Squidsoup makes immersive environments using light, sound and networked digital systems. Founded by Anthony Rowe, the group develops work through collaborators in art, production, software and audio.
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Salisbury Cathedral commission · subsequent festival variations
Wave: a distributed system of light and sound
Wave consists of approximately 500 suspended orbs arranged as a breaking wave. Each unit contains lighting, a speaker, a microcomputer, a movement sensor and wireless connectivity. Squidsoup traces the work to a Salisbury Cathedral commission shown from November 2018 to February 2019, followed by developed variations including Burning Man and Canal Convergence. The studio gives an approximate 16-by-6-by-5-meter envelope for its touring version; that figure belongs to the documented version, not every possible configuration.
Which configuration is proposed, and how will suspension, audio spill, electronics maintenance and public circulation be resolved together?
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Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art · 2019–2020
Murmuration: a museum exterior with a daily rhythm
For Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Squidsoup created Murmuration around the building's exterior using more than 700 networked light-and-sound orbs. Its programmed cycle distinguished daytime birdsong, dusk and dawn transitions, and a quieter nighttime state. The studio dates the exhibition November 2019 to April 2020 and credits sound collaborators Ollie Bown, Garth Paine and Arizona State University students. This provides a museum commissioning precedent in which the work's behavior changes with the time of day.
How should the sound and lighting change across daytime, evening events and nearby residents’ nighttime hours?
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Guy’s Hospital · London · 2021
Sola: artificial sunlight in a healthcare setting
Sola, also called Tunnel of Light, was first shown outside Guy's Hospital in London from March 8 to April 4, 2021. Hope+Glory commissioned the work with Hyundai sponsorship. Squidsoup describes collimated light sources producing an artificial-sun effect, using LEDs and electronics with acrylic, steel, aluminum and wood. The project documents an installation intended for staff, students, patients and visitors; its atmospheric description should not be treated as a claim of a measured medical benefit.
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