About Us
Quadratura: a 17th century term, popular with Baroque artists, describing a sophisticated form of trompe-l’oeil painting that, rather than just rely on artistic intuition, was actually based on scientific theories of perspective to achieve precise architectural illusions.
Quadratura creates immersive audio/visual installations for public spaces, galleries as well as private and corporate commissions. Our unique approach has caught the attention of theatre producers, fashion companies, event organisers, art galleries, restaurateurs and Councils, both in Britain and Europe.
Alex May
Alex has twenty eight years experience of designing and programming software, much of which has consisted of high performance, real-time processing techniques that are in use by digital artists worldwide. He conceived and realised the world’s biggest collaborative virtual sculpture for Canon in 2002, facilitated a live, streamed transatlantic poetry reading by Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 2003, and digitally set fire to Arthur Brown (#1 single ‘Fire’, 1968) at a live performance in 2005. He regularly performs ‘digital synaesthesia’ shows, creating real-time interpretive visuals for bands and events.
www.bigfug.com
Martin A. Smith
Martin is a composer and sound designer. He has created sound installations for The Victoria And Albert Museum, The British Council, the Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, The English Folk Dance And Song Society, Cinetrip in Budapest and The Museum Of Domestic Design And Architecture amongst others.
He has also written the music for film, television, theatre and contemporary dance.
www.martinasmith.co.uk