We are excited to share that we have commissioned 2 new digital artworks by SDNA inspired by and featuring exquisite examples of complex and fragile creatures inhabiting our planet. These digital artworks are the first pieces commissioned for the new projection feature at the Pavilion. We welcome you to pass by CourtX Pavilion in the evening to discover beautiful digital artwork on display through the pavilion studio windows.

About SDNA

SDNA is a creative studio run by Ben Foot and Valentina Floris who produce distinctive digital artwork and vibrant interactive experiences for galleries and museums, heritage and civic sites, performances and festivals.

Their interdisciplinary approach explores techniques of interaction between audience, space and performance.

Animating galleries and public spaces with bold and imaginative displays to engage and inspire new and diverse audiences in fresh and exciting ways.

Their projects have taken place internationally from Japan to South Africa and Polynesia.

CourtX Project

For CourtX, SDNA presents The Medusa phase and Imagines, two digital installations featuring Moon and Chrysoara Plocamia jellyfish and Glasswing butterflies, exquisite examples of complex and fragile creatures inhabiting our planet.

The extreme magnification allows us to fully appreciate their mesmerising movements and observe their beautiful structures, enhanced by the digital manipulation of the sequences.

The filming was facilitated by marine biologist Ruth Chamberlain from Project Jellyfish and Christine Taylor, curator of Natural History at Cumberland House Natural History Museum in Portsmouth.

The Medusa phase

Translucent creatures pulsate and propel themselves in a mesmerising dance.

Featuring jellyfish supplied by marine biologist Ruth Chamberlain from Project Jellyfish and filmed with specialist equipment at SDNA’s studio.

Imagines

Beautiful fragile structures flutter and pause in a display of nature’s intricate diversity.

Filmed in the butterfly house at Cumberland House Natural History Museum in Portsmouth with the kind permission of the curator Christine Taylor.