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Creative Practice

Amber’s creative practice embodies trans-disciplinary thinking and making at the nexus of art, design, fashion and technology. She has shown her work nationally and internationally.
Amber's recent work, materialises postdigital information flow and networked culture through a series of wearable design solutions.

Selected Works: 

‘Convergence Mac ’, 2019, interactive plastic coat: laser printed transparent plastic, size large, shown online at Hong Kong Design Institute and UCA, 2021.

‘Performing Convergence ’, 2019, data visualisation, interactive material, digital film projection, networked archive footage, model, ARW Workwear Collection garments, room sized film installation/performance space, live streamed event, garments and photographs selected by the Hong Kong Design Council to be shown at the Business of Design Week, Hong Kong and Fashion Asia 2019..

'Light of the World: veiled dresscode ’, 2019, dress: laser printed nylon gossamer, layered over grey polyester lining, printed nylon gossamer veil, interactive fabric, one-size, Business of Design Week, Hong Kong 2019..

‘Converge Layers’ installation, 2018, user journey laser prints, x5 silk banners, steel frame construction, lighting, 199cm x 90cm, Kingston University London.

‘Materiality Stream: portrait gazeplots I and II’, 2018, mobile stream laser print, silk material, 199cm x 90cm.

Convergence Culture’, 2018, user journey data visualisation using tobii eye glass retina tracking, laser printed paper, 150cm x 122cm,

‘Cultural Cartography’, 2018, material installation: printed nylon gossamer, printed plastic, nylon wire and steel tube construction, 260cm x 125cm.

Film Installation - ‘Convergence Culture: user journeys’, 2017, x3 digital films, projectors, laptops and networked archive footage, room sized film Installation, Solent Showcase Gallery, Southampton and Kingston University, London.

Images from ‘Simulated Histories: Checkpoint Valkyrie and the Hyperreal’, 2010, set installation, , Exhibited at TENT London Design Festival, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London.

‘'Bloods', 2000, handmade printed parachute silk coat, blood cell projection. 199cm x 90cm

'Performative Identities: Dirty Girls', 1996,  artist, tar, fish, octopus, performance photographs, Plymouth Arts Centre.

'Correctional Accessories: satchels I and II,' 1998, silk screen print, silver leatherette, deportment weights and chrome buckles.

‘'Endurance', 1993, silk screen print., 106cm x 92cm

'Performing Accessories', 1991, Artist, Yorkshire Terrier dog,, Shih Tzu dog, bags, leads. performance contact sheets, Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, Islington, London.

'Dog Furniture', 1991, nylon fur, feather filled sprung furniture, Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, Islington, London.

Exhibitions/Collections/Apps/Installation/Film:

- 2021 Virtual Fashion Exhibition ‘Wearable Technology: ARW: Augmented Reality Workwear Collection’ live event at Hong Kong Design Institute and UCA Epsom.

- 2019 ‘ARW: Augmented Reality Workwear Collection’ Business of Design Week and Fashion Asia, Hong Kong. 

- 2019 ‘Convergence’ Exhibition – Kingston University, London

- 2019 Film Installation - ‘Convergence Culture: user journeys’, 2018, x3 digital films, projectors, laptops and networked archive footage, room sized film Installation, Solent Showcase Gallery, Southampton and Kingston University, London.

- 2019 ARW: Augmented Reality Workwear Collection, Kingston University, London.

Garments:

‘Globalisation: Learner Journeys I, II, III’, 2019, laser printed interactive cotton twill,, sizes S, M, L.

‘Practice based Learner Journey: Navigation Suit I’, 2019, laser printed interactive cotton twill jumpsuit, AR linked, size large.

‘Theory and Practice Learner Journey: Navigation Suit II’, 2019, laser printed interactive cotton twill jumpsuit, size medium.

‘Academic Learner Journey: Navigation Suit I’, 2019, laser printed interactive cotton twill jumpsuit,, size small.

‘Convergence Mac ’, 2019, plastic coat: laser printed transparent plastic, size large.

‘Convergence Dresscode: dress’, 2019, dress: laser printed nylon gossamer, layered over grey polyester lining, interactive, one-size.

Convergence Dresscode: veiled ’, 2019, dress: laser printed nylon gossamer, layered over grey polyester lining, printed nylon gossamer veil, interactive fabric, one-size.

- 2019 ARW: Augmented Reality Workwear App, 2019, App.

Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/augmented-reality-workwear/id1463072246?ls=1&mt=8

- 2019 Performing Convergence: the immersive, material, digital and sensorial

‘Performing Convergence ’, 2019, data visualisation, digital film projection, networked archive footage, model, ARW Workwear Collection garments, room sized film installation/performance space, Southampton Solent University and Kingston University, London.

- 2018/19 Interactive Fabric Design. Phd work for Kingston University, London.

Fabric Design:

Film 1: ‘Navigation Suit II’, 2019, laser printed cotton twill,, 13cm x 16cm

Film 2: ‘Convergence Mac’, 2019, laser printed plastic, 13cm x 16cm.

Film 3: ‘Convergence Dress’, 2019, laser printed nylon gossamer, 13cm x 16cm.

Fabric Design: 

Fabric Design: Practice Learner Journey I’, 2018, laser printed cotton twill, 190cm x 125cm.

Fabric Design: Theory & Practice Learner Journey II’, 2018, laser printed cotton twill, 190cm x 125cm

Fabric Design: Academic Learner Journey III’, 2018, laser printed cotton twill,, 190cm x 125cm.

Fabric Design: Convergence’, 2018, laser printed nylon gossamer and plastic, 260cm x 125cm

- 2018 Installations. Phd work for Kingston University, London.

‘Cultural Cartography’, 2018, material installation: printed nylon gossamer, printed plastic, nylon wire and steel tube construction, 260cm x 125cm.

- 2018 ‘Converge Layers’ installation, 2018, user journey laser prints, x5 silk banners, steel frame construction, lighting, 199cm x 90cm.

- 2018 ‘Materiality Stream: heatmaps’, 2018, mobile stream laser print, paper, 199cm x 90cm.

‘Materiality Stream: gazeplots I’, 2018, mobile stream laser print, paper, 199cm x 90cm.

‘Materiality Stream: gazeplots II’, 2018, mobile stream laser print, silk material, 199cm x 90cm.

- 2018 Film Installation. Phd work for Kingston University, London.

‘Convergence Culture: user journeys’, 2018, x3 digital films, projectors, laptops and networked archive footage, room sized film Installation, Showcase Gallery, Southampton.

- 2010: ‘Simulated Histories’ Installation - TENT London Design Festival, London Design Week, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London.

- 2010: Critical Issues in Research Exhibition - The Bargehouse Gallery, London

- 2003: Lifestyle Documentary for Discovery Channel. Documentary Maker and Subject.

- 2000: Author and Illustrator of NTL cartoon - ‘Hotspur & Jinks – The Mystery of the Slippery Corpse’ for Interactive NTL Television

- 1996: Performative Identities Exhibition - Plymouth Art Centre

- 1991: Fresh Art: Graduate Exhibition - Business Design Centre, Islington

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