Alex May: Digital Artist

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  • Memory Compression

    Memory Compression

    12 video artworks, with original soundtracks, reveal how the ubiquitous algorithms integral to capturing and revisiting our memories subtly filter and reshape our perceptions every day

    May 29, 2025
  • Body Building: Infection

    Body Building: Infection

    For the ENLIGHT-TEN+ project, Alex created an animated contemplative video work of a “body-building” in the midst of dealing with an infection that has engaged the immune system of the body.

    December 8, 2024
  • The Cabinet of Intangible Curiosities

    The Cabinet of Intangible Curiosities

    “The Cabinet of Intangible Curiosities” is an artwork by British digital artist Alex May that explores the new science of quantum biology.

    July 8, 2024
  • A Kolkata

    A Kolkata

    Video, Memory, Lockdown, Travel

    December 10, 2021
  • Flow State

    Flow State

    Flow State was an interactive digital video sculpture commissioned by the Francis Crick Institute in London.

    January 15, 2018
  • Algorithmic Photography

    Algorithmic Photography

    Algorithmic Photography is an innovative technique developed by artist Alex May, which explores the concepts of motion and time within contemporary digital photography.

    June 21, 2017
  • A Mirror For Remembering

    A Mirror For Remembering

    A Mirror for Remembering explores the complexities and growing necessity to address the preservation and permanence of the digital artefacts that form an increasing part of our everyday lives.

    November 19, 2019
  • Susceptible

    Susceptible

    Susceptible is data-driven interactive digital artwork by Anna Dumitriu and Alex May based on cutting-edge research from the CRyPTIC, an international consortium led by the University of Oxford.

    June 28, 2020
  • The Art and Science of Linen

    The Art and Science of Linen

    The Art and Science of Linen is a video artwork created by artists Anna Dumitriu, Alex May, and microbiologist Dr John Paul, with sound by Martin A. Smith.

    November 13, 2013
  • Alchemy of Knowledge

    Alchemy of Knowledge

    “Alchemy of Knowledge” takes you on an exploratory journey from the desolate tundra of Kilpisjärvi in Finland to the atmospheric stratosphere by means of weather balloon.

    April 22, 2021
  • Floating to an Observant Sea

    Floating to an Observant Sea

    December 30, 2020
  • The Most Wonderful Thing Happened To Me

    The Most Wonderful Thing Happened To Me

    “The Most Wonderful Thing Happened To Me” is a video/sound/short story artwork about those personal memories that only you experience and then carry for the rest of your life like a treasure.

    June 16, 2021
  • ArchaeaBot: Post Singularity Life-forms in a Post Climate Change World

    ArchaeaBot: Post Singularity Life-forms in a Post Climate Change World

    Building on their physical underwater robotic installation Alex May and Anna Dumitriu and have created a new computer generated video artwork.

    October 8, 2021
  • Steve is uncertain in uncertain times (2019)

    Steve is uncertain in uncertain times (2019)

    Steve is uncertain in uncertain times. He hasn’t come out of his media retardant suit for months and he set fire to all the surrounding trees to protest climate change. He lives on Spaceman Street and fantasises about going to live on Mars or the Moon to get away from “all these other people” rather…

    January 14, 2019
  • Uniform Glitch 5x

    Uniform Glitch 5x

    While coding Fugio, a subtle bug was introduced that created the following glitches.

    July 28, 2013
  • Alan Turing: a Portrait in Sound and Visuals

    Alan Turing: a Portrait in Sound and Visuals

    A sound portrait of Alan Turing by Martin A. Smith, with live video performance by Alex May commissioned by the Alan Turing Arts and Culture Committee.

    June 23, 2012
  • Chasing Shadows

    Chasing Shadows

    An original audio/visual composition by Alex May and Martin A. Smith interpreting the art of Sally McKay.

    May 25, 2010
  • Love, Imagination, Knowledge

    Love, Imagination, Knowledge

    A video sculpture with soundtrack by Belle Atmos

    November 13, 2007
  • Rust

    Rust

    August 16, 2006

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