Digital Media Arts PgDip course.

MA and PhD Students, privately
I also teach and support students privately. Specialising in giving technical aid to artists. 'Processing', for RCA MA student, Louisa Stathopoulou and technical assistance for St Martins PhD student Lisa Stead.

> Processing

2005-07-20T12:44:00.000+01:00

I recently helped an RCA MA Product Design student with her final project -

Louisa Stathopoulou built an interactive bench. (see we-make-money-not-art review)
When you sat down on the bench you could leave 'virtual' messages via a touchscreen which would then be projected onto the bench next to you along with previous 'sitters' messages.

She had started developing the motion tracking using 'Processing', and she hit problems and was put in touch with me by one of my ex St Martins students.

I have to admit, even though I enjoy the flexibility of programming in C & C++, I was very impressed by the Processing environment. Especially because of its easy transition to web based work.

Watch this space as I'm going to convert some of my webcam based artworks and publish on this webblog!

3/8/05 - actually, I won't be using Processing to do webcam based weblets as you can't access the camera via Processing. There appears to be an additional plugin for java which uses TWAIN (which did you know stood for Technology Without An Interesting Name!!!!) but this wont give proper live access to the camera. So it looks like I'll have to write a Director xtra.

> Art works

2005-07-19T20:04:00.000+01:00

As a practising artist and technologist, I exhibit work internationally; my work focuses on lifting the audience/participant from their normal place.

As a digital artist, I feel one challenge is to make digital art accessible. In my interactive pieces, I typically use natural body motion to interact with technology, whether it be walking, jumping up and down, waving an arm, rolling the eyes or twiddling a little finger! This allows people who are techno-shy to access technology and therefore technology used within art. Interactivity makes the passive experience a participation.

My interactive works engage the participants in a creative and intellectual way – and by using intuitive interactive techniques I am able to engage a wider audience, and then to use this engagement to allow the audience/participant to be free to explore their own creativity; their world without and within them.

Having come from a background in illusion; a kiddies magician, an animator, special effects and indeed computer programming! I use this knowledge to trick the audience into participating and interacting with concepts that may engage with.

I have exhibited solo and collaborative work (Spore).

Selected artworks are documented in this blog :

Magic Mirror #2 - The second iteration of this interactive digital art piece, Boston, SIGGRAPH, 2006
Big Head - interactive video installation, Brighton Open House, 2005
Magic Mirror #1 - interactive digital installation, Big Blip 05, Brighton
Histronics - interactive digitl installations, Brighton Open House, 2004
Butterflies - interactive digital installation, AlphaBeta, Brighton Fringe Basement, 2004
Pendulodic - interactive soundscape installation using a pendulum as an instrument, Big Blip 04, Brighton, 2004
Tenth - Art installation, Raphael Cartoon room, Victoria & Albert Museum, 2001
Jam - collaborative exhibit at Fashion Art show, The Barbican, 2001
Material-izations - Interactive exhibit, Propeller-Z Gallery, Vienna, 2001
Digital Runway #1 - Fast Forward,The Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, 1999,
     DR #2 - CCAC Institute. San Francisco, 2000,
     DR #3 - The Grey Area, ICA, London, 2000,
     DR #4 - The Box, British Council, Mexico City, 2002
Feesh - Battenburg Music Festival, Morden Park, London, 1998
Digital Sketchbook - Hyper Hall, Osknehallen, Copenhagen, 1998
Whitenoise - The Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, 1998
Leige - The OXO Tower, London, 1997
Sounds of resistance - Quicksilver Gallery, London, 1997
We Three - Quicksilver Gallery, London, 1997

> a magic card trick

2005-07-19T00:07:00.000+01:00

Magic and Illusion
A magic trick for you ....
click on the image.

I've always been interested in the art of deception ;-) and used to perform magic shows for childrens parties.

I've come to the belief that it all ties in to my interest in animation and special effects!
What is a special effect or an animation but simply a deception? Indeed, most of my art is about deception too. Making things appear to be so when in fact they're not.

It always amazes me how easy it is to deceive the brain; I recently went to the Soho Theatre to watch the 'Theatre of Science' show where my friends Stephen Wolff and Sarah Angliss performed a Theremin duet. Richard Wiseman illustrated the psychology behind 'not seeing' with a simple video.....
Download the quicktime movie psychology test (7.5 MB)
There are two teams passing a basketball. What you have to do is count how many times the players dressed in white pass the ball. Ignore the players dressed in black. Concentrate and count very carefully.

click here after watching the movie...

I'm also a great fan of Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, he talks about the brain in an amusing and accessable way.
Check out these illusions.
And these!

> The Lake

2005-07-16T08:12:00.000+01:00

Julie Freeman held her Private View for her latest digital artwork.
We had loads of fun, and it was great waking up under the sky.

Click here for Julie's explaination !

I did some of the preliminary work for this project; I produced some fish tracking and visualisation software using webcam capture, C++ & OpenCV.

> my girls

2005-07-13T18:08:00.000+01:00

my girls ! Caia, Amber, Molly & Gouttière (last two the cats)

> Spore

2005-07-12T23:57:00.000+01:00

Spore

Spore is a collective of six artists and designers from diverse backgrounds including music, animation, fashion, photography, sculpture and design technology who share a common interest in digital media. Spore is keen to establish a reputation for producing work that focuses on the cultural impact of digital media while reflecting its members' multiplicity of histories. Since 1997, Spore have undertaken projects ranging from sound-orientated multi-user work to digital environments.

Spore are:

Julie Freeman
Suzanne Lee
Emma Quinn
Benedict Sheehan
Edwina Umeyor
Stephen Wolff

> about me

2005-07-11T23:37:00.000+01:00

Seeing problems in different lights or putting unconnected parts together in different ways; a way of finding solutions laterally.

Trained in traditional animation, and having an MA in Digital Art, but with a background in innovative software programming and development for both the medical and entertainment industries; I also have had a large number of collaborative and solo art works exhibited in the UK and internationally, including works at SIGGRAPH 2006, the London ICA gallery, the London Victoria and Albert museum, the OXO Tower gallery, the Barbican Gallery, the British Council in Mexico, the KunstlerHaus Vienna, and CCAC in San Francisco.

I'm also a freelance Creative Technologist specialising in 3D and 2D image, surface analysis, tracking and manipulation. I also teach at many levels, from degree to PhD.

Download my CV or see my On-line CV

> Programming

2005-07-11T10:32:00.000+01:00

Programming

Ever since my brother and I bought an Acorn Atom in 1981 I have been a programmer.
The Acorn Atom came with 2k RAM (expandable to 12k), had b/w graphics, and ours had a very iffy tape recorder connection. This dodgey connection meant that we couldn't load pre-recorded games! so we spent hours and hours typing in programs from magazines such as BUGBYTE.

We took it turns dictating the code and of course there were loads of mistakes, which is how I learnt to program. 'What happens if you change this bit?' etc etc !

Things have come a long way since those days!

I have since drunk gallons of coffee, lost yards of hair from my head and biten miles off my finger nails programming umpteen lines of code on many different programming projects and platforms.

Acorn Atom, BBC Model B, 6502, BASIC and Assembler
Unisys B22, B39, BTOS II, Cobol
Apple Mac, Metroworks CodeWarrior, C & C++
PC, MS-DOS, Windows, C, C++, Java, Processing, Foxbase, Pearl, Action-Script, Lingo, Visual Basic

see OnLine CV for details

> Big Head

2005-05-30T11:24:00.000+01:00

Big Head - 1-30 May 2005, Brighton Festival Open House, Brighton
by Benedict Sheehan

Big Head was a scarey interactive experience !
A camera tracked peoples faces and then their heads were redisplayed enlarged over the top. If more than one users' face was detected, then their heads were swapped !

< images & more to this post to come >

> Big Blip 2004

2004-09-10T13:33:00.000+01:00

Pendulodic
by Benedict Sheehan, Caia, Ollie Glass

A collaboration between a creative technologist, a visual artist and a sonic artist, Pendulodic is an interactive soundscape installation using a pendulum as an instrument. A pendulum swings over a sculptured beach. Stones on the beach trigger envelops of sound whilst the rhythm of the pendulum controls the beat. The audience can swing the pendulum to create their own composition in the soundscape.

Click here for full details of the Big Blip 2004

> On-line CV

2004-07-22T12:42:00.002+01:00

This is an informal blog, please find me on linked in for a more uptodate and comprehensive listing.

As an artist and technologist it is difficult to adapt a CV for all interested parties. Please note that the CV available here has been tailored for creative programming roles.
For more information of my artistic practices, please see my 'art works' section.

This is my Freelance creative programming CV.

Benedict Sheehan
Curriculum Vitae
July 2005

Email: benedict.sheehan@virgin.net
Website: www.benedictsheehan.com

Profile

Very strong problem solving skills. An experienced C++ programmer, with a graphics background. Also has good application architectural design and specification skills.
Has good documentation and communication skills and enjoys working with others.
As well as a strong technical background, has an artistic and innovative flair working in creative and development environments. As well as solo exhibits, has been a key collaborator in over 17 international art and fashion exhibitions.

Keywords

C and C++, Visual Studio, MFC and SourceSafe, Processing (the java development environment), 2D Image manipulation and analysis. OpenGL and Direct-X v.9 programming. Windows GUI and applications programming. Quality Assurance and test-casing – ClearQuest, Silk-test, Purify and Coverage, Systems Architect and Software Design. 3D Studio MAX and plug-ins development, PhotoShop. Animation. Basic electronics and a strong understanding of hardware engineering. Creative Technology, the use of technology in creative environments.

Employment History

2003 – 2005
Freelance Programming
Various clients:

Spiral Productions / Birmingham Science Museum
Interactive Internation Space Station Exhibit.
C++ and OpenGL. Design and implementation of ~£20k exhibit.
Public exhibit which gives the visitor 'challenges' to fly to different parts of the International Space Station. The 3D simulation shows the Space Station flying 193 miles above the planet earth which is shown within an emersive dome display unit.

Big Blip 2005
C++ and OpenGL. Commisioned to create an interactive digital art piece for the Big Blip exhibition 2005. Using motion tracking via a webcam the user can interact with glowing sprites within the reflection of a mirror.

Soda
OpenGL cross-platform graphical visualisation and GUI programming.
C++ using Metroworks Code-Warrior with wxWindows cross-platform widgets library.

Royal College of Art MA Product Design Student
Development of motion tracking using Processing, the Java development environment.
(teaching)

Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design PhD Student
Development of Colour Changing Emotional Wardrobe
(teaching)

Nestor Fellows
Development of 2D image recognition and motion analysis and tracking software for an interactive film development company and for Nestor award Fellow Julie Freeman.
- Microsoft Visual C++, Direct X 9 SDK, GUI design and implementation.

TTP-International
Development of Technology Demonstration with Stephen Wolff using Flash MX.
- Macromedia Flash MX and Action-Script.
- 3D Studio Max v5 and Swift 3D.
- Adobe Photoshop, Storyboarding.

Trial for Animazoo
Visualisation of real-time motion capture suit data.
- Microsoft Visual C++, Direct X 9 SDK, GUI design and implementation.
- 3D Studio Max v5 and Character Studio.

Brighton University
Visiting lecturer to PGDip Art students.
(teaching)

2003 – 2004
Visiting Tutor / Lecturer
Central St. Martins School of Art and Design, London

Teaching technology and supporting MA and PhD students.
I was offered an Artist in Residence position at the Shaftsbury Road campus.
(teaching)

2002 October – 2004 May
Senior Software Engineer
Uniquin Research & Development, London

Senior Software engineer of hi-tech fitness company, Uniquin Services ltd.
3D scanning system development. In charge of the design and production of a state of the art piece of technology used to measure fitness centre members’ body shape.
- Systems and Software architect; MFC, C++; Direct X 9 SDK; GUI; QA. Intel OpenCV.

2002 May - October
Quality Assurance Engineer
Nucoda, Soho, London (Contracted to Sony VFX)

Quality Assurance Engineer for latest hi-end film and television special effects and compositing system, retailing to the post-production industry at £500,000.
Responsible for software quality and final product quality and usability. Setting up procedures for tracking and checking functionality and source code using :
- Silk-test, Rational Software, Purify, Coverage, and ClearQuest, Perl and C++.
Creative compositing using software such as Inferno, Flame and Discreet Effects.

1998 May - 2001 September
Senior Software Engineer
TCTi plc, Harefield, Middlesex

AIM listed technology company developing 3D scanners using digital cameras and photogrammetry technique. Products ranged from breast scanners to full body scanners for up to £150,000.

Exhibits: Chiefly responsible for all non-medical applications including winning a contract from the London Science Museum to install the worlds first public facing 3D face scanner.
Project managed, designed and implemented this exhibit that allows the public to capture a 3D model of their face and perform different manipulations to their texture and shape - like gaining a few pounds or looking like an orange! A similar exhibit which I also designed and co-produced was installed at the Glasgow Science Centre.

click my head

Gaming: Co-designed, implemented and installed public facing 3D capture booths across America that allowed the public to put their 3D faces into PC games such as Quake Arena, Counter-Strike and Unreal Tournament.

- Varied skill sets required for responsibilities including software architecture design (OO) and GUI design and programming for 3D medical and 3D gaming products using C++, Windows NT, Source Safe and MFC.

1988 - 1993
Software Engineer and Team Leader
Trace Computers plc, Farringdon, London

- Cobol and C programming on UNISYS platforms and then design and project management of PC based Desktop Mapping System (GIS).

1997 – to present
Creative Technologist
Collaborative and Solo Digital Installations and exhibits.
As a collaborative and solo artist and technologist, works have been exhibited at prestigious national and international galleries and events, including the London Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert museum and the ICA.

Wide ranging responsibilities including Artist, Design, Project Management, software development (Java, Lingo, C, C++), graphics and visualisations (3D MAX, Poser, PhotoShop), electronics, PR and client liaisons.
Budgets ranging from £500 to £15000. Critical acclaim achieved in press and media including Tomorrows World, the Guardian, the Evening Standard and the Blueprint magazine.

Qualifications

MA Digital Art, Merit Middlesex University, London
HND Animation, Merit Pontypridd College, South Wales
BTEC Art Foundation, Pass Barnet College, London

Educational History

1996-1997
MA Digital Art, Merit Middlesex University, London
Using software development to a creative end (C/C++, 3D Studio Max SDK). Final project was a virtual puppet theatre for kids and CGI animators. Reviewed and acclaimed in the Guardian.

1994-1996
HND Animation, Merit Pontypridd College, South Wales
Traditional and CGI animation studied. Final project was a motion capture system for animators. (C/C++, Storyboard and design).

1993
BTEC Art Foundation, Pass Barnet College, London
From clay to film to computers, an exploration of creative mediums.

1981-1986
Secondary Comprehensive Whitefield School, London
7 O’levels gained including Mathematics, English, Art and Computer Studies.

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 28th April 1970.
British with a clean driving licence.
I enjoy cycling, chess, reading, playing the piano and playing computer games.

> Histronics

2004-05-30T10:59:00.000+01:00

Histronics - 1-30 May 2004, Brighton Festival Open House, Brighton
by Benedict Sheehan

A webcam captured images of people viewing at our open house. A cut out of the people in the space was pasted onto an montage creating a history of visitors thoughout the day.

> Butterflies

2004-03-10T11:18:00.000+00:00

Butterflies - February 2004, Brighton Fringe Basement, Argus Lofts, Brighton
by Benedict Sheehan

Butterflies are attracted to your motion, fluttering to land on you, they follow you about and can swarm you!

An investigation of peoples reaction to a) seeing themselves in a virtual mirror and b) interacting with virtual animals

> Tenth

2001-11-21T10:43:00.000+00:00

Tenth - exhibited November 2001, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
by Spore and Simon Thorogood

Tenth was by collaboration. Simon Thorogood, Stephen Wolff and myself, commissioned by the Victoria and Albert museum.

The installation, situated in the Raphael Cartoon room, consisted of a 5 metre high asymetrical pyramid, containing 16 slide projectors. A gentle musical accompaniment was played on a small PA system. The installation reflected on the creative processes used by fashion designer Simon Thorogood, which include the juxtaposition of random elements, and cross pollination from other art forms.