Monday, 24 September 2012

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Shezad Dawood at The Exchange


The New Dream Machine Project, is a large-scale kinetic light sculpture, referencing the original Dream Machine, created by Brion Gysin (who was at the centre of the Tangiers counter culture in the 1960s), and conceived to have an effect on the viewer similar to deep sleep or meditation.

I became obsessed with photographing the moving sculpture to capture the different patterns created. To stretch this further I added movement to the camera (through shaking/ circling) to alter the patterns. From one object many new patterns were formed. I wondered...  can I utilise my own work in a similar way to create new ideas?