WHERE: Jarman Foyer
WHEN: Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th, 14:00-20:00
Digital B-Orders is an interactive installation using motion sensitive lighting. Inspired by traditional Islamic Qur’an and manuscript illumination, the surface of the artwork is intricately decorated. On closer inspection, there is more going on under the surface, with software, circuits and electrical components enabling interactivity, based on the viewer’s movement. The almost visible underlying structure alludes to the hidden order beyond the surface, in this case bringing newly interpreted life to a traditionally static art form. Digital B-Orders was developed as part of practice-based PhD research by Sara Choudhrey (School of Arts) who is looking into the use of digital technologies by Islamic artists in the UK.