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Moon Radio written in red across lots of screen shots from videos
1999

  An early Internet broadcast channel with a regular programme of new work by contemporary artists, live performance, on demand […]

trees made from pastel coloured salt crystals in trays in wooden boxes at different heights, with a small TV nestled in the background
1999

  Chemical Garden is a magical garden where robots roam, live webcam images from around the world are transmitted, messages

water with text projected into it, a man standing by the tent, in the dark
1999

  Active Ingredient’s first public artwork. A haunting projection appeared on the water fountain in Derby Market Place. Words appeared

A Conversation Between Trees - visualisations of data of tree in UK forest on right and tree in Mata Atlantica Brazil on left
Active Ingredient

From 2007 Active Ingredient started to work more and more internationally, touring ‘Ere Be Dragons and in 2009 began their

A screen with a map and coloured trails over the map and small squares of information including names and heart rate
Active Ingredient

From 2000-2007 Active Ingredient started working with mobile technologies, whilst also developing Moon Radio webTV, responding to changes in the

trees made from pastel coloured salt crystals in trays in wooden boxes at different heights, with a small TV nestled in the background
1999-2000, Active Ingredient

Active Ingredient was founded in 1996 after Rachel Jacobs and Matt Watkins worked for the Live Art Archive, an online

a visualisation of the memory machine as a cake
consultancy

Mental Health Institute and Horizon Digital Economy, University of Nottingham Advising, co-designing and building a prototype digital device that curates

A graphic of a mobile phone with a figure playing footbal and the words 'It is the year 2050...Despite the heat the resistance is rising and young people are gathering to play football in secret places around the city'.
consultancy

A user design experience, consultancy and research project with Horizon Digital Economy Research and Nottingham City of Football. Engaging with

A graphic image of a car driging through a forest with a speech bubble saying '2 items approaching can you and the driver find them' and the words collected with 2 balls next to it.
consultancy

Leading the Smary Mobility User Experience research and consultation for Horizon Digital Economy, University of Nottingham. A scoping project, working

paper balloons on a table, one with good and bad written on it
workshops

LU Arts invited Rachel to facilitate a creative making and collaborative thinking workshop to aid discussions around the theme of

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