SimonMck

Intro： Professor Simon McKeown is an internationally recognised digital artist, projection-mapping specialist, curator and Professor of Art. His practice explores disability, movement, public space, history and technological innovation through CGI, animation, film, motion capture, sound, installation and large-scale architectural projection. Originally trained in Fine Art, McKeown moved into the emerging British computer-generated imagery industry in the late 1980s. He later became Head of 3D and Animation and Senior Art Director in the computer games industry. This combination of artistic practice and advanced digital production continues to shape his work. His projects are often colourful, animated, accessible and monumental. He transforms buildings, landscapes and civic spaces through projection mapping, digital animation, sound, shadow play and public participation. His work is developed through close attention to architecture, place, audience and dramaturgy. Disability is part of his practice, as a cultural, political and artistic subject. Rather than presenting disabled people through medical or charitable narratives, his work foregrounds disabled movement, identity, creativity, history and visibility. His major project Motion Disabled used motion-capture technology to record and celebrate the distinctive movements of disabled people. It has been presented internationally at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, USA, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague, the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum in Dresden, DaDaFest International and Light Night Leeds. His large-scale public works include Cork Ignite for Culture Night Ireland, Prometheus Awakes, London with Graeae Theatre Company and La Fura dels Baus, and We Are Still Here, a major projection work exploring the social and industrial history of St Helens, Liverpool. McKeown creates visually engaging public artworks that combine digital innovation with humour, storytelling and social history.