Plasticity

During the early stages of my career I spent several years working with design agency Kin. In collaboration with Plymouth University, sound designer Nick Ryan, composer John Mathias, artist Jane Grant and Kin, we created an installation piece which depicted a complex algorithm (developed by Plymouth University). This simulated how neurons fire in the human brain in a simple, visual and auditory form for any audience to understand. We created a simple array of microphones and speakers. Visitors could make a sound or speak into the microphones. This was then fed through the algorithm which distributed the sound across the array of speakers, illustrating how data is fed into the brain and fragmented before we can interpret and understand it. The project was initially commissioned for a festival at the BFI, London, but later I worked on adapting the installation so it could be toured, including a showing at "Transitions: Knowledge Through Performance in Art and Science" in Breman.