Our associate artists work closely with the studio and support us in achieving our artistic vision through collaboration and long-standing partnerships. All artists have worked with the studio team to create immersive and digital projects for their established practices. Acting as ambassadors for the VIP Studio, our associate artists share the curiosity, passion and values of our team and actively engage in the arts industry both locally, nationally and internationally.
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Why you’re interested in immersive technology?
"I work with technology to produce Immersive Art and frequently work with interactive installations, digital performance, Volumetric Capture, Motion Capture, skeletal and facial tracking, Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. I use and built a wide range of software and hardware on projects to realise creative concepts, explore research possibilities, and develop unique and innovative experiences."
Psicon Lab
Ben works freelance as an Arts-focussed Creative Technologist under the name Psicon Lab. He is a digital artist, programmer, games/gadget builder and educator. His work often uses audio-visual and digital technology to create interactive art, bespoke electronic devices, musical instruments and immersive content such as Virtual / Augmented Reality.
He's worked with a lot of arts, music and cultural organisations including Victoria and Albert Museum, Somerset House, Ikon Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, MAC, Eastside Projects and the British Council and as well as festivals such as Sonár (ES), Supersonic, Fierce, Random String, Flatpack, Now Play This and London Design Festival.
Previous projects include work for artist Rachel Maclean, Hervisions, Dazed, Open Data Institute, Coventry City of Culture, Motionhouse, Swoomptheeng, Outside Studios, BOM and Juneau Projects; and several projects for Birmingham City University, Loughborough University and online educational content for Oxford University Press.
Ben gives talks, presentations, workshops, consultancy and mentoring for clients such as Abandon Normal Devices, STEAMhouse and Animate Projects; Universities such as Birmingham, Coventry, De Montfort, Greenwich and Nottingham; many appearances at BCU's Maker Monday events, and several appearances on BBC radio and TV. He often speaks about creative and emerging technologies, and his work.
Displace Studio
As one of the co-founders of Displace Studio (alongside digital dance artist Kerryn Wise) Ben has toured immersive artworks internationally. The best known of which is Facades - a 15 minute Immersive Virtual Reality dance theatre experience.
This surreal ‘VR noir’ presents hauntingly beautiful choreography from unique perspectives, inviting the viewer to look behind the scenes, move beyond the veneer and take a closer look.
Exploring the intersection of dance, film, physical theatre and digital technology, Displace produce bold, boundary-pushing work that dances between the darkness and the light - reality and fantasy - creating deep, interpersonal, immersive experiences that encourage audiences to step into, behind, and around the edges of illusion. Works often take the form of intimate, dreamlike journeys through uncertain places rich in symbolism and metaphor in which curious behaviours are encountered.
Previous exhibitions, talks and workshops have taken place at Studio Wayne McGregor, Pervasive Media Studio, Lakeside, Nottingham Contemporary, Phoenix and at festival such as Aesthetica Festival, Encounters Festival, Extended Senses, QLDXR Festival (AUS), Moving Body Festival (BG), Dance Camera Istanbul (TR), Speaking Volumes (CA) and FIVARS (US/CA).