A street scene with people gathered round a small yellow object with wheels that is attached to four thin strings.
Artist

James Charlton

James Charlton is a New Zealand post-object artist whose work includes video, object-based sculpture, stereo-lithography, installation, robotics, interactive screen-based and performance work. He lectures on post-material practices and interactive installation, topics that parallel to his PhD research on digital materiality with Plymouth University (UK).

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    James Charlton on CIRCUIT · 4 works

    A white basketball back-board floats amongst a black background.
    James Charlton

    Waiting Event: 64 Bytes (2014)

    Networked data fed from basketball hoops around Lisbon is visually aggregated and displayed on an LED dot-matrix display.

    Waiting Event: 64 Bytes
    A hand throws a blue ball at a white wall.
    James Charlton

    Catch 32 Bit (2013)

    A ball is thrown against a wall and caught again. Only when an arm enters the frame of the screen are we made aware that the video is in slow motion.

    Catch 32 Bit
    Three screen footage of a man walking along a footpath beside a large concrete wall with an empty road beside him.
    James Charlton

    nCompass (2013)

    A 3-screen HD projection in which a 2.6m pole operating as a digital compass is balanced on the artist's head as they walk along the Berlin wall.

    nCompass
    A distorted image of grasses beside a body of water. Yellow fish are superimposed swimming across the frame.
    James Charlton

    The Dryland Transcoder (2009)

    A custom-built fish finder creates a fantastical landscape.

    The Dryland Transcoder

    Writing & podcasts featuring James Charlton

    Two people sit on umpire chairs on either side of a brightly lit gallery. Sprawled upon the gallery floor are tennis ball shooter machines, tennis balls are dotted throughout then space.

    James Charlton: Mobilise

    Essay
    By Mark Williams · January 19, 2021

    As we welcome James Charlton to CIRCUIT, we present this catalogue essay by Mark Williams on Charlton's 2020 installation THROWN. Originally commissioned by Te Uru, the essay explores the resonance of Charlton's recent work in a time of environmental breakdown and artificial intelligence.

    James Charlton - Mobilise

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