Mutating–Work in Progress

“Mutating” is a speculative design work addressing human habits and habitats shifting under Covid-19 circumstances. Look around, people are fully armed to avoid being infected. We are advised to maintain the distance between people and reduce interpersonal communication. We are … Read More

Preliminary Work in Progress Report on Project E-COllaborative generator

In the work of artist Ann Hamilton, The Event of a Thread, the artist used a huge white silk curtain, dozens of swings, the wind brought by the dance of the curtain, the voice of the performer reading aloud, … Read More

println(humanBehaviour); work in progress

What can we learn from observations of the everyday? As designers, we are keen to explore the political power of small scale actions and how the recognition of others’ idiosyncrasies can facilitate an understanding of another.

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Hypergesture – Work In Progress Report

Hypergesture is a kinetic sculpture exploring gestures of light and sound through robotics. I have chosen a mechanism originally from surgical robotics that constrains end effector movement to along the surface of a sphere. This mechanism only has two degrees … Read More

Exploring Algorithmic Composing from the 18th Century through Machine Learning – work in progress

Methods for algorithmic music composition have been developing since the 18th Century, a lot of composers used rules to compose music. The most famous ones are C.P.E Bach and W.A. Mozart.

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Project Hive_Work in progress report

Hive is a kinetic sculpture which its concept is “bee hive flashing” swarm intelligence.There are certain types of honeybee that create mesmerising waves when they feel threatened . When a wasp or some other large insect gets too … Read More

Digital Isovist – Data Augmented Spaces

Isovist is defined as “a set of all points visible from a given vantage point in space” (Benedikt, 1979). Although isovist refers to physical visibility, our interest lies in how digital information can affect our isovist. As demonstrated by our … Read More

Preliminary Work In Progress Report Project Your Reality Is Not My Reality

We live in a world where all your opinions are expressed through media platforms. Trends, ability to edit your personal information, appearances, speeches and more allows us to construct our desirable persona – one that comes from but separated from your reality. What happens in the multiplicity of simulations? Who is affected and who is responsible? We present to you MKST – a humorous take on how online media affects all of us. Starting with you switching on your TV, the news is broadcasting: A case of murder just took place…Read More

Virtual Project Fair – See Work in Progress Online

11:00 – 18:00, 29 April 2020 please join our students as they present prototypes of interactive installations, immersive virtual environments, wearable technologies and a wide variety of audio and visual art forms online. Work will be shared throughout the fair … Read More

Interview with Khaled on his career after graduating from our Lab

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Interview with Ling on her career after graduating from our Lab

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Interview with Ollie on where he went to work after graduating from our Lab

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Interview with Chryssa on where she went to work after graduating from our Lab

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Interview with Haavard on where he went to work after graduating from our Lab

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Son et Culinaire

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Syntony @ Venice Biennale

We’re very pleased to announce that our Lab member Dr Vasilija Abramovic, Dr Ruairi Glynn and Parker Heyl have won the international competition to represent Montenegro at the Venice’s 17th International Architecture Biennale. Their winning proposal titled Syntony will be … Read More

IALab wins international competition for Venice Biennale

We’re very pleased to announce that our Lab member Dr Vasilija Abramovic, Dr Ruairi Glynn and Parker Heyl have won the international competition to represent Montenegro at the Venice’s 17th International Architecture Biennale. Their winning proposal titled Syntony will be … Read More

Warped

Warped searches for how the way of viewing is affected by the discrepancy of perception and the physical qualities of the perceived object.

Real time mapping is used in conjunction with the audience’s tracked position relative to the object to … Read More