All Outputs (9)

Topologies #1 (2020)
Exhibition / Performance
Artists, U. V., & Meckin, D. Topologies #1. [Audio-visual Installation]. 29 August 2020 - 30 June 2021. (Unpublished)

A new installation artwork that continues UVA’s explorations of sensory experiences through the lenses of technology. The first of a new series of works, Topologies #1 consists of five kinetic sculptures that project planes of light stretching acr... Read More about Topologies #1.

Harmonics (2020)
Exhibition / Performance
Artists, U. V., & Meckin, D. Harmonics. [Laser lights, sound, code.]. 17 May 2020. (Unpublished)

Harmonics challenges our perception of light and sound unfolding at great speed, an illusion of time blending. As the two kinetic sculptures speed up, rotating beams of light blend to form volumes of colour, while multiple discrete sounds become a ma... Read More about Harmonics.

The MusicBox - Drake Music (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Meckin, D. (2020, February). The MusicBox - Drake Music. Poster presented at Drake Music Conference 2020

The MusicBox is a prototype Accessible Digital Musical Instrument (ADMI) developed during a series of co-creative musical workshops with leaders and musicians of the Electric Storm Ensemble, facilitated by Drake Music. It comprises of two physical... Read More about The MusicBox - Drake Music.

Vanishing Point 3:1 (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Artists, U. V., & Meckin, D. Vanishing Point 3:1. [Dynamically controlled laser; code; sound]. Exhibited at 180 Strand, London. 13 September 2019. (Unpublished)

This iteration of Vanishing Point, a work first shown in 2013, was created for United Visual Artists’ Other Spaces solo exhibition at 180 The Strand. Inspired by Renaissance perspective drawings by Leon Battista Alberti, Leonardo Da Vinci and Alb... Read More about Vanishing Point 3:1.

Leviathan’s Temple (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Meckin, D., Williams, K., Fairweather-Hole, J., & Evans, R. Leviathan’s Temple. [Wood; video projection; audio; dynamic lighting.]. Exhibited at Submerge Festival & We The Curious, Bristol. 1 March 2019 - 14 June 2019. (Unpublished)

Leviathan’s Temple takes the shifting currents of the Gulf stream as a starting point for an exploration of social and environmental change in the post-industrial maritime communities of the South West of England and the Arctic reaches of Northern No... Read More about Leviathan’s Temple.

Elvelangs - Melbu Norway (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Helps, A., Meckin, D., Williams, K., Fairweather-Hole, J., & Evans, R. Elvelangs - Melbu Norway. [Interactive installation with wax, water, oil barrels and fibre optic lighting and sound.]. Exhibited at Norway. 14 September 2018. (Unpublished)

On Hadseløya, a Norwegian island inside the Arctic circle, a series of oil drums stand on the bank of a stream, filled with water that had been winding its way downstream into Hadselfjord. Each contains a wax sculpture. With viewing goggles provided,... Read More about Elvelangs - Melbu Norway.

A mixed methods approach to qualitative enquiry, focused on primary age group music workshops in a Special Educational Needs School (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Meckin, D. (2018, September). A mixed methods approach to qualitative enquiry, focused on primary age group music workshops in a Special Educational Needs School

Increasing access to musical instruments at the earliest stages of education gives learners, especially those with complex needs, a chance to produce music and express themselves sonically. Understanding the contextual aspects of where and how studen... Read More about A mixed methods approach to qualitative enquiry, focused on primary age group music workshops in a Special Educational Needs School.

Neptun Art/Science Lab (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Meckin, D., Williams, K., Helps, A., Fairweather-Hole, J., Evans, R., & Duran, C. Neptun Art/Science Lab. [Photography; sound; video; sculpture]. Exhibited at Melbu, Norway. 15 July 2016. (Unpublished)

Neptun Art/Science Lab, Museum Nord A physical and theoretical hub in the Intersection of Art and Science at the Norwegian Fishing Industry Museum, North Norway. Herring oil was produced here for more than 70 years, and now it is home to the Norwegia... Read More about Neptun Art/Science Lab.

moosikMasheens: Music, motion and narrative with young people who have complex needs (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Meckin, D., & Bryan-Kinns, N. (2013). moosikMasheens: Music, motion and narrative with young people who have complex needs. https://doi.org/10.1145/2485760.2485776

We present moosikMasheens, a novel system for musical expression by young people who have physical impairments or complex needs, playing music in a mixed ability group context. moosikMasheens consists of three electro-mechanical musical instruments t... Read More about moosikMasheens: Music, motion and narrative with young people who have complex needs.