“Immersed in an ocean of light'' Creative interaction through digital artwork and social media.

For the past 10 years Associate Professor Chris Bennewith has been creating and exhibiting work with the international art and design collective Squidsoup.

Squidsoup create installations and artefacts that combine sound, physical space and virtual worlds to produce interactive digital artworks that allow the viewer to take active control of what they experience.

In his lecture Associate Professor Bennewith will be showing several of the works of art that he has helped produce during his time as part of Squidsoup.

He will also introduce a new project that he is currently developing for Massey University called SWITCH - an online application that uses social media strategies for creative collaboration.

Chris has an extensive professional background both in the UK and in New Zealand where he is Head of the Institute of Communication Design, College of Creative Arts, Massey University. He has provided commercial work for leading businesses including Sony, Orange and Intel.

Squidsoup have exhibited internationally at venues such as Tate Britain and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Siggraph in Los Angeles, Sonar in Barcelona and ISEA in Belfast. They will soon feature as part of the Ars Electronica festival in Linz, Austria.

See a video of Squidsoup’s work:
http://www.oceanoflight.net/videos.html
www.squidsoup.com

Limited seating, RSVP acceptances are required by: Noon Tuesday 7 September 2010

Posted on: September 7, 2010