ILLUMINI CRYPT-MAS ARTISTS

CRAIG COOPER

'Shopping bag'

SUSAN EYRE

'Restricted View Winter'

Restricted View (winter) invites the viewer to look beyond the drab un-romanticised reality of an urban winters' day to discover a fantasy winter wonderland

JUDY FOOTE

'Crackers'

GENETIC MOO

Nicola Schauerman & Tim Pickup

'Sea Angel'

Sea Angel offers an alternative aquatic angel for Christmas. In its usual habitat Sea Angels (or Clionidae) are small gelatinous swimming sea slugs. Here, the creature can be comforting but beware it has a sting in its tail and if upset will kick up a storm. The Crypt is the perfect setting for this subterranean phantom.

iCATCHERS

Darren west

‘Christmas Past’

The simple but effective shape highlighted with flashes of neon light and Christmas décor rations scattered to bring the tree to life. The red star shining to reflect on the memories and people of Christmas past.

COLIN JOHNSON

Terrafleur (illustrated), a colour changing, shape morphing, ceramic sculpture that gives a new meaning to Christmas lights.

Oranges and spices are the inspiration for Quadron. Like a glowing quartered orange, if one peers through the silhouetted, cut out sides, rich colours and textures reminiscent of those found in the lands of the spices are revealed.

MALCOLM LITSON

Advent

'Advent' is an interactive advent calendar. The audience is invited to touch the projected calendar to reveal the flipside of the goodwill season

THE COLOUR LIGHT COMPANY

Jeremy Lord

'Christmas Lights Box'

Shadows, shapes and spirals of slowly evolving colours project silhouettes of abstract and seasonal images.

A display of individual Light Boxes of differing shapes and sizes showing swirling, expanding and amorphous colours and forms.

LIZ MURFITT

'Christmas Present'

Displayed as a Christmas present, with ribbon made from recycled plastic bags, these photograms explore presence and absence. What do you do with the multitude of carrier bags discarded from your Christmas shopping? The images themselves are haunting and ethereal, and bring to life the spirit of Christmas – past present and future.

RAGGA-PHOTO

Kyle Saxton, Marcus Ali
‘Ragga-Crimbo'

TRACY SARROFF

‘ Plastic Fantastic'

The vibrant and luminous nature of these sculptures may recall the bright decorative lights displayed throughout Christmas. Kitsch, garish, plastic fantastic…their ambience illuminates the space in which they inhabit.

GEORGIA SCOTT

‘Spiralis'

An icy sparkling giant Christmas adornment. 

Tiny Swarowski crystals wrapped around Perspex with a mixture of fiber optics .

RAOUL SIMPSON

'Illuminated canvas / A ghost for all behaviors'

Illuminated canvas / A ghost for all behaviors is an interactive light installation based on both a well known fictional character and a seasonal adage

As a viewer moves within the active zone immediately in front of the piece the colour of the canvas changes, signifying if they have been 'naughty' or 'nice'

ANDREA TYRIMOS

‘Star of Wonder'

The Star of Bethlehem is believed to be the star that not only revealed the birth of Jesus to the ‘wise men', but that also led them to Bethlehem, the place of Jesus's birth.

Andrea Tyrimos, via the physical medium of paint, will depict the Star of Bethlehem in its astrological context. The work will heighten the true meaning of this time of year; one which is built on faith and hope.

MATTHEW VENN

'Snowflake'

JANE WEBB (Founder/Curator)

'What's the best Christmas present you ever had?'

Lying upstairs in bed, wondering what gift is under the Christmas tree…. Electronic noises coming from the box with the big ribbon, box burst open, there stands a full size robot, with flashing lights awaiting my command.

The mission, exterminate the brussel sprouts, awaiting tomorrows Christmas dinner. It moves into the kitchen each foot shaking the floor. Zap!!! Mission accomplished. What's that noise? sshhh someone's coming. I am supposed to be asleep on Christmas Eve……zzzzz. zzz zz

I never got the Robot in the box, but the best gift I could ever have and still have, is imagination!

HANNE WESTGUAARD

‘Jupiter'

The temptation to employ light to emphasize the transparency of porcelain is obvious and has for a long time fascinated me.For this Christmas exhibition I have tried to exploit this special quality in my two pieces of light sculptures.

There is a theory that a double eclipse of Jupiter was the Christmas star over Bethlehem.This fascinates me as I think that Jupiter is a splendid planet and it has inspired my piece with its stripes and its red spot.

WENDY COUCHMAN

'Snow in the office'

It's a ‘Winter Wonderland'* out there
And you're stuck with a ‘Silent Night'* at the office
So here's a frothy ‘Marshmallow World'*
To give you a ‘White Christmas'*!

(* tracks from Phil Spector's album ‘A Christmas Gift for You')

RAGGA-PHOTO

Kyle Saxton,Marcus Ali

‘ Live interactive light graffiti'

SDNA

Valentina Floris and Ben Foot

TIM GILL