We’re delighted that we have been selected for Aesthetica Art Prize longlist and our piece, The Colour of Phi, has been seected to be published in Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology this March; given the sheer number of works entered - there were over 3,000 works entered! - this is an incredible achievement.

Interactive Installation at Canary Wharf

The etymon of the word 'voyage' comes from Latin viāticum, which means 'provision for travelling'; the inspiration of this artwork is to allow people to travel and sail with absolute freedom to all the places we care to imagine. Paper boats bring us in voyages through childhood memories, wishes and imaginings. Paper boats’ on the water invite everyone to make a transition from reality to imagination, reliving childhood memories and embracing our freedom. Creating an unexpected and unusual addition to the landscape, Voyage inspires the viewers to think creatively about the spaces around them; the dynamic coloured light scenarios of the artwork invite the viewer to make a smooth transition between reality and daydream.

Aether & Hemera have been selected to present an innovative artwork for Shimmer digital arts. The North Tyneside seafront will be bathed in waves of light when the festival makes a spectacular return to Whitley Bay during the weekend of November 3rd and 4th.
More information on the Guardian webpage

A great Contemporary Dance Work exploring our inner spirituality at St. Dominic's Priory Church on Saturday the 13/10. Lights - designed by Aether and Hemera - will convey both an absence of darkness and a quality that will help us to see and understand. More info about the event here.

TippingPoint organisation has just launched of a new tool on their website - a database of climate-change-related artwork. It could be a valuable tool for many people: artists, producers, researchers, in fact anyone interested in learning about and developing insights into the ever-increasing range of work that is being produced on the subject. Our work with Sustrains has been featured in it: here the link.

Aether & Hemera interactive video-projection has been selected for blinc Digital, the Wales’ largest Contemporary Digital Arts Festival showcasing work by a broad spectrum of artists from all over the world.

This year’s blinc is dedicated to Alan Turing. A selection of artists are creating site-specific work to run alongside the Alan Turing Centenary celebrations. Highlights included Bedwyr Williams Boat Tour, Ludic Rooms on the castle, Helen Booth’s hypnotic installation and Aether and Hemera interactive piece.

The BBC Space is also covering the commissions online. 27th & 28th of October 2012.

Curated by Craig Morrison and Joel Cockrilll.

Gloria photo of Aether & Hemera artwork 'The colour of Phi' has been selected for the Culture Cloud Exhibition. A success to be in the 40 works from over 900 submissions that will be presented between 26th July and 24th August at New Art Exchange, Nottingham. For more info: http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/blog/new-art-exchange-launches-culture-cloud/

If you happen to have a few RGB LED strips around and you play with electronics you are probably tempted to hook them to your arduino (or other preferred microcontroller) and paint your favourite corner of the house with beautiful colours.

This work aims at investigating the relationship between creation and fruition of art, in works that show  intelligent responsiveness to viewer input. Which is your brass voice? is an interactive installation in which the audience members are partners in constructing meanings and producing contents. Using artificial intelligence techniques, the artwork analyses the individual nuances of people’s voices and creates a new music composition in real time on the base of its vast musical knowledge. 

Users’ voice is transformed into sound and coloured lights for exploring rich aesthetic interactions. 

Keywords: computational creativity, intelligent systems, software art, digital media, artificial intelligence,   interactive installation,  installation art, embedded electronics, public engagement, open work, audience experience, interdisciplinary collaboration, co-creation.

New Art Exchange’s curators from over 900 submissions have selected ‘The colour of Phi’ artistic picture and the final 40 artworks were selected via a public vote. More information an the Aestetica's blog and

Aether & Hemera have been shortlisted for the “Tunnel Vision” project in Derby and they designed the 'Magic Green Garden' for the main Tunnel. 

Inspire by the beautiful landscape around this manmade infrastructure, the idea is to cover with grass the tunnel’s surfaces appearing to be seamless extensions of the surrounding green areas and bringing the natural environment in the underpass.  Thanks to the addition of glimmering light embedded in the grass this tunnel will be transformed into an enchanted green passage.

Dear All,

we are pleased to take the occasion os such a great day to unveil the follow-up of our Mood Chair project.

Aether & Hemera have joined forces with Peugeot to push the boundaries of reactive emotional environments. For more information have a look directly at Peugeot's official Announcement: the first car to change colour with your emotions.

Aether & Hemera have been selected to participate in Durham Brass:2012 Festival. Which is your brass voice?  Interactive light and sound installation, was chosen from a highly competitive listings of more than 40 artists for the festival which will focus attention on the creative exploration of Brass culture and music in Durham.

BRASS: DURHAM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2012 will takes place from 6 - 22 July 2012.

At Aether & Hemera we take pride in engaging with communities that host our artworks.

With this post we are announcing the foundation of an even more open approach to sharing our development with the wider world.

We've set up an account on GitHub where we will be publishing software and hardware details of general purpose components that everybody could use for their projects.