“club [construction] SUPER-HOOLIGAN!” (2024)
Digitally-knit football scarves, sculptural component & t-shirt.
Install shot courtesy of Simon Mills, from QSS Artist Studios and Gallery’s “We Are QSS At 40” 40th Anniversary Exhibition [September - December 2024]
Install shots from “CLUB [CONSTRUCTION] vs ULSTER SPORTS CLUB !”
Solo-Exhibition and Experiential Installation by Reuben Brown at Ulster Sports Club, 96-98 High Street, Belfast, November 7, 2024, 6pm-Late
“muscles diptych” (2024)
Custom digitally-knit football scarf*, set of two, 147 x 7cm
Install shot from “CLUB [CONSTRUCTION] vs ULSTER SPORTS CLUB”, November 2024
“wet your lips (ode, in part, to george michael)” (2024)
Experimental montage of found footage, 720x580px screened on box-monitor
28 min 05 sec (loop)
Install shot from “CLUB [CONSTRUCTION] vs ULSTER SPORTS CLUB”, November 2024
“unlimited capacity for love” (2024)
Sculptural assemblage/vanity mirror comprised of; laser-engraved mirror-perspex vanity, laser-cut transparent perspex horse-shoe, hardware, 2 x speed grips, & custom engraved ‘unlimited capacity for love’ dog-tag neck-chain.
Approximately 75 x 45 x 20cm Install shot from “CLUB [CONSTRUCTION] vs ULSTER SPORTS CLUB”, November 2024
“club [construction] SUPER-HOOLIGAN!” (2024)
Digitally-knit football scarves, sculptural component & t-shirt.
Install shot courtesy of Simon Mills, from QSS Artist Studios and Gallery’s “We Are QSS At 40” 40th Anniversary Exhibition [September - December 2024]
“club [construction] SUPER-HOOLIGAN!” (2024)
Digitally-knit football scarf.
Digital render.
“cloakroom” at club [construction] !
at DAS/Digital Arts Studios [March 2024]
Installation shot courtesy of DAS/Digital Arts Studios
“lovemuscle - last night forever” (2024)
Multi-channel, experimental video collage, combining found imagery with text derived from a series of interviews as part of a long-term research project, and a custom audio-mix.
1 hour 14 minutes 44 seconds (loop), 1080x1920px
Installation shot courtesy of DAS/Digital Arts Studios
“glory” (2024)
Multi-channel, experimental video collage screened on 2x 7 inch Raspberry Pi screens.
Channel 1: glory (gay club), 2 min 37 sec (loop), 800x480px
Channel 2: glory (sports bar), 12 min 26 sec (loop), 800x480px
Installation shot courtesy of DAS/Digital Arts Studios
“I <3 CLUB [CONSTRUCTION]” (2024)
club [construction] souvenir t-shirt
Installation shot courtesy of DAS/Digital Arts Studios
“white hot body in an angelic landscape” (2024)
3x mirrors, constructed from laser-cut and laser-engraved mirror perspex.
61 x 43 cm (approx)(individually)
Installation shot courtesy of DAS/Digital Arts Studios
“club [construction] SUPER-HOOLIGAN!” (2023)
Digitally-knit football scarf.
Install shot courtesy of Simon Mills, from Arcade Gallery and Studios “Royale Arcade Academy” [October 2023]
JOYRIDE! (2023)
Interactive Installation comprised of; 3D-CGI (computer-generated) animation and experimental sound “JOYRIDE!”, 3 x Quad HD 31.5 inch curved LED gaming monitors, 2 x Meta Quest 2 VR Headsets, Evolution ActiFit Gaming Racing-Chair, T80 Ferrari Racing steering-wheel and pedals, wood and metal support structure, racing helmet, atmospheric smoke machine and liquid, hardware & chain.
5 x 5 x 5m (dimensions vary)
JOYRIDE! (2023)
Interactive Installation comprised of; 3D-CGI (computer-generated) animation and experimental sound “JOYRIDE!”, 3 x Quad HD 31.5 inch curved LED gaming monitors, 2 x Meta Quest 2 VR Headsets, Evolution ActiFit Gaming Racing-Chair, T80 Ferrari Racing steering-wheel and pedals, wood and metal support structure, racing helmet, atmospheric smoke machine and liquid, hardware & chain.
5 x 5 x 5m (dimensions vary)
“WATERY HORIZON” (2022-23)
3D-CGI filmography [1080x1920px], 22 min 01 sec (loop)
3D-CGI filmography [1080x1920px], 22 min 01 sec (loop)
3D-CGI filmography “WATERY HORIZON” (2022-23) screened on flat screen rigged to scaffolding structure, immersive interactive LED lighting, chain & hardware.
Digital and Film Install shots courtesy of Karl Magee
Digital and Film Install shots courtesy of Karl Magee
“club [construction] TOOL” (2023)
3D-CGI filmography [1080x1920px], 30 min 19 sec (loop)
3D-CGI filmography [1080x1920px], 30 min 19 sec (loop)
3D-CGI filmography “club [construction]” (2023) screened on flat screen (generated at the climax of a long-term collaborative research & interview project, with aims to explore the lived experiences, memories and stories told by queer-elders about their experiences with clubbing and club-spaces), “club [construction]” (2023) experimental sound piece played through sound-system and headphones, sound and atmospheric effects system comprised of Pioneer DJ DDJ-200 Controller, Novation & Ableton LIve Launchpad Mini-MK3 MIDI-64, Vintage Sandstørm High-Fidelity (Hi-Fi) Sound-System, Atmospheric Fog-Machine, Over-ear headphones on coiled cable, on scaffolding and white-ceramic tile structure.
“club [construction]” (2023)
Experimental sound “club [construction]” (2023), 3 hr 01 min 22 sec
Experimental sound “club [construction]” (2023) streamed through 2xKOSS Porta Pro headphones with custom “club [construction]” sculptural accessories/pendants attached, laser-engraved acrylic ‘listening booth’, hardware. “club [construction]” (2023) is a three-hour DJ-mix which draws largely from the genre of house; speaking to the architects and synthesisers of modern-day house music, it encounters influences and interjections from sonic legends; Kevin Aviance, Jesse Saunders, Malcolm McAlaren, and converses with queer contemporaries who continue to pioneer the genre; Azealia Banks, Peggy Gou, LSDXOXO, Honey Dijon and Fred again...
“WHITEDOVES” (2023)
Laser-engraved mirror-perspex, hardware
“WATERY HORIZON” (2022-23)
3D-CGI (computer-generated) filmography, 1080x1920px, 21 min 01 sec
As part of “RIPOSTE” at Electrowerkz; London, England.
“60 07.5021ff 11 98 [RATIONAL ACCESSORIES]” (2023)
3D-CGI animated film on flat screen, RATIONAL(R) mobile plate rack, chain & hardware, meat hooks, transparent perspex daggers, transparent perspex chain, indigo flood lights, 3D-CGI image “it makes me feel very small” (2023) on satin photographic, experimental sound, and mirror-ball.
As part of “Emergence VI” at QSS Artist Studios and Gallery (2023).
“WATERY HORIZON” (2022-23)
3D-CGI (computer-generated) filmography, 1080x1920px, 21 min 01 sec
As part of “12 HOURS OF TEMPORARY PLEASURE” at The Complex Gallery, Dublin.
“SATIN CHROME” (2022)
Ritualistic shrine installation constructed with; 20 x 4’x8’ chipboard sheets, glossy white ceramic tiles, adhesive and grout. Installation consisting of 3 x 1080x1920px flat screens positioned in a biconcave composition & 1 x 1080x1920px flat screen positioned in front centre, each screening a unique verison of 3D-CG Film “SATIN CHROME” (2022)
4.42m (L) x 2.72m (W) x 0.85m (H) [Shrine]
4.42m (L) x 4.22m (W) x 2.35m (H) [Total Installation]
As part of “Sculpture Lens Degree Show” at Belfast School of Art (2022).
“SATIN CHROME” (2022)
Ritualistic shrine installation constructed with; 20 x 4’x8’ chipboard sheets, glossy white ceramic tiles, adhesive and grout. Installation consisting of 3 x 1080x1920px flat screens positioned in a biconcave composition & 1 x 1080x1920px flat screen positioned in front centre, each screening a unique verison of 3D-CG Film “SATIN CHROME” (2022)
4.42m (L) x 2.72m (W) x 0.85m (H) [Shrine]
4.42m (L) x 4.22m (W) x 2.35m (H) [Total Installation]
As part of “Sculpture Lens Degree Show” at Belfast School of Art (2022).
“INFINITE VIOLENCE” (2022)
CG Film “INFINITE VIOLENCE” (2022) screened on Pimoroni Hyperpixel 4.0 Liquid Crystal Display, wireless power bank and Raspberry Pi 4 Model B system, adhesive strips, laser-cut transparent acrylic detailing, laser-cut transparent acrylic spike chain, chain & hardware and 0.4m diameter mirror ball.
0.12m (L) x 0.062m (H) x 0.1m (W) [Screen System]
0.036m (H) x 0.036m (W) [Individual Chain Links], 12m (L) [Chain Length]
“INFINITE VIOLENCE” (2022)
CG Film “INFINITE VIOLENCE” (2022) screened on Pimoroni Hyperpixel 4.0 Liquid Crystal Display, wireless power bank and Raspberry Pi 4 Model B system, adhesive strips, laser-cut transparent acrylic detailing, laser-cut transparent acrylic spike chain, chain & hardware and 0.4m diameter mirror ball.
0.12m (L) x 0.062m (H) x 0.1m (W) [Screen System]
0.036m (H) x 0.036m (W) [Individual Chain Links], 12m (L) [Chain Length]
“MEANT FOR ANOTHER DIMENSION” (2022)
Sculptural Installation consisting of glossy photographic CG Still from “SAY MY NAME 1000X”, as part of “VIOLET STEEL” (2022), ceramic tile and OSB platform, chain & hardware and laser-cut acrylic lettering.
1.2 x 1.2m (1080x1920px print)
“VALEDICTORY” (2021)
Installation composed of 4 x plaster-cast heads, chain & hardware, and mirror-tiled altar-piece/execution spot.
5 x 5 x 5m (approx)
As part of “S/L’21” at Catalyst Arts, Belfast (2021),
and “Salonathon” at Platform Arts, Belfast (2021).
Documentation courtesy of Darcy Patterson.
Sculptural Props for Performance “COLOSSEUM” (2021)
8 x plaster-cast heads surrounding one suspended plaster-cast head, chain & hardware.
As part of Belfast International Festival of Performance Art (2021)
Documentation courtesy of Darcy Patterson
“i dont wanna watch tv anymore” (2020)
Installation consisting of 3D-CG Film “i dont wanna watch tv anymore” (2020) projection, 4 x 4:3 monitors screening 3D-CG visuals, laser-cut trasnparent acrylic lettering, chain & hardware, suspended meat-hook.
20 min (loop)
“EROS” (2020)
Faux leather, latex balloon, hessian rope.
2.5 x 1 x 2.5m