Trebuchet Talks: Time & Space

Alex May presented Painting Objects in Dynamic Space at Trebuchet Talks: Time & Space in London on 8 October 2019. The evening brought together speakers from art and science, with contributions from Jordan Baseman, Malcolm Fairbairn, and host Kailas Elmer, alongside soundtracks by Danny De Matos.

May’s presentation sat comfortably within that format because it focused on how time and movement can be reorganised into image and spatial experience. In this context, the talk connected closely to the concerns behind Algorithmic Photography, where recorded duration is not treated as background information but as material that can be reshaped through code, selection, and visual structure. The event offered a concise public setting for discussing how digital systems change what can be perceived, preserved, and composed.

For May, the value of this kind of event lies in the crossover it enables. Rather than addressing only a specialist media art audience, Trebuchet placed artistic process alongside wider conversations in science and culture. That made it a useful context for presenting work concerned with time, mediation, and technological seeing, while keeping the emphasis on how these ideas are experienced rather than merely explained.

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