I've been doing some more studio work with computer controlled laser beams. It's mainly in preparation for an installation I will be doing at this year's Shambala Festival, but I also have some plans for some gallery based laser work.

Previously I have used a DMX device to control the laser. This gives a fair amount of control, but doesn't allow the animation capabilities of more powerful lasers to be accessed. For this I've started using an ILDA controller. It sounds technical, but basically this allows me to precisely control the beam and to send animations files to the laser. This allows for some amazing effects.

My next task is to try to use Max/MSP to send ILDA information to the laser. This will allow me to synchronise sound, video, lights and the laser animations.

I've produced a presentation with voice over for my MA. It was produced for a Colloquium next week, but may be of general interest to people wanting to know more about my artwork. The file is in QuickTime format click on the colloquiumpresentation link to view it. Send any feedback to me at seanclark@gmail.com

The East Midlands based Digital Arts Forum has launched a new Web site. It's a considerable improvement over the previous version and well worth looking at. The new manually-checked registration process should also stop the spam problems that plagued the old site. Registration is free.