Research-Led Practice: Energy, Folklore & Solarpunk as Speculative Frameworks for Technology
Over the past two years, I’ve been developing frameworks that merge art, nature, technology, and communal storytelling. This includes a growing body of new media artworks that use creative coding to translate bio-frequency data from living organisms into poetic, immersive digital experiences. One strand of this research has developed into a collaboration with Playtronica, where I’m designing a open-source TouchDesigner component for their Biotron device. This system translates the subtle electrical signals of plants and trees into light and motion-based artworks.
Alongside this, I am building a NASA-designed Stella spectrometer and collaborating with local ecologists to collect spectral and health data from significant eucalypts in my region of Geelong. This will feed into a major body of work — sound and light portraits of local trees — that make visible and audible the inner life of these iconic species. These artworks aim to bridge environmental science and sensory storytelling, and will actively engage community and conservation groups to join me in exploring their connection to their beloved urban trees. Images right & below - 'Pink Lake' 2025 - Still photograph from new media video artwork, where bio-frequencies from a sample of pink algae water from Lake Bumbunga on Kaurna Country was used as an interface, by measuring the proximity of the human hand from the sample.
'Pink Lake' 2025 Still photograph from new media video artwork, where bio-frequencies from a sample of pink algae water from Lake Bumbunga on Kaurna Country was used as an interface, by measuring the proximity of the human hand from the sample.
Bio-Frequencies and Natural Interfaces:
By revealing trees and organisms as dynamic beings with shifting signals, interconnected lives and sensory presence, my work offers a new poetic worldview; how can we appreciate our local ecosystems as collaborators in our future?
Research-Led Practice: Energy, Folklore & Solarpunk as Speculative Frameworks for Technology
Over the past two years, I’ve been developing frameworks that merge art, nature, technology, and communal storytelling. This includes a growing body of new media artworks that use creative coding to translate bio-frequency data from living organisms into poetic, immersive digital experiences. One strand of this research has developed into a collaboration with Playtronica, where I’m designing a open-source TouchDesigner component for their Biotron device. This system translates the subtle electrical signals of plants and trees into light and motion-based artworks.
Alongside this, I am building a NASA-designed Stella spectrometer and collaborating with local ecologists to collect spectral and health data from significant eucalypts in my region of Geelong. This will feed into a major body of work — sound and light portraits of local trees — that make visible and audible the inner life of these iconic species. These artworks aim to bridge environmental science and sensory storytelling, and will actively engage community and conservation groups to join me in exploring their connection to their beloved urban trees. Images right & below - 'Pink Lake' 2025 - Still photograph from new media video artwork, where bio-frequencies from a sample of pink algae water from Lake Bumbunga on Kaurna Country was used as an interface, by measuring the proximity of the human hand from the sample.
In Development
My artistic practice is driven by a deep curiosity and a drive towards integrated and poetic ecosystems.
In Development
My artistic practice is driven by a deep curiosity and a drive towards integrated and poetic ecosystems.
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Living Interface
I am building new technological interfaces between humans and plants. These interfaces act as experimental bridges, opening new forms of dialogue and collaboration between living systems and code. In doing so, they propose an alternative framework for technological futures; one grounded in reciprocity and ecological imagination.
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Living Interface
I am building new technological interfaces between humans and plants. These interfaces act as experimental bridges, opening new forms of dialogue and collaboration between living systems and code. In doing so, they propose an alternative framework for technological futures; one grounded in reciprocity and ecological imagination.
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Living Interface
I am building new technological interfaces between humans and plants. These interfaces act as experimental bridges, opening new forms of dialogue and collaboration between living systems and code. In doing so, they propose an alternative framework for technological futures; one grounded in reciprocity and ecological imagination.
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Europa Data
In development: I am deeply fascinated by Jupiter’s Galilean moons, with a particular focus on the upcoming Europa Mission. My current body of work weaves together NASA data and speculative ecology, using data-driven particle systems and narrative fiction to imagine the hidden oceans of Europa and the possibilities of life beneath its icy surface.
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Europa Data
In development: I am deeply fascinated by Jupiter’s Galilean moons, with a particular focus on the upcoming Europa Mission. My current body of work weaves together NASA data and speculative ecology, using data-driven particle systems and narrative fiction to imagine the hidden oceans of Europa and the possibilities of life beneath its icy surface.
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Europa Data
In development: I am deeply fascinated by Jupiter’s Galilean moons, with a particular focus on the upcoming Europa Mission. My current body of work weaves together NASA data and speculative ecology, using data-driven particle systems and narrative fiction to imagine the hidden oceans of Europa and the possibilities of life beneath its icy surface.
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Auslan Interface
In development: A prospective framework for a collaborative project with Deaf/Disabled peer artist Elina Passant, where we’re building an interactive digital system that responds to sign language input. We're researching ways to blend emergent animations with traditional media, augmented reality and programming using hand-tracking; building towards work that is not just about representation and accessibility. It explores the visual language of signing as a generative cultural force. We believe this research can contribute to new frontiers in how disabled individuals engage with creative technology; shaping new tools and communication methods, and showcasing the visionary potential of Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent artists.
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Auslan Interface
In development: A prospective framework for a collaborative project with Deaf/Disabled peer artist Elina Passant, where we’re building an interactive digital system that responds to sign language input. We're researching ways to blend emergent animations with traditional media, augmented reality and programming using hand-tracking; building towards work that is not just about representation and accessibility. It explores the visual language of signing as a generative cultural force. We believe this research can contribute to new frontiers in how disabled individuals engage with creative technology; shaping new tools and communication methods, and showcasing the visionary potential of Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent artists.
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Auslan Interface
In development: A prospective framework for a collaborative project with Deaf/Disabled peer artist Elina Passant, where we’re building an interactive digital system that responds to sign language input. We're researching ways to blend emergent animations with traditional media, augmented reality and programming using hand-tracking; building towards work that is not just about representation and accessibility. It explores the visual language of signing as a generative cultural force. We believe this research can contribute to new frontiers in how disabled individuals engage with creative technology; shaping new tools and communication methods, and showcasing the visionary potential of Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent artists.
I am particularly passionate about sharing this knowledge with the next generation of artists — including educators and creative technologists — through learning resources and workshops focused on bio-responsive technology, nature-tech artistic collaboration, natural interfaces, and poetic data interpretation.
