Artist Bio – LUCY WHEELER

Bespoke Fabric Print

Tiger print is a pattern that exists on many consumer goods, due to the connotations of ‘wildness’ but mostly desires for something rare. There has been a resurgence of this print in a consumerist culture. In speculation, this trend is to protect and celebrate the endangered species, the tiger.

Exhibited as part of Permittivity of Free Space Group Exhibition at APT Gallery in Summer 2018.

Audio Visual Video // 02:38 minutes

There are many object relationships that exist everywhere and go unnoticed, but the most intriguing ones are the uncanny and unfamiliar meetings. In a digital form, the tiger oil attempts to traverse through an identifiable pillar. The pillar exists as a symbol for public space and grandeur. Although hidden in many realms, the desired object cannot go uncovered. The work explores how consumption outweighs fragility.

Exhibited as part of Drawn Beyond Exhibition at Wimbledon Space in Spring 2018.

Risky Business

Animation on Loop

The tiger oil in an imagined world has a similar function to oil, with desired scarcity but donning the patterns of a tiger to gain their endangered status.

Exhibited as part of a Permittivity of Free Space Group Exhibition at APT Gallery in Summer 2018.

Just-In-Time

Real-Time Video // Scene for Virtual Reality

The player can experience uncanny object interrelationships. Introducing the notion of consumption, luxury and desire, a world of object dominance with underlying themes of animal rights and global warming is hinted.

Oil is fast becoming a scarce and disruptive item due to its role in global warming. Both objects share a level of scarcity and become tiger oil.

JUICE

Audio Visual Video // 05:25 minutes

At the station where uncanny objects form relationships with unlikely things.

Exhibited as part of Juice exhibition for Wimbledon Summer Degree Show 2017.

Artist Bio

Lucy is a multidisciplinary artist specializing in digital media and emerging technologies, she explores cultural phenomena of the present day and its influence over society. Lucy aims to expose current issues through her desire to tap into non-human life. The digital craft is an essential part of her visual communication and she believes in life long digital learning.

After achieving a First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art degree at University Arts London, Lucy became an active member in shaping the immersive team at Digital Maker Collective, and co-hosted collaborative creative technology projects across art institutions such as Somerset House, British Film Institute and Tate Modern.

Lucy’s positive experiences of collaborative learning in immersive technology emerged as a calling for her to foster equality within the creative tech and art sector. Lucy is the Co-Founder of The Immersive Kind, The Immersive Kind is a research and development community that explores the intersection of art, technology and science, creating an innovative cross-disciplinary platform that embraces values of digital inclusion and diversity.

The knowledge exchange within this community has given Lucy a unique insight into the emerging digital and social landscape of the 21st Century.

She was invited to be the July 19 Gazell.io Digital Art House resident. Lucy has showcase her work in progress virtual reality project, ‘Just-in-Time’at multiple pop up art and tech events. Lucy was selected to exhibit in group exhibitions at A.P.T Gallery and Wimbledon Space.