Shadows of Light at ICT2013

Alex May exhibited Shadows of Light at ICT2013 in Vilnius, Lithuania from 6 to 8 November 2013 as part of the ICT & Art Connect team. The presentation placed the work inside a larger forum focused on collaboration between artists and technologists, where May also co-hosted a My New Robot Companion robot-head workshop with Anna Dumitriu.

That context mattered because Shadows of Light depends on a quiet, reflective kind of interaction rather than speed or technical display. The installation asks visitors to slow down so that their presence can accumulate gradually as colour, silhouette, and digital residue. At ICT2013, that made the work a strong example of how interactive systems can produce attention and contemplation rather than efficiency alone.

The event also showed how May’s practice moves between exhibition, research, and public engagement without flattening one into the other. Through ICT & Art Connect, the work sat within a live discussion about how art can test the cultural meaning of technology, while the accompanying workshop extended those questions into participatory making. Together, they framed May’s contribution as both an installation and a wider proposition about how people encounter digital systems.