Quadrascope is an omidirectional interface device that displays a large-scale animated version of Chromeskin on each side of a telephone box-sized rectangular prism. The device displays images derived from the Chromeskin laserscan data, processed against the current visual field around it. Observers are able to walk up to and around Quadrascope and approach its surfaces closely. On each face a representation of mirror surfaced Chromeskin is displayed, with the figure reflecting and reacting to the movements of the viewer in realtime. The device is a kind of 'fishtank' giving the impression of a chrome body floating within a rectangular volume. The machine uses four networked computers, four video cameras, and four 130cm plasma flat panel displays. Quadrascope is driven by synchronised 3-D rendering software written especially for the artists by headus (metamorphosis).
Quadrascope is part of the Chromeskin project and was created in collaboration with Richie Kuhaupt.
Neural Network consists of 18 nodes, regularly distributed over a mirror reflective matrix-form. As the viewer changes orientation the nodes appear to intermittently make and break connections with adjacent nodes.
The key process of Geoffrey is a single-point ocular gridding of the installation space. An ideal perceptual checkerboard that is suggestive of networked and delineating technologies, as well as linear and ordered mental systems. Of course, the act of observation always influences the observed phenomena, but in the case of Geoffrey a transient act of observation has been crystallised as an observable system in itself.
In a sense, Geoffrey depicts a sensorium, an inner space or Cartesian theatre where mental processes are played out. In here, Geoffrey is both actor and audience, caught in the cycle of his own awareness. Geoffrey: information technologist, man-who-would-be-robot, logician. Under the perfect ordering principle Geoffrey is rendered monodimentional. Outside the system there are glimpses of another Geoffrey: fat man, artist, person.
Geoffrey was created in collaboration with Richie Kuhaupt.
Pangenesis is a theory of inheritance where genetic information is derived from all parts of an organism. Pangenesis has been discredited in the organic context, but may be a viable schema for reproduction of virtual lifeforms. In this work an virtual being has just reproduced via fission - producing three new offspring. Under pangenesis each offspring has a complete genetic record.
Jacobs Ladder is the ladderr leading to heaven as seen by Jacob in his dream, alternatively it is a device for generating a series of high voltage plasma arcs that ascend twin diverging conductors before dissipating into atmosphere.
Lasercube is a programme exploring the application of planar beams of laser light to describe surfaces, objects and landscapes. The core Lasercube technology involves 60 industrial lasers with hemicylindrical lenses. These are mounted on armatures arranged along the x, y, and z spatial axes. The project encompasses the capture of laser effects via video and still photography and the digital manipulation and presentation of these images. The project crosses boundaries between photography, dance, video, performance, and installation artforms. Lasercube is a collaboration between Drake-Brockman and Kuhaupt and, in its dance/performance realisation, the Skadada performance troupe..
Laser beams are coherent, absolute agents that will be used in this project to introduce gridding and dividing systems applied to realworld objects. This will be done in order to conveniently reduce the object under investigation to its bare spatial necessity.
Lasercube is a collaborative project with Richie Kuhaupt. Images shown are of a performance piece (Lasercube II) developed in collaboration with Skadada, dancers; Jon Burtt and Lucy Taylor.
