our altered places

Tetralogy, collaboration with gary mcdermott and louise noone, 2013, sensors, computers, raspberry pi, paint, plastic, lights, phones, WiFi, code, audio, XBox Kinext, dimensions variable

A series of digital interventions installed at Trinity College Dublin Front Square, August 2013. The piece 'Homer' was later shown as part of the artworks at Granby Park, Dublin.

Four installations gathered different user inputs including gesture, audio (story), facial recognition and text through keyboard. The interactions were chosen based on the four figures represented on the Campanile in the square: Demosthenes, Homer, Socrates and Plato, and were designed to make users rethink the place through digital media interventions.

Piece i, Demosthenes, was based around the ancient orator's methods of convincing crowds. This piece uses a webcam to detect faces (cueing interaction), and speaks to passers-by about the project.

Piece ii, Homer, was based around the idea of collecting and telling stories, as the ancient bard once did. Two phone units utilising Arduino boards and Raspberry Pi microcomputers recorded visitor's stories and then played back all stories. Visitors are encouraged to speak about the place (the Front Square at Trinity).

Piece iii, Socrates, was based around the Socratic method, a way of imparting knowledge through dialogue. It took user input through a keyboard in answer to questions that were set by the artists and relate to the place. The answers were later automatically added to a Twitter feed via a JavaScript code.

Piece number iv, Plato, was based on Plato's philosophies in relation to society and control. This piece was used as the "sting in the tale" of the four linked works, and revealed the artists' aims of showing digital media's often invasive nature in places. It takes gestural input and consists of video and audio devices controlled with sensors.

Untitled (binaural), collaboration with sara amido, david collier and thom conaty, 2011, audio, photographs, interactive program, touchscreen, 220 x 320 x 430cm

3-dimensional sounds were captured using binaural technology and brought into an exhibition space to bring a sense of the area of Tallaght into the disused technology hub.

This interactive sound and video piece was created for a residency at The Big Picture, Tallaght. This residency took place in an abandoned building that was once owned by the Ulster Bank, prior to the 2008 financial crash, and had new technology on all floors. South Dublin Community Arts gained access to the building and commissioned artists to create works in this space.