ART+TECH Artist in Residency

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Through an open call, A+E Lab has selected two early-to-mid-career digital artists/collectives, Camille Dunlop and David Adeyemi, who are driven by creative vision and innovation. Embracing digital tools, they continually push boundaries and challenge the status quo. As part of a funded residency program at A+E Lab, set in the historic and nationally significant Dockyard Chatham, they will receive support to develop new work.

David Adeyemi
David is a production artist and creative technologist based in Sittingbourne, specialising in video art and animated installation projects. With a strong background in VFX and production pipelines, David’s work combines technical skill with creative exploration. Their art delves into the absurdities of capitalism, unpacking these themes through fantastical, dreamlike imagery that captivates and challenges the viewer. In their recent project 'Midas' ATM Dreams', David reimagines the Greek myth of King Midas, utilizing green screen production techniques to transpose the ancient story into the contemporary setting of a council estate.

Alongside their creative work, David has led workshops at the Royal Academy and hosted group tours of exhibitions at the Autograph Gallery, sharing their expertise and engaging with a range of audiences. Currently, David is pursuing studies in Virtual Production for Real-time Filmmaking at the National Film and Television School (NFTS), while also working freelance as an events technician. Assisting with the batik and choreography elements of this project is creative collaborator Jay Ee, a dancer, visual artist, and educator specializing in batik art and movement-based practices.
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Short description of work:
This installation delves into the tension between spirituality, imagination, and the compromise of authenticity in the face of societal expectations. It reflects on t erosion of ancestral wisdom and the ongoing suppression of non-binary identities, which were once revered in West African cultures. By blending the traditional art of batik with cutting-edge digital practices, this work seeks to forge a connection between the past and the future, offering a contemporary alternative for children of the diaspora.

Camille Dunlop
Camille Dunlop is a digital, spatial and speculative designer based in London, with a background in architecture. Her work transverses time-based and digital media, engaging with feminist, ecological and architectural perspectives. Camille has worked across a variety of projects with the speculative design studio Superflux, crafting immersive and experiential futures in both client and research projects. In parallel to practice, she is a Design Tutor for Cinematic and Videogame Architecture MArch at Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), and an Associate Lecturer at Central St Martins (UAL).
https://www.camilledunlop.com/

Short description of work:
Anatomy of Embodied Ecologies aims to create a speculative live digital landscape within Unreal Engine that dynamically responds to the human body. Through this speculative worldbuilding, the work examines how human presence and movement can shape and interact with reimagined ecosystems. Specifically responding to the Intertidal Mudflats of the local Thames Estuary. These areas support microalgae and diatoms that contribute to primary production and carbon sequestration.

The project draws from speculative design to envisions ecology as an interconnected, poetic system in flux, shaped by human intervention and technological mediation. By positioning the body as both participant and disruptor, the work interrogates the interplay between agency and environment in a living, responsive digital ecosystem.

“Our task is to make trouble, to stir up potent response to devastating events, as well as to settle troubled waters and rebuild quiet places.”
― Donna J. Haraway

This project creates trouble in the quiet place of digital landscapes, inviting participants and audiences to reflect on their role and influence on ecology both real and virtual. Asking, can we utilise other ephemeral qualities real-time engines give us, such as time, space and movement to amplify our connection to, interdependence with and understanding of nature?

A+E Lab Artist Residency is supported by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) Medway Council, Arts Council England, Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries (iCCi) - University of Kent and Visual Elements.

Get in touch for more information: A+E Lab aecreativeworkshops@gmail.com