Damien is an artist working with digital media focusing on the interplay between images, sounds and vibrations.
Her artwork was originally print-based and 3D; often based on children’s stories and toys, it has been shown in venues as diverse as phone boxes and the National Art Library. From 1998 she has increasingly used digital techniques allowing her to work with media previously inaccessible to her and other deaf people. Works include De@fsite for the Photographers Gallery, Aerial (an x-space commission for inIVA), Songbird, a sonic/acoustic work initiated in a LabCulture Residency exhibited as part of ‘Re:Thinking Time’ at Peterborough Digital Arts, and AWSoM, the Ambient Weather Sound Machine (with Stuart Bowditch).
More recent projects includes Vibe³ (Vibe Cube) a commission for Essex County Council shown in sites across Essex in 2009, Vibe³C (commissioned for Outside09), Vibe Cube Southend for TAP Gallery, 'Automatic Listening', (commissioned by FirstSite) and supporting Peter Cusack's 'Favourite Sounds' project at the Digital Exploration Centre (DEC). These projects are in collaboration with Stuart Bowditch. Other projects include Signpost, shown at Village Green 2010 and Artside 2011, and 'Chimerascope' commissioned by Essex County Council for the Journey to the Podium Essex 2012 Legacy programme.
Current projects include commissioned work at Barking Hospital (currently being installed), 'Sparks Will Fly...' commission from Essex County Council (collaboration with Stuart Bowditch) as well as a variety of education and participatory projects.
This website is an ongoing work in progress. Please contact me if you need information that you can't find on the site at present.
Her artwork was originally print-based and 3D; often based on children’s stories and toys, it has been shown in venues as diverse as phone boxes and the National Art Library. From 1998 she has increasingly used digital techniques allowing her to work with media previously inaccessible to her and other deaf people. Works include De@fsite for the Photographers Gallery, Aerial (an x-space commission for inIVA), Songbird, a sonic/acoustic work initiated in a LabCulture Residency exhibited as part of ‘Re:Thinking Time’ at Peterborough Digital Arts, and AWSoM, the Ambient Weather Sound Machine (with Stuart Bowditch).
More recent projects includes Vibe³ (Vibe Cube) a commission for Essex County Council shown in sites across Essex in 2009, Vibe³C (commissioned for Outside09), Vibe Cube Southend for TAP Gallery, 'Automatic Listening', (commissioned by FirstSite) and supporting Peter Cusack's 'Favourite Sounds' project at the Digital Exploration Centre (DEC). These projects are in collaboration with Stuart Bowditch. Other projects include Signpost, shown at Village Green 2010 and Artside 2011, and 'Chimerascope' commissioned by Essex County Council for the Journey to the Podium Essex 2012 Legacy programme.
Current projects include commissioned work at Barking Hospital (currently being installed), 'Sparks Will Fly...' commission from Essex County Council (collaboration with Stuart Bowditch) as well as a variety of education and participatory projects.
This website is an ongoing work in progress. Please contact me if you need information that you can't find on the site at present.
News
February 2012 Chimerascope will be exhibited at Beecroft Gallery, Southend 3rd Feb-31st March. This will be the first viewing of the whole Journey to the Podium collection - 2009, 2010, and 2011 commissions - the first time the collection will be seen as a whole.
November 11 Final installation stage of the Barking Hospital project; photos now on project page.
August 2011 I'll be showing work from the late 90's as part of Unearthed, an exhibition and archive which seeks to reveal the cultural history of the Carpenters Road artists' studios in the former Yardley’s perfume factory, which used to be on the site of the London 2012 Aquatics Centre.
3-11 September 2011, 10am - 4pm Warton House, 150 Stratford High Street, E15
November 11 Final installation stage of the Barking Hospital project; photos now on project page.
August 2011 I'll be showing work from the late 90's as part of Unearthed, an exhibition and archive which seeks to reveal the cultural history of the Carpenters Road artists' studios in the former Yardley’s perfume factory, which used to be on the site of the London 2012 Aquatics Centre.
3-11 September 2011, 10am - 4pm Warton House, 150 Stratford High Street, E15
| unearthed_flyer.pdf |
July 2011 Signpost is now on display at the Victoria Shopping Centre, Southend, as part of Artside 2011, 1-16 July. UPDATE - the post will be on site until 27 July, following a kind invitation from the Victoria to leave it in place a little longer. Follow the links for further information on both the post and Artside.
June 2011 The Vibe Cube will make a special appearance at the national Sensory conference at Stansted Radisson, 17 June. Signpost is also being tuned up for Artside 2011, 1-16 July; details to follow. The Locker Listening Post is now settled at Essex Record Office following its mini tour to 'Curtain Up' events at Westcliff and Purfleet.
May 2011 The Locker Listening Post developed for Creative Partnerships at will be on show at the 'Curtain Up' event 24 May, Palace Theatre, Westcliff. More project details here
June 2011 The Vibe Cube will make a special appearance at the national Sensory conference at Stansted Radisson, 17 June. Signpost is also being tuned up for Artside 2011, 1-16 July; details to follow. The Locker Listening Post is now settled at Essex Record Office following its mini tour to 'Curtain Up' events at Westcliff and Purfleet.
May 2011 The Locker Listening Post developed for Creative Partnerships at will be on show at the 'Curtain Up' event 24 May, Palace Theatre, Westcliff. More project details here
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