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  • The Rocktown Scrolls are named after the Pennsylvania coalfield “patch” where I grew up dreaming wondrous dreams while sliding down the ash-dumps. They present colorful pen & ink drawings accompanied with passages selected from a wide range of
  • new ocean -
    new oceanArtist: Doug AitkenComment:
  • automated mirror sculpture (stainless steel mirrors, baltic birch, electrical motors) 76 3/4 x 41 1/2 x 8 inches 194.9 x 105.4 x 20.3 cm
  • This interactive installation addresses mass media and manipulation in postmodern culture. In this mediawork individualism and narcissism are revealed as inextricably linked to new electronic technologies and capitalist consumerism. The interface
  • Well, things don't always turn out the way you plan - this project certainly didn't. I learned a couple of things: 1/ Magnetic core memory is very hard to find. 2/ Most people who are interested in magnetic core memory are very
  • the moment -
    Showing for the first time in the UK, The Moment is a vast kaleidoscopic audio-visual installation by Doug Aitken, capturing the acute sense of disorientation experienced on waking in an unfamiliar place. (Source:
  • glass era -
    Videoinstallation; 3 channels, 3 projections Ed. 2/4 3 Screens ea 225 x 300 cm
  • lighttrain -
    5 channel video installation Screen system: 190.5 x 315 x 11.5 cm. Room dimensions variable
  • This interactive video installation is a collaboration between myself and Camille Turner. This mediawork is an exploration of the sex, beauty and racial myths which are encountered by a young black Canadian woman and the various conflicting message
  • DAS IST MEINE NEUE FREUNDIN This installation explores one example of the cyberfeminist protagonist: Lara Croft in the computer game 'Tomb Raider.' This mediawork is comprised of several elements: German poster advertising for the game,