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Artistic Statement by Paul Sermon First there was the bed, then came the sofa. The beginnings of this work started with the installation "Telematic Dreaming" produced in June 1992 for the "koti" exhibition in Kajaani, Finland. forwarding the

This installation entitled There's no simulation like home is the culmination of artistic telematic research since 1992. The exterior of the installation resembles the back of a plasterboard stage set, or as if the bricks of a house had been

This computer graphic installation is a telematic adaptation of THE FRUIT MACHINE (1991). The work connects remote locations to enable simultaneous imaging and real time interaction to take place between both sites where the work is installed. It

In Smokescreen a row of smoke canisters along the whole front side of the Swansea University created a thick smoke-screen behind which the building completely disappeared for a while. Portions of this smoke-screen were white, yellow and black.

An inflatable tube made from transparent plastic, 250 metres long and 3 metres in diameter, was placed over the Mach lake connecting its opposite banks. This air-filled floating bridge had airlock revolving doors at each end, and its pliable floor

An interactive sculpture that is directly controlled by the visitors to this public swimming pool. A transparent plastic wall is composed of thirteen panels filled with pale blue liquid. Each panel has an electro-magnetic air valve which can release

Points of View was a 'theatre of signs' with both stage and protagonists being provided by a three-dimensional computer graphics simulation that was video projected onto a large screen in front of a seated audience. The action of the work was

A video monitor on the floor faces upwards and over its screen there is a transparent container filled with water. At the center of this container is an opening through which a bubble of air can be electronically released causing the water to ripple

In this work the movement of a large video monitor mounted on an industrial fork-lift truck creates a virtual representation of a larger than life size ballerina. As the forklift moves the monitor up and down the ballerina is presented from head to

During Imagina '93 computer graphics installations in Monte Carlo and in Karlsruhe were connected by modem through a conventional telephone line. Facing large video screens, the two distant players each shared the same virtual image space.