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Jamie Barrett - FUTURETRO
- Male
- Farnham, Surrey
- United Kingdom
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Jamie Barrett - FUTURETRO posted a videoDNA & friends: Futuretro Interactive Light Sculptures: Animated Time-lapse. (sounds by aphex twin)
This is an animated time-lapse video of my living room, showing some of my Futuretro interactive light sculptures.
I took hundreds of photographs and edited them together in order to create this glitchy, dreamlike depiction of my living room.
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Arisara Caroline Faulder left a comment for Jamie Barrett - FUTURETRO"Beautiful & extraordinary work - well done and greetings fm Thailand ."
Ingrid Stiehler left a comment for Jamie Barrett - FUTURETRO"...your art is really extraordinary and very creative - very well done...Many Greetings from Germany, Ingrid"
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- About Me:
- I make interactive light sculptures inspired by inner visions to spread positivity & raise awareness of the necessity for humans to live in harmony with nature.
- About My Art:
- Futuretro creates interactive light sculptures that are inspired by the natural world, dreams and inner visions.
Futuretro [pronounced future-retro] is my creative alias and it symbolises a harmonious ‘balance of opposites’. The general theme of my work is the flow and balance of energies. I like to express and share my energy by channelling it into my creations; they are physical representations of the energy that flows through my soul. It is my aim to make unique, eye-catching sculptures for people to enjoy, in the hope of promoting and spreading positivity.
It is possible to interact with Futuretro light sculptures by changing their shapes, patterns and colours using various processes and technologies. Some of the light sculptures also have the additional interactive quality of being responsive to sound and music.
Due to my increasing concern for the wellbeing of nature I evolved my form of artistic expression in order to account for its environmental impact… I started heat-sculpting discarded offcuts of acrylic. This technique allows me to create fluid, organic compositions that represent my perception of nature’s energy. Because of this ‘nature synthesis’ and the ‘balance of opposites’ between the natural forms that I sculpt and the synthetic quality of the acrylic, I call these sculptures ‘Naturesynth’. In order to reduce waste and energy consumption most of the components that I now use to create Naturesynth sculptures are sourced by recycling scrapped materials. My hope is that Naturesynth sculptures can spread positive energy through an environmentally friendly and sustainable creative process and help to raise awareness of the necessity for humans to live in harmony with nature.
Futuretro sculptures are Carbon Balanced; I offset any unavoidable carbon emissions that are associated with their creation. Futuretro also supports: Greenpeace, the World Wide Fund for Nature, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Rainforest Concern, the Rainforest Foundation and the World Land Trust.
“Humans did not weave the web of life; we are merely a strand in it. Therefore, what we do to the web we do to ourselves. We must be at peace with the oneness of all life’s energy in order for harmony to arise. Unity with nature is the key to a positive progression.”
Jamie Barrett – Futuretro. (Surrey Artist of the Year 2010).
- Studied? Exhibitions?
- Winner - 'Surrey Artist of the Year 2010'
- Favorite Music:
- Bob Marley, The Books, The Beatles, Tortoise, Tunng, Grateful Dead, Hauschka, Aphex Twin, How To Dress Well, Gonjasufi, Why?, The Accidental, Björk, Dosh, Prefuse 73, Squarepusher, Luke Vibert, Autechre, Beck, LSK, Fat Freddy's Drop, Sublime, Elliott Smith, The Beta Band, Jimi Hendrix, Nightmares On Wax.
- Favorite Films:
- 2012 Time for Change, Beyond 2012, Waking Life, Baraka, Pi, The Cove, Man on Wire, Donnie Darko, V For Vendetta, American Beauty, Enter The Void, The Spirit Molecule, Positive Creations.
- Favorite Artists:
- Alex Grey, Xavi Panneton, Aurora Robson, Chris Dyer, Pablo Amaringo, Felix Thorn, James Hopkins, Banksy, Andrew McAttee, M. C. Escher.
- Website:
- http://www.futuretro.co.uk
SOUND RESPONSIVE LIGHT SCULPTURE: 3-DELEQ (2007). 125cm x 52cm. (sounds by aphex twin).
Jamie Barrett - FUTURETRO's Videos
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 12:46am on August 15, 2011, Arisara Caroline Faulder said…
- Beautiful & extraordinary work - well done and greetings fm Thailand .
- At 7:53pm on August 4, 2011, Ingrid Stiehler said…
- ...your art is really extraordinary and very creative - very well done...
Many Greetings from Germany, Ingrid
- At 5:57am on March 17, 2011,
William H. van Wyngaarden said… - Jamie - welcome to b-uncut - the network for artists by artists. We look forward to seeing you load and rate artworks, post blogs, join Forum discussions and more - make sure you post a profile picture too. Find other artists in the various Groups and read the 'Notes' for tips on using the site.
Dive in and enjoy.
And don't let anything stop you expressing your art.
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