Artists Statement

We build living installations in pixels and light.

Since 2008 we have been developing a series of interactive video installations. Darkened spaces reveal beguiling & unsettling creatures, combining elements of the human and the animal. Choreographed video clips respond in a variety of life-like ways to user motion and touch. The works are driven using open source software and webcams and can be easily adapted to different locations. The creatures vary in size from the tiny Animacules to the all encompassing Mother.

Thematically we're interested in mutation and modification, polymorphism and perversity. The pull between attraction and repulsion is an important element of our grotesque creations. Our work may inspire disgust but laughter is never far behind. By creating tense experiences we ask users to question the nature of our creatures and what they have to say about human evolution. Interaction enables us to heighten an illusion of life, and create rich user driven narratives.

 

Biography

Nicola Schauerman graduated with an MA from the Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts, Middlesex University in 2006. She is the founding member of the art group Genetic Moo, who have presented work at numerous British venues including the Tate Modern, Whitechapel Gallery, Exploding Cinema, Area10 and the Bargehouse, and at international film festivals in Venice, Munich and New York. Nicola has taught film and video production in Further Education since 2000.

Tim Pickup has worked in multi-media art and programming for over 10 years. He has produced short films, games and toys for the internet, electronic music and radio programmes. He received an MA in Digital Arts from Camberwell College of Arts in 2009.

Since 2006, Schauerman and Pickup have worked on a series of interactive video installations which have been presented at a number of UK venues, including the De La Warr Pavilion. One of the works, Becoming Starfish, received a John Lansdown Award for Interactive Digital Art at Eurographics 2007.

We live in Peckham and Cardiff.

 

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