Anthony Rowe & Hannah Brady

Anthony Rowe has around 20 years experience in digital media art and interaction design; as an artist, designer, teacher and researcher. He was Research Fellow at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) until late 2015, and has a PhD on ‘Immersion in Mixed Reality Space’, largely based on the work of Squidsoup. Prior to this he was Associate Professor, Interaction Design at AHO (2009-2012).

Anthony founded Squidsoup in 1997. He is also a founder of LUX, an international series of seminars and exhibitions exploring the rich creative intersections of light, space and interaction.
In a former existence, Anthony sailed single-handed across the Atlantic (1988).

Hannah Brady joined Squidsoup in 2019 as Creative Producer. Bringing a specialism in delivering complex, multi-partnered projects she is responsible for producing a portfolio of thought provoking digital artworks, in parallel to supporting meaningful research and sustainable business development. Hannah has a background in the creation of immersive projects and has delivered large-scale works with the arts collective ‘Blast Theory’, the digital media centre ‘Watershed’ and the producing house ‘Situations’. Her strengths lie in enabling collaboration between technologist and artist in the production of complex, creative projects and strives to set the conditions for curious minds to dream, think and create.

Pioneers in the use of light, sound and technology, Squidsoup’s artworks combine physical and dynamic digital spaces with novel and intuitive forms of interaction to produce responsive and beguiling environments.

Their work has been seen by millions of people across the globe since 1997 in galleries, museums and live events, festivals and exhibitions. Recent exhibitions and events include: Vivid Sydney (AUS, 2023), London’s Alexandra Palace (2019, 2023), International Centre for Light Art (DE, 2022-2023) Burning Man Festival (USA, 2018, 2019), Canary Wharf (UK, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023), Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, (CA, USA, 2021-2), Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (USA, 2017, 2019), Noor Riyadh (KSA, 2021), Ars Pedregal (MEX, 2019), Salisbury and Gloucester Cathedrals (2015, 2018, 2020), and a permanent exhibition in Houston (USA).

Their key work Submergence has been exhibited over 100 times on six continents.

They also actively seek new avenues and audiences for our work, beyond conventional art spaces: we work in live events, winter light festivals, commercial, healthcare and other types of spaces. Their approach is usually the same: the work is a response to, and part of a real time process of dialogue and engagement with, the spaces and audiences around it.

Their collaboration with renowned DJ/musician Four Tet has developed over 8 years from a small conventional live stage-based lighting system to a radical fully immersive experience enveloping both audience and performer, breaking the boundaries between the two, merging artwork and performance, the virtual and the real into a unique augmented experience.

Working with partners in a variety of winter light festivals has allowed them to present our work to a broad demographic of more family-based audiences across the globe at events as varied as Vivid Sydney (AUS), Lyon’s Fête des Lumières (FR), Royal Botanical Gardens’ Christmas at Kew (UK), Canary Wharf (UK), Brooklyn Botanical Gardens (USA) and Illuminate Adelaide (AUS).