Springwell Community College

Currently working on one of many final Creative Partnerships projects as a school in Chesterfield This project involves Data Visualisation, Infographics and Computer Game Creation to help engage Y9 pupils in Mathematics and Problem Solving. We are looking at surveys and creating statistical charts and diagrams using more than just bar charts within excel. I … Continue reading »

Bubble Chamber 4

The latest Bubble Chamber project is now open at 8 City Arcade in Coventry. The performance element was for one night only however the space is open as an interactive installation for all members of the public between 10am and 4pm for the rest of the week. I was again commissioned by Mercurial Dance as … Continue reading »

Star Trails exhibit at The Public

As part of Touch Interactive 2011 The Public in West Bromwich gave an open call for digital artists to create interactive applications for use on touch screen computers. After careful sifting through many international proposals my submission entitled ‘Star Trails’ was chosen for the installation. From February 3rd until March 27th you can experience my … Continue reading »

Light Night Stoke

Work is well underway for the emptyshops installation this week in Stoke-on-Trent for their celebration entitled Light Night. Download the flyer and find us on page 3 Our Ludic Rooms project will provide a unique interactive touch experience for all visitors to the city centre so if you are passing by over the next 6 … Continue reading »

OMG @ Copper Rooms Warwick Uni

My 2 installations for Warwick SU debuted on Friday night whilst Zane Lowe smashed the room down with an eclectic mix incorporating dubstep, hiphop, metal, old skool, classic dance and drum and bass. The OMGBirdFeeder collected and displayed a twitter feed of hashtagged comments sent during the night. The OMGCameraStatus captured photos of the clubbers … Continue reading »

Ludic Rooms 002 – Stoke-on-Trent

Ludic Rooms is pleased to announce our second installation. Light Night is a celebration of 100 years of Stoke-on-Trent. In partnership with the city council and the Made In Stoke regeneration scheme, Ludic Rooms is creating a special installation which will be on display for 6 weeks. Utilising an empty retail unit and in conjunction … Continue reading »

Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain

As mentioned before in previous post , I have been working on a game tie-in with the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry,UK. The game is now ready to play direct from my website Win7 / Vista PCor Snow Leopard MAC or from the Belgrade Theatres site …. Three Musketeers Blog If you have the Instant Play … Continue reading »

Bubble Chamber videos

http://vimeo.com/user4682394 Three videos featuring digital work from myself from my last commissioned project – The Bubble Chamber as mentioned in the previous blog post http://helloworlddotmedotuk.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/bubble-chamber/ I used Isadora to teach the pupils how to create simple effects. The rest of the digital work was created by myself with Isadora and Processing, combining the 2 programs together using … Continue reading »

One for all…

Next week I begin creation of a simple game aimed at 7yr olds as a tie in with a new performance at The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry of the 3 Musketeers. It is a new performance of the story in a darker more unusual twist, with comic styled graphics, monsters and pregnant damsels in distress. Im working to … Continue reading »

AGT

http://markwelchblog.com/1997/05/24/adventure-game-toolkit/ I used to use this to make Txt adventure games when i was at college – 1995-1997 Man i wish i still had my old floppy disc collection  :-(