Projects
Green Dark 360
Green Dark 360
A research project exploring moonlight landscapes through 360° video and spatial audio, building on my award-winning moonlight photographic and installation work Green Dark.
This project explores moonlight landscapes through animating still images and filming 360° video in the Elan Valley, an International Dark Sky Park in Mid Wales. Spatial audio will also be recorded on location to create a layered sensory experience.
Experiment
£20,000
Aims of the project
The animated sequences will draw on a range of techniques I have developed using my own photographic images. The 360° live filming will capture natural moonlight scenes in real-time. These will include landscapes but also potentially people and animals.
This project builds on my award-winning moonlight photographic series Green Dark, as well as my 21-screen video installation using animations of the photographs. It aims to use immersive technology to explore ideas of presence, attention and human connection to nature in the context of the climate crisis.
Meet the artist
Zillah Bowes
Lead artist
she/they
Zillah Bowes is a multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker with a main practice film, photography, poetry and installation. Her work frequently explores the relationship between the individual and the natural environment. She has won the British Journal International Photography Award, Museum Wales Purchase Prize, Zealous: Amplify Environment and Aesthetica Yorkminster New Talent Award. She has received the Future Wales Fellowship (2023-25) and has been commissioned for the Welsh Parliament. Her work is housed in collections including Museum Wales and the Welsh Parliament, and has been featured on The Guardian, Aesthetica Magazine, It’s Nice That, NOWNESS, BBC and Disney+.
