Presentation by Luke Jerram 7.30 pm at the Sussex Arts Club, Brighton.

NESTA fellow Luke Jerram fuses his artistic practice with studies of science and perception to build installation artworks. He also designs science exhibits, makes art gifts and is employed for creative consultancy. In 2000 Jerram taught in war torn Mostar, Bosnia and he continues to teach and lecture both in the UK and abroad. Studying sculpture and performance art at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff, Jerram produced the installation Retinal Memory Volume. Commissioned by EMAF and developed in consultation with optometrists, the installation creates three dimensional retinal after-image sculpture inside the mind of a viewer. Physically altering the viewer's vision the experience is both sublime and intrusive. Jerram's ongoing research of perception is fuelled by the fact that he is colour-blind. The patented work has toured the media arts festivals of Europe and is being developed for use in science museums.

Luke studies the qualities of space and perception in extreme locations, from the coal mines of Wales to the sand dunes of the Sahara desert. He spends time speaking to people who inhabit these locations, in order to discover new ways of seeing. In 1998 he spent time studying in an anechoic chamber at the University of Bath. This experience contributed to the concept for Tide, an audio installation controlled by the changing gravitational pull of the moon. Commissoned by DA2, the installation was developed over a 3 year period of extensive research and built by a team of engineers, electricians and glassblowers. The installation has toured the UK and been shown in Europe and in Canada, at the Royal Ontario Museum. In 2002 he was awarded a prestigious NESTA fellowship.