Selected works
Future Menagerie
An interactive installation at Future Gallery, Leicester Sq, London, UK curated by Grok Institute and commissioned by Courvoisier.
The installation employs our developing relationship with the subliminal human urges; our passions & the charm of new tools. This Menagerie of humanity serves as a remembered echo of our Future Nature.
Metamapping 2010
A workshop / residency at the Mapping festival 2010, Geneva, Switzerland. Many collaborators, artists, musicians, performers, visualists took over various spaces at La Parfumerie to create audio-visual performances and installations. Constructing a large scaffold structure in the main hall, armed with DMX controlled lights, microphones, cameras, sensors and projectors; we converted the space into a giant audio-visual-light instrument for the audience to explore and play with, and be part of and experience a non-linear narrative performance.
Mika 2010 Arena Tour Visuals
Working with flat-e, MSA Visuals co-directed and co-produced the visuals for international popstar Mika's 2010 Arena Tour. More information and coverage coming soon.
Blaze - The Streetdance Show
MSA Visuals produced and directed the visuals for the west-end street dance show Blaze, directed by Anthony Van Laast (Mamma Mia!, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar). Previews start 11th March 2009, after a 2 week run at the Peacock / Sadlers Wells in Holborn, London UK, it goes off on a tour of Holland and the UK. More info on the official site.
OKGo / Fendi / Design Miami Show
I designed and programmed visuals (projections) for the OKGo performance and Fendi installation at Design Miami 2009. OKGo were playing modified Les Paul guitars mounted with laser beams in the headstock, designed by Fendi in collaboration with Moritz Waldemeyer.
Depeche Mode - "Fragile Tension"
A music video I recently produced graphics for has just been released - for the Depeche Mode single "Fragile Tension", directed by Rob Chandler & Barney Steel of The Found Collective, commissioned by John Moule.
Gold
“Gold” is an interactive installation which explores our obsession with super-stardom, and the extravagance that accompanies it. Through a ‘magic mirror’, revel in a world of excess where you are the super-star. Shower in glittery gold, experience almost omnipotent powers as you materialize, morph and dematerialize into pure sparkling gold dust. Immortalize yourself as a shimmering golden statue, before you collapse and fade away.
Body Paint
"Body Paint" is currently being shown at the Victoria & Albert museum as part of the V&A + onedotzero curated Decode exhibition, and also at the Millenium Gallery as part of Lovebytes' Code:Craft.
Reincarnation / Iatrogenesis
Directed by, visuals and programming by Memo Akten
Choreography by Alexander Whitley
Dancers Robin Gladwin and Miguel Altunaga
My Secret Heart
My Secret Heart is a music and film installation & performance commissioned by Streetwise Opera with music composed by Mira Calix and sound design by David Sheppard.
Toyota IQ Interactive Stand
Designed and developed this interactive gestural experience for Toyota / Seeper / Brandwidth to promote the launch of their Toyota IQ. Installed at malls around the UK.
Citizens Bank Interactive Windows
Working with Arnold Agency and Todd Vanderlin+Ryan Habbyshaw from their R&D team, we created an interactive display for Citizens bank in branches in major cities in the US.
Roots
"Roots" is an interactive musical/visual installation for the Brick Table tangible and multi-touch interface, where multiple people can collaborate in making generative music in a dynamic & visually responsive environment. It is a collaborative effort between myself and the Brick Table creators Jordan Hochenbaum & Owen Vallis. It will premiere at the Minitek Music + Innovation Festival September 12-14, 2008 in New York.
Glastonbury Pi
"Pi" is an interactive audio/visual installation commissioned by Trash City of the Glastonbury Festival to be shown at the festival in June 2008.
Working with fellow techheads at Seeper, our concept was to take a 50ft tent, and convert it into a giant audio/visual instrument - all of the music, audio and visuals inside the tent are generated and controlled purely by the movements of the occupants.
Webcam Piano
A test in motion detection in Quartz Composer 3.0.
The music is all generated in real-time by me waving my fingers, hands and arms around (or in fact any motion) in front of a standard web-cam. No post-processing was done on the audio or the video.
Amoeba Dance
This is a little test using GLSL in Quartz Composer 3.0, and controlling via VDMX. All happening in realtime, completely audio-reactive with no post production, user-interaction or timeline animations etc.
Soundtrack "Caliper Remote" by Autechre (from LP5 - 1998)
Who needs autechre when you have a bunch of mad girls!
P.S. I have hours of footage of this if anyone is interested :P
Showreel 2007
Showreel as of 2007. Motion graphics, visual effects, compositing, video production and post-production.
For interactive + real-time work please see more recent projects.
Ecstasy
A short musical animation inspired by and dedicated to Soledad Miranda's (RIP) performance in the movie Vampyros Lesbos. Modeled and animated in 3DSMax, edited with Premiere. Footage shot with DVCam. Motion graphics and effects done with AfterEffects. Particles, compositing and post-production in Combustion. Audio track 'The Message' by Manfred Hubler and Siegfried Schwab from the soundtrack of Vampyros Lesbos.
When I grow up
Dynamic poetry.
Song 1: "Somewhere in time" from the movie of the same name written and performed by John Barry (nothing to do with the Iron Maiden album & track).
Song 2: "Come sail away" written by Styx, performed by a very special child.
Click here to see it (you will need at least flash player 6).
The Morning After
A short film looking through the eyes of someone looking to get home in the early hours of the morning after a long night. Audio track 'Frost Investigations' by Chris Clarke from warp records.
Welcome to my house of abstract shit
Original flash intro to memo.tv v1 (www.abstractshit.com) from many years ago. Click here to see it (you will need at least flash player 7).
