A new experimental artwork tool by artist Will Hurt
Neon Forms is an outcome of visual artist Will Hurt's Near Now Fellowship, which supported him to explore the creation of new digital tools and experiences to engage people in modes of creative play that are interactive, constructive and shareable.
The project continues Will's research into computational drawing aids, allowing people to design and share vividly complex imagery and videos.
Neon Forms: Live
An immersive, multi-screen version of Neon Forms can be experienced at St Ann’s Valley Library and Strelley Road Library in Nottingham.
Commissioned by Nottingham City Libraries for Connect Culture, a project to showcase exciting content produced by local creatives and digital media companies.
The interactive touch screen experiences, activities and exhibitions are suitable for people of all ages to enjoy. Available and free to watch at any time, just call in to the participating libraries to find out more.
Connect Culture is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Presented using custom-built interactive, immersive digital screens developed and installed by Nottingham company Mission Room Ltd.
Neon Forms AR
Launched in August 2021, Neon Forms AR is a mobile app designed and developed by Will Hurt which allows anyone to draw brightly coloured, abstract images by layering elements of colour, pattern and form into creative compositions.
The Neon Forms AR app is available worldwide as a free download for iOS and Android devices. The app includes an Augmented Reality mode in which you can draw and view your creations in physical space.
Prints created using the Neon Forms App are available from store.willhurt.com.
During his Near Now Fellowship, Will Hurt made a variety of prototypes using cross-platform games development engine Unity. These experiments in playful software development explored the creation of artworks made from collections of simple discrete geometric shapes and blocks which could be repeated, mirrored, stretched, coloured and rotated in 3D space.
Neon Forms AR mobile app, designed and developed by Will Hurt
About Will Hurt
Will Hurt is a Norwich-based visual artist and creative technologist using abstraction, technology and play to investigate the edges of virtual and physical spaces.
Organisations Will has worked with include: National Gallery, British Council, Tate, Lumen Prize, Collusion, Fak’ugesi Festival, Floating Points, Studio Wayne McGregor, LEVEL Centre, QUAD, Light Night Leeds, Quays Culture, Eureka! Children’s Centre, Edinburgh International Science Festival, originalprojects, Yarmonics.