Presentation by boredomresearch at 7.30pm at The Hope, 11- 12 Queens Road, Brighton

Collaborating as boredomresearch, Southampton-based Vicky Isley and Paul Smith have gained an international reputation for interrogating the creative role of computing. They aim to create engaging digital artworks that cross boundaries between science, art and technology. They have produced interactive sound applications, public artworks, online projects and computational soundscapes which have been shown both nationally and internationally. In this presentation they discussed their work since 2001 which has been inspired by natural systems, including their current work as Research Fellows in Computer Animation & Computer Art at the National Centre of Computer Animation, Bournemouth University.

They gave a chronological overview of their work, which started out with paper and pencil explorations of algorithmic processes. Over time, they have taught themselves to program and their work has become increasingly technologically sophisticated, such as their touring solo exhibition Theatre of Restless Automata which is inspired by in-depth research into Artificial Life and digital biology and plays on our receptivity for life-like phenomena. They will also talked about their online works which explore how users can engage and affect a web-based ecology.

boredomresearch have exhibited their work internationally, including: Third Iteration, Melbourne; SIGGRAPH, USA; Transmediale.05, international media arts festival in Berlin; FILE04 International digital festival in Brazil; NOW festival in Nottingham; Electrohype festival in Sweden; Garage festival in Germany; and Data:base Media Event in Dublin.Their work is also within online exhibitions such as: VIDA 7.0 Art & Artificial Life International Competition; soundtoys.net; mobilegaze.com; and Dots & Line, BBC online exhibition.