Installations
Rob Eagle (b 1983, USA; living/working in the UK) is an interdisciplinary artist, making work in formats from immersive media and film to dance and interactive art installations. While often using documentary audio and film footage for subject matter, Rob’s work often layers light and sound in ways that are activated by the presence of the visitor. By drawing attention to the illusory or material properties of light and/or audio, Rob’s work invites audiences to play with sensors, digital objects and physical space. Such participatory work forces the audience to question their assumptions of gender, the body and sensory perception.
Rob trained in making linear film and audio documentaries and has been working in interactive formats such as VR, AR and installations since 2012. In 2022, Rob completed a practice-based PhD in using AR for documentary storytelling at UWE Bristol, funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council.
Colour My Reality
Colour My Reality began as a collective for creating immersive art in 2019. Our first installation, Through the Wardrobe, a room-scale augmented reality installation, toured festivals, galleries and even a dance club 2019-22, including Sheffield DocFest, HOME (Manchester), IDFA (Amsterdam), the Barbican Centre (London) and the Goethe-Institut China (Beijing).
Our latest large-scale work, WALK THIS WAY – commissioned for BD:is Lit 2023 – was co-produced with 60 young people in Shipley, taking the form of a light and music installation over Shipley Outdoor Market. Both installations involved creating work with a socially engaged practice and long-term development and iteration with co-creative partners.
OINK! (installation)
Multiscreen expanded cinema
Empathy Museum
Contributing audio producer, 2015-present
Dr Rob Eagle 