Inter-ACT + Re-ACT
Co-commission with D-LAB
Will
Hurt - Artist in Residence
LEVEL is pleased to announce that digital
artist Will Hurt has been selected to undertake the first Inter-ACT + Re-ACT
Artist Residency at the Level Centre. This project is a partnership with D-LAB
and funded through the Arts Council, England.
Will’s
brief is to create new work that will engage people as they travel through the
LEVEL Centre. It provides the
opportunity to work with LEVEL artists and spend time researching and trialing
new methodology, tools and equipment to enable people with a learning
disability to interact with and react to art within a digital environment.
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| Digital Playground - Will Hurt |
Will Hurt (b. 1984) lives and works in Mileham (Norfolk) and London, UK. He uses generative programming techniques, random number generators and 3d graphics engines to create digital prints, animations and live performances exploring the nature of digital objects and their relationship to digital space.
Hurt has exhibited nationally, internationally and online, most prominently at the inaugural New York Design Week. He has a close working relationship with Eglo Records and has been commissioned by them multiple times to create installations, animations and performances. He studied at The Slade School of Fine Art under Phyllida Barlow and Susan Collins.
Will uses computers to create abstract digital spaces containing digital objects ranging from single, minimal, geometric forms to complex masses of thousands of objects. His work has often been resolved as generative animations, digital prints and live performances. Recently Will has also incorporated the creation of interactive apps and installations.
Will sees the focus of his work lying within questions concerning the nature of and relationships between, digital space, physical space and time. What are the unique qualities of digital space? How does digital space differ from physical space? How do digital objects occupy digital space? How does a digital object navigate digital space? Can you fill a digital space? How much does a digital object weigh?
Computers, programming and 3d graphics are central to his practice, creating work in realtime graphics engines, and he tends to show the work running in the engine rather than a recording of it. This allows the creation of work that has indefinite run times and never repeats exactly, both qualities specific to the medium. He is captivated by the economics of programming- and regularly employs simple algorithms that when repeated indefinitely give rise to complex, unexpected interactions.
Will’s influences include Minimalist Painting, Brutalist Architecture and Abstract Film. He sees his work as a continuation of that started by the early computer artists Frieder Nake, Manfred Mohr (see below) and Larry Cuba.
Will uses computers to create abstract digital spaces containing digital objects ranging from single, minimal, geometric forms to complex masses of thousands of objects. His work has often been resolved as generative animations, digital prints and live performances. Recently Will has also incorporated the creation of interactive apps and installations.
Will sees the focus of his work lying within questions concerning the nature of and relationships between, digital space, physical space and time. What are the unique qualities of digital space? How does digital space differ from physical space? How do digital objects occupy digital space? How does a digital object navigate digital space? Can you fill a digital space? How much does a digital object weigh?
Computers, programming and 3d graphics are central to his practice, creating work in realtime graphics engines, and he tends to show the work running in the engine rather than a recording of it. This allows the creation of work that has indefinite run times and never repeats exactly, both qualities specific to the medium. He is captivated by the economics of programming- and regularly employs simple algorithms that when repeated indefinitely give rise to complex, unexpected interactions.
Will’s influences include Minimalist Painting, Brutalist Architecture and Abstract Film. He sees his work as a continuation of that started by the early computer artists Frieder Nake, Manfred Mohr (see below) and Larry Cuba.
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| Image above: Manfred Mohr |
Inter-ACT + Re-ACT is new programme of interactive exhibitions, installations and research at LEVEL taking place over a twelve month period.
Using movement, touch & sound, visitors to the LEVEL Centre will be able to play intuitively to manipulate digital images, audio & video and perform within stimulating interactive installations/sensory environments.
This project seeks to create and develop new art work for people to interact with and react to using computer based digital media and simple, intuitive interfaces. It is envisaged that Inter-ACT + Re-ACT will be mainly screen based using the LEVEL screens in the corridor at the centre. It does however have the potential to develop in the future with the potential to influence the whole of the building and providing new methods of engagement across the whole Level programme.
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