Eleanor Edwards

Eleanor is a second year part-time Computational Arts MA student, currently based in London where she's working and studying from home. She is also the one writing this so isn't going to talk in the third person anymore.

This page is set up to show of some of the projects and works in progress I've been producing since September 2020.
Think of this as a mix between a sketchbook and the walls of a working studio space.

Let It Grow and The Year That Didn't Happen are two completed projects.

Below is a selection of visuals from time spent in Processing.

I hope you have a good time looking around.

PROCESSING

"self portrait" ft. Ursa the Bristol Bear (Jamie Gillman. 2013) interpretation.

An imagined collaboration between Manfred Mohr and Bridget Riley + a little bit of myself.

What do my friend Will and I message about most made visual.
Whatsapp x Processing.

Making a clock - but different.

Playing with 3D, but mainly just playing with colourful lights.

Random Image Processing with Google satellite images.

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LET IT GROW

LET IT GROW IS THE THIRD PROJECT UNDER THE BANNER DO[NOT]TOUCH. THIS BODY OF WORK IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE RELATIONSHIP AND BALANCE BETWEEN THE AUDIENCE, THE ART OBJECT AND THE ARTIST.

THIS PROJECT IS A DEVELOPMENT MILESTONE. PREVIOUSLY THESE CONCEPTS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED IN SOFTWARE-FOCUSED CONFIGURATIONS. LET IT GROW IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS AND HUMAN INTERFACE POTENTIALS.

THE CENTRAL PILLARS OF LET IT GROW ARE THE ACTIVE AUDIENCE AND THE PASSIVE GRASS. AS SUCH, THE DESIGN DECISIONS HAVE BEEN GUIDED BY THE EXPERIENCES OF BOTH WITHIN THE SYSTEM.

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Eleanor Edwards

Prototyping 3D printed parts to mounted pieces to mini servos.

Keeping the grass looking fresh.

'The Year That Didn’t Happen’ is a social commentary of the world in 2020.

As 2020 drew to an end, many had been associating the end of the year with the “end of coronavirus” but as 2021 began, that end seemed to move further away.

This calendar is here to shine some light on a selection of events that also happened in the world in 2020. Events, that could run the risk of being forgotten under the cloak of the one big story of the year.

Each month of 2021 has a visual produced in relation to the captioned story, each visual is unique - its form and structure are controlled by specific figures pertaining to the month’s event (detailed in the captions).

To break away from the flatness of communication and socialisation via video call, this project uses the Anaglyph 3D effect, so that when wearing the correct 3D glasses (red/cyan) each month’s image breaks away from the 2D surface it is presented on.

A 3D 2021 calendar telling some other stories of 2020.

The Year That Didn't Happen*

Images going in >>

Shapes coming out >>

Each month features a visual produced using statistics based upon the story featured in the caption.

Comes with 2x 3D glasses >>