New Images from Fractured Ground at LEVEL

Fractured Ground/Fracture is a multi media performance project which forms a part of the CONTAINER R&D Project at the Level Centre.

The project started with a performance and audio visual installation created by LEVEL Director Andrew Williams and physical performer Karla Jones held at the Level Centre in November 2016. It comprised improvised dance where the physical language is created, modified and influenced by somatic senses. This mirrors some of our work and approach when developing individual performance language with learning disabled performers.

Fractured Ground

An audio/visual installation and performance at the Level Centre, Derbyshire, UK created by Karla Jones (Physical Performance/Dance) and Andrew Williams (Sound + Video).

Fractured Ground is a part of a exciting new project for LEVEL - creating live performances and audio/visual installations. It attempts to throw into shadow our 'normal' rational/intellectual approach to creating, collating, structuring and valuing information and art, and instead shine an interrogatory light on what can be created when emphasis is placed upon our somatic senses.

Container - Video Installation Images

CONTAINER - a series of video installations using projections onto surfaces comprising cardboard boxes at the LEVEL Centre.
 

 

Is That All There Is? Conference at Birmingham Hipperdrome, 9 March 2016

The Level Centre is presenting the interactive audio/visual instrument entitled 'Abstract Playground' at the 'Is That All there Is?' conference in Birmingham on the 9th of March 2016. LEVEL will present this new work by artist Will Hurt and Level Director, Andrew Williams will lead a break out session looking to explore way of working and new potential tools using interactive digital technology.

Some Information about the conference, which is being organised by Richard Hayhow, can be found below or visit the website: http://www.itati.co.uk/

Furniture Music Project

We have just started work on our latest project - Furniture Music (working title). This is being developed by Dr Toby Heys and will take the form of a sound installation at the LEVEL Centre opening on the 29th of April 2017. Toby is the Digital Technologies Research Fellow at the Research Centre, MIRIAD, Manchester School of Art and is collaborating with LEVEL to create Furniture Music.

Furniture Music is based around creating sound at the edge of, and just beyond, our (human) sensory perception. To do this Toby has been working with some bespoke speakers and has just taken delivery of a TRACTION Sub Bass - see images below.

Toby Heys (Left) with Level Director Andrew Williams looking at the Traction SUB at MIRIAD

 

 

 

 

Purple Peach Club Event at LEVEL

The first Purple Peach Event took place last night. What a great evening. The LEVEL Centre looked fantastic, full of people dancing, re-acting, inter-acting, socialising and just taking in the atmosphere. 

The Gallery Space at LEVEL during Purple Peach Club event. It worked really well as a relaxing yet engaging environment.

Shadows [Inter-ACT + Re-ACT]

The general theme of the LEVEL Participate & Create programme over the past seven days has been 'shadow'. As a part of Inter-ACT + Re-ACT we have been experimenting with back projection to create shadow maps. These  allow people to manipulate the image by changing and controlling the light. Three images using shadow projection during the Performing Arts session are posted below. 

SHADOW 1 - Image taken as a part of Inter-ACT+ Re-ACT

New Images from Inter-ACT+Re-ACT

Eight new images of the current Inter-ACT + Re-ACT work entitled MIRROR. These were taken in January and have captured some of the images dispayed on the screens. MIRROR is an interactive digital media project - created and developed by Artist in Residence, Andrew Williams. More info can be found on the blog site: http://tendeadsheep.blogspot.co.uk/

A Cradle of the Mind

'A cradle of the Mind' - a new screen installation for the LEVEL centre to be shown in 2015. This forms a part of a new Digital Installation programme for LEVEL featuring work created by artists whose work references disability. 

Image: A Cradle of the Mind - Screen installation by Andrew Williams