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MATHEW EMMETT
Dr Mathew Emmett addresses both destructive and redemptive themes in society today. His work reveals multi-layered references to the continual study of the Isenheim Altarpiece, the Martyrdom of St Sebastian and the Apocalypse of John. Emmett is an architect and artist drawing upon intermedia disciplines spanning video, sound, photogrammetry and digital technologies. His projects include immersive installations, large-scale public realm AV events, electronic soundscapes, mixed media prints and drawings. Emmett holds a doctorship in situated cognition, and awarded the Gardener Theobald Scholarship at the Architectural Association (London) and the Sir Henry Herbert Bartlett Award at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. He studied fine art at Central Saint Martins and in 2007 researched space music with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kürten. In 2016 Emmett performed Sender/Receiver at the opening of the Blavatnik Building, Tate Modern and his collaborations include Kraftwerk co-founder Eberhard Kranemann, Node electronics composer Dave Bessell, Candoco Dance Company founder Adam Benjamin, cyberspace architect Neil Spiller and theorist Charles Jencks.