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).
James Charlton on CIRCUIT · 4 works
Waiting Event: 64 Bytes (2014)
Networked data fed from basketball hoops around Lisbon is visually aggregated and displayed on an LED dot-matrix display.
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.
The Dryland Transcoder (2009)
A custom-built fish finder creates a fantastical landscape.
Writing & podcasts featuring James Charlton
James Charlton: Mobilise
James Charlton: Mobilise
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.