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Exploring climate prediction as a game of chance and of skill, More Than Us offers us a glimpse of the astronomically huge dataspace we exist in. Two communities of colourful geometric shapes drawn, or ‘recycled’, from Suprematist paintings of the

... abrupt responses, the work will freeze in a state of fear or anger....

... lives. The project reflects Julie Freeman’s fascination with their...

What is the meaning of data beyond its value-laden content? We Need Us draws metadata from the activities of citizen science site Zooniverse’s million+ participants to create an ever-growing environment of sounds and animated forms. Unlike

Specious Dialogue is a playful exploration of conversation. The work comprises two cubic sculptures mounted on casters, one black and one white, house battery-powered tiny cameras, as well as wireless recording and playback systems. These can be

Through the construction of a short story and the composition of a soundscape, this project and accompanying paper explores whether the dynamic ebb and flow of a story can be conveyed through abstract sound. The work is inspired by a text by

The Observatories asked: What techniques make us feel those fight-or-flight or must-buy-it-now urges? It also demonstrated how easy it is to manipulate people through subconscious smell. In standalone structures in the centre of Milton Keynes,

Lepidopteral explores the subtlety and gentleness of elements in nature, without direct reference to, or use of, biological materials. The work was inspired by an experience at Lago di Fiastra in Le Marché region of Italy, where butterflies had

Human brains can subtract unwanted sense data – including sound – from the environment when we focus attention. The rest of the information is still being processed; it’s just attenuated, pushed to the background. In Sound Mind explores this

Dogs’ Ears explored the beauty and language of the dog ear. Presented as a video chat website, visitors logged in, browsed dogs and instant messaged with them online. Each dog responded in its own language, whether with an English ‘woof woof’, a