Interactive Installation (2013)

It is survival of the fittest, in the most literal of senses.

Originally part of the ‘Nothing But Smoke…’ collection of installations, this piece has broken away not only to be a stand alone interactive spectacle but has also inspired a mini series of site-specific explorations, playing with the mechanics of the flipbook and the need for audience participation to make them work/ make the ‘performer’ move.

This piece was addictive. Each time I tried that little bit harder, and each time I seemed to fail right at the last hurdle. If ever a piece encapsulated the term ‘tempting failure’, it was this.

Editions:

Run to Run: Survival of the fittest (2012)
Run to make the animation progress through life, stop running and he dies - this interactive installation invites the audience to challenge themselves and playfully consider the futility of life.

Run to Run: Lordship Lane (2016)
Race against the clock to collect the shopping from Lordship Lane - making fun of the 'to do list'.

Run to Run: Shoreditch Sprint (2017)
Race against the clock to reach the Hoxton Job Centre before it shuts, while completing urgent tasks along the way.

Run to Run: Guildhall Hurtle (2017)
Make your way around the exhibits in Guildhall Museum and get out before it closes at 5pm.

PAST SHOWINGS

51zero Festival
Sat 28th - Sun 29th Oct 2017
Guildhall Museum

DIY Cultures Festival,
Interactive Art Commission
Sun 14 May 2017
RichMix

Fantasy High Street - Animating Lordship Lane
Sun 4 Sept 2016
Lordship Lane

Tempting Failure festival
6-7th Apr 2013
The Island, Bristol,

GATE F – International Performance Experience
17th Jan 2013
Stoke Newington Airport

Digital Performance (2012)

This digital performance is concerned with the idea of layering, not only of multimedia with sound and video looping but also the layers applied daily to my face. Examining the metamorphosis that the face undergoes, the rigorous procedures performed to prepare the visage for the outside world, creating a state of flux and suggesting a fluidity of persona.

The video initially displays a video loop of the performers ‘naked face’. The performer goes through the routine of putting on a full face of makeup, with each layer of makeup applied live frames of that application are mixed into the video projection loop. Slowly the video loop becomes littered with flashes of these applications and eventually displays the finished ‘product’ - the socially projected image of the performer.

In a similar way to the video mixing, a musician provides a sound scape created from the use of looping and pedals. Each layer of makeup is accompanied by another layer of sound added to the audio loop, so that by the end the ‘busyness’ of the face is paralleled by the cacophony of the soundscape.

Trace video of the projected video output:

PAST SHOWINGS

51zero Festival
Oct 2012
Rochester Visitor Centre

51zero Voyager - Whitstable Biennale
Sat 2nd June 2018
Film Screening on the beach