abstract animations
These animations (sea, atomicGun, ringCircle,) have been widely seen since they won fist prize at Sherborne House Open in 2006. In 2009 I took them with me to be shown on two big 25msq screens at Glastonbury. This was an Arts Council collaboration with the BBC and I was lucky to be selected with five other artists from around the UK. These animations are now being shown on Big Screens across the UK.
This work grew out of my playing in the computer program Flash. I really got into animating using ActionScript, enjoying the control it gave me in moving objects around the screen. This body of work came about by making controlled experiments.
This body of work involved me coding, which randomly places a preconceived set of images into the picture frame, depending on a set of rules. This then creates experimental abstractions that fuse technology with the visual arts.
Aesthetically I was heavily inspired by pop art, along with some ‘St Ives’ painters from the 60s and 70s. I wanted to work with flat colour and keep everything 2-dimensional.
Visually I was also influenced by where I live on the south coast of the UK. Living very near the sea, the light is always changing. What with this and the expansive views you get looking out to sea. In this work I wanted to reflect this experience using the power of abstract shape to create computer animation into a contemporary visual form.
One of these animations – sea – was projected in the large foyer space of the Bournemouth International Conference as part of the UK Public Heath conference 2010. Where I was also commissioned to develop a live interactive map during the conference. With this work I interviewed conference attendees about their projects, uploading these audio files to the web and using google maps placing them to there precise geographic location.
