Art Archive - THE LIGHT SURGEONS

ART | DESIGN

An overview of arts related commissions and self initiated projects

Art projects

BLINDSIDER

Music video developed from the live cinema performance project True Fictions

2014
True Fictions: Album Artwork

Gatefold album artwork for the release of music from our live cinema project

2014
SOUNDFIELD

A large scale sound reactive installation in the historic wind tunnel at Farnborough Airport

2014
SOLILOQUY

A live cinema piece commissioned to celebrate the importance of film for the first BFI's Luminous fundraising gala

2014
SuperEverything*

New performance project exploring the relationship between identity, ritual and place across the landscape of Malaysia

2011
LDN-REDUX

An Audio visual journey through the landscape of London over a 24 hour cycle

2011
Be The Man

Promo video for Brooklyn based folk singer Jo Williamson

2010
LDN24

LDN24 is a media art commission for the Museum of London that presents an anthropomorphic portrait of the city over a 24 hour cycle

2010
SCHLIMAZELTOV!

Award winning short by director Chris Allen exploring the concept of luck or "mazel" through London's Jewish community

2009
LEGACY NOW YOUTH PANEL

Performance & installation project developed through a series of workshops with a group of young people from the 2012 host boroughs

2009
DIALOG

media art installation by christopher thomas allen exploring connection between language and technology

2009
TRUTH MOVEMENTS

Short documentary film that unearths a tangled web of conspiracies and divergent views surrounding the events of 911

2008
HOME

A 3 Minute Wonder for Channel 4 exploring our collective search for self through our understanding of the notion of "home"

2008
EIGHT QUESTIONS

A short animated film exploring environmental issues produced through a collaborative 10 day workshop in Sapporro Japan

2008
JERWOOD APPLIED ARTS PRIZE

Series of video portraits for a jewellery exhibition

2008
TRANSIT – ARTICULATED EXHIBITION

a collection of slides that explore the transient non-spaces encountered when travelling

2007
THE LIVING ROOM

multi media exploration of identity through the domestic spaces of londoners

2007
DOMESTIC ARCHAEOLOGY PRINTS

a selection of silk screen print work

2007
TYPE FACE

custom type face design

2007
LO-REZ DOLORES TABLA RASA

exploration of surface, form and motion for ron arad exhibition at the marconi gallery in milan

2007
ARTICULATED EXHIBITION

cross media art exhibition supported by nokia nseries exploring the boundaries between public and private space

2007
PROTOCOL – ARTICULATED EXHIBITION

a collection of lamda prints looking at boudaries and thresholds

2007
DOMESTIC ARCHAEOLOGY

A mixed media art exhibition created for the Geffrye Museum exploring the changing nature of individuals living spaces in London

2007
TRUE FICTIONS: NEW ADVENTURES IN FOLKLORE

An audio visual exploration of truth and myth across the state of New York

2007
THE ART OF WAR

Audio visual sound clash of classical and electronic music

2007
SELF HELP AV

Audio visual collage of music and self help audio recordings

2007
THE Z-AXIS

audio visual remix of classic hollywood film the fountain head

2007
HIDING IN THE LIGHT

Retrospective of photography, graphic design and print work by founder and creative director Christopher Thomas Allen

2007
THE CHIMERA PROJECT: NEWCASTLE & GATESHEAD

Digital film project created through a unique collaboration with local artists from Newcastle and Gateshead

2007
DOMESTIC ARCHAEOLOGY WORKSHOPS

Public workshop project exploring the home through memory and the creation of personal monuments

2007
OVERTURE: SOUTH BANK CENTRE

Large exterior projection and audio piece celebrating the re-opening of London's most famous concert hall

2007
IN PASSING

Award winning animated digital short exploring the psycho-geography of inner city Manchester

2003
THE CHIMERA PROJECT: MIDDLESBROUGH

Digital film project mapping the city of Middlesborough created through a unique open source collaboration with local artists

2003
VENGEANCE VALLEY

An audio visual remix of a classic old western film created for Addictive TV's Mixmasters series which was broadcast in the UK on ITV

2003
THE DRAKE MUSIC PROJECT

Short film documenting creative workshop and performance art project with a group of disabled musicians

2002
APB: ALL POINTS BETWEEN

a kaleidoscopic audio visual journey through contrasting world views

2001
THE CITY OF HOLLOW MOUNTAINS

Documentary short tracing the journey of a Venice Beach street philosopher from the west to the east coast of the USA

2001
ECHELON

Short journalistic film about surveillance by investigating the issues surrounding US Menwith Hill Airbase in Northfolk

2000
THUMBNAIL EXPRESS

Experimental documentary short film tracing the tangential journeys of a Venice Beach street philosopher across the USA

2000
REEL 9

Audio visual track made for the Mixmasters TV series that deconstructs The Light Surgeons tools and processes

2000
COLLAGE & ILLUSTRATIONS

collage and illustration work.

1999
STEALING BEAUTY

a deconstruction of tools and process

1999
OCULARIS

An audio visual remix of cult sci-fi cinema commissioned by the London Film Makers Co-Op and scored live by the Ninja Tune artists the Herbaliser and Dynamic Syncopation

1998
COLOUR CONDITIONER : MAIL ART

Anti racist mail art project consisting of a set silkscreen prints and envelope

1994