Projects
Creating responsive art and space
Creating responsive art and space
A six-month development project, learning how to program using Arduino and Raspberry Pi and different components, to make something experimental.
I would like to learn about different interactive systems that respond to touch, gesture and presence. This project explores how technology can make memory tactile, transforming archival images and sound into responsive environments shaped by human interaction. In this six month project I will be mentored by Indira Lakshmi, a multi-disciplinary artist born in Coventry, UK.
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£5,000
Aims of the project
I am developing new technical skills to create responsive objects and immersive environments that react to touch, gesture and proximity. Rooted in my practice exploring heritage, memory and belonging, particularly through my South Asian background and family archive.
This development phase will expand my ability to create multi-sensory experiences that deepen engagement with archival photography, sound and intergenerational storytelling. It also lays the groundwork for future collaboration and workshop development as part of a more sustainable, technology enabled practice.
Meet the artists
Tarla Patel
Lead artist
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Tarla Patel is a socially engaged artist based in Coventry, working across photography, moving image, sound and archival practice. Her work explores memory, migration and identity, drawing on her South Asian heritage and family archive the Masterji photography collection to examine intergenerational narratives and diasporic experience. Rooted in collaboration, she develops workshops and community led projects that foreground access, care and cultural representation. Patel is increasingly focused on immersive approaches, creating environments that invite audiences to reflect on belonging, displacement and the emotional resonance of inherited histories.
Indira Lakshmi
Mentor
Indira will be be providing four to five days of mentorship for this project.
