Sky Man, 2012
This was the first digital work I produced (2012) and the first to refer to my own disability. I had technical assistance on that project from Portuguese multi-media artists, Rui Gato (https://www.terrafoundation.pt/author-biographies/rui-gato)and Andre Sier (https://andre-sier.com/) during a short residency at Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
It invites the viewer to confront mortality and aspects of their own personality. Lying in a box of earth (the actual soil is held away from them to keep their clothes clean!) they look up through tree branches and a figure made of twigs materialises above them. The figure mirrors their movements and they eventually realise that they are looking at themselves. This piece was powered by an XBox Kinect, which can be seen attached to the 'Sky' frame in the third image above.
Here is a short video of the project made by Aberystwyth Arts Centre (who hosted several people's work). My project appears at about 01:00