LOOP is a small, immersive digital installation using two smartphones & a projector at Gallery Lock In by artist Kate Shields supported by Brighton Digital Festival 2019.
When we use social media on our smartphones, are we looking at each other or are we looking at ourselves?
Within each of the LOOP devices will be an infinite reflection of the other.
Within each of us is the opportunity for an infinite reflection of each other.
LOOP challenges the idea that creating an immersive digital installation requires expensive specialist equipment, and years of tech experience. The tools are right here in our hands. We can create something beautiful to look at using fairly simple technology.
Installation photography by Sharon Kilgannon alonglines.com
LOOP collaborations
Throughout LOOP, I invited three artists to interpret the themes of the installation through the mediums they work in:
James Burt, a writer and programmer ran a spoken word presentation ‘20 GOTO 10’, looking at how we can escape loops, drawing from examples in science, technology and daily life; and discussed how, in real life, no loop lasts forever.
(B)LOOP was an evening aiming to create a sonic interpretation of LOOP, using smashed smartphones, optical theremins (that turn light into sounds) and loop pedals. A collaboration between myself and R.Dyer.
‘Well you tried it just for once (found it alright for kicks)’ was a film screening by performance artist Lady Helena Vortex, a hypnotic and thought-provoking film first shown at Spill Festival about experiences of desire as an older woman.
Huge thanks to Laurence Hill and everyone at Brighton Digital Festival 2019 for supporting this project. BDF is now called Dreamy Place, returning in 2024.