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bike random ani

joe — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:53:53 +0000

I still really like these series of random animations made from a few still photos.

Punto y Raya Festival

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:58:18 +0000

My abstract animation atomicGUN, with one of my original soundtracks, is appearing in this years Punto y Raya Festival. This runs from 25-29 November at Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona. Before going onto tour the world.

It’s a great pleasure to have been chosen out of the over 250 entries they received this year. This festival, which has earned the title of “most abstract in the world”, explores the creative possibilities of dots and lines in various spheres of science, art and thought. No figuration, just dots and lines as ends in themselves!

Click here to view the embedded video.

My Glastonbury performance

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:24:35 +0000

This has been a great opportunity to experiment with large media screen technology and for it to be in such a very public space as Glastonbury was fantastic.

My work was shown both in the day and at night, where for me it really worked when it looked equally stunning from a distance as from close up, when it really pulsed, throbbing with energy, surrounded by the noise of the music, and general hum of the crowds.

People reacted to the work in so many different ways and with it capable of being seen from such a distance it was really hard to gauge the reaction to the work. I felt it was a great success.

From a distance it loomed out against the night sky as smoke drifted around the screen. I could see it from all over the place, looming large amongst the haze and smoke of Glastonbury village. It was large, bright, pulsing with energy and it was great to watch.

Olympics comes to Glastonbury Festival

joe — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:04:08 +0000

Thanks to the Cultural Olympiad, the line up at this year’s Glastonbury Festival will include myself!

I have been selected for the Glastonbury Festival Big Screens,, which is made up of two 25msq screens and is hosted by the arts council and the BBC. They have told me that the Village screen will be showcasing the work of some of the best new digital artists, film-making talent, VJs and games developers from around the UK. They have chosen 7 artists to be at the site to show their work, network and have a play with the possibilities.

I will be showing my abstract animations on the Village Screen. It’s very exciting to be able to show my work at Glastonbury. This is a unique festival and being part of the event and working with the screen team will I’m sure be a stimulating experience. This is the first time the arts council have attempted showing audiovisual works here and I feel very lucky to have been selected.

The Village Screen project is a collaboration led by the Region’s 2012 Creative Programmer, Glastonbury Festival, Team South West and Relays (Legacy Trust UK programme) and including the UK’s network of Creative Programmers, screen agencies and the BBC’s Live Sites team.