Blog - Digital Arts
Shadowlight Artists celebrate 10 years
September 17, 2019 - by Shadowlight ArtistsPhoto from left: Tom Breach (illustrator and animator), Mark Hemsworth (photographer and filmmaker), Wendy Belcher (filmmaker and performer), Chris Oakley (Creative Advisor), Russell Highsmith (playwright), Danny Smith (performer and painter), Richard Hunt (painter and mixed media artist) and Lucy Skuce (installation artist and filmmaker) Shadowlight Artists celebrate 10 years, international festival ...
Engage and Interact workshops, Together! 2012 artists lead the way.
September 10, 2019 - by Jo-anne CoxAs part of my Engage and Interact, there were two workshops with project partners Together! 2012 In this blog, I give an overview of what took place. The first workshop utilised the audio to light technology developed on the project by Charles Mathews and supported by Help Musicians. The ...
‘Surroundings’ Blog 7
July 31, 2019 - by Ivan RichesAfter considerable time recovering from all my hard work creating a 360° online artwork and 2 insulations/live performances, I am trying to complete the final part of my R&D ‘Surroundings’ project. And this is where you dear blog readers, enter centre stage. To further the progress of my 'Surroundings' project, I will need your ...
Surroundings Blog 6
July 11, 2019 - by Ivan RichesMy final ‘Surroundings’ installation/performance was installed on artist Susan Austin’s amazing 360°rig. It is a sculptural structure that provides a perfect platform for my 360°image projection, space for us musicians to perform in and accommodate the audience. A space the audience can walk into and around a good proportion of ...
Surroundings Blog 5
June 17, 2019 - by Ivan RichesMy Facebook live interview wasn’t easy to keep going for 2 hours, particularly when answering online questions and responding to passing comments. But somehow it seemed to be successful, after trying to work out which way up to hold my iPad. A comic and rather embarrassing start to what turned ...
A Defiant Journey Emerges
June 13, 2019 - by Jo-anne CoxLast April I performed the first scratch of my show Defiant Journey at Stratford Circus Arts Centre. Supporting me with blogging, project partners DAO ask what I learnt and how did it meet my expectations? I have decided to answer this over several posts. In order to give quality feedback, ...
Defiant Journey – Scratch Performance, London, 11th April
April 4, 2019 - by Jo-anne CoxRaucous red, vibrant orange, enshrouded in midnight blue. From the dark recesses, Dragon transmits a powerful and protective veil of sound and colour. Outside, ever-multiplying, plagues of recovery model robots and care company mercenaries lie in wait... A ground-breaking inclusive electric cello experience by Jo-anne Cox, a contemporary composer and DAO ...
Game Start
March 28, 2019 - by Lisa DaviesMy latest blog is about an often forgotten and publicly derided branch of the arts – computer gaming. I’ve been a gamer since I was young. One of my earliest gaming memories is of playing Centipede on the Atari that my parents had bought me, my brother and sister one ...
New work for March 2019
March 20, 2019 - by Alan HopwoodAt long last I have been able to do some new work (abstracts this time). I have made three images in total, which are combined media works. They began with painting and physical manipulation (sanding), which I did last Autumn, and today I completed them using digital techniques. This has become ...
Audio Lighting with Charles Matthews
March 19, 2019 - by Jo-anne CoxDrawing all the elements of my project together for a test performance next month, is challenging. Luckily I have such excellent project management and access support from Foteini Galanopoulou. Tactile sound, stage lighting, audience interactive lighting, cello reactive lighting, assistive music technology, dance ribbons, story. Yes it will all be ready ...