< Biosmos, 2007
A kinetic, sensory light and sound installation composed of hundreds of suspended crystals that glow and move in the dark. Developed from investigation into marine bioluminescence and the comparable worlds of deep sea and deep space. The work references the physics of energies, forces and motion at play. Its weightlessness and ethereal beauty appears to defy gravity, energising the space as it escapes from a galaxy-like hole in the floor.
< Sub, 2007
Interactive luminous hole in the wall, responding to hand movements by generating sound. Exploring ideas about sense of unknown and unexplored space.
< Roaming Constellation, 2007
A project proposing to map the movement of a flock of sheep at night as they roam the landscape.
The concept plays upon the traditional methods farmers use to mark their flock of sheep for identification. The ‘glow in the dark’ markings are intended to charge in sunlight during the day, becoming active as evening closes in. Viewers witness the work during hours of darkness as a changing, luminous pattern across the countryside. A living artwork that paints the landscape in a new light and brings the stars down to earth. Also exploring ideas about genetic engineering.
< Glow Seaweed, 2008, 16 x 13 cm
Seaweed air sacs appear to glow with signs of life, mimicking the natural phenomenon of bioluminescence.
< Spectre Beacon 2007
Temporary site-specific installation commissioned by Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop for Edinburgh Festival.
"Fascinated by exposing connections between sea, technology and man, Jessica Lloyd-Jones uses the lighthouse, its history, function and mystery as a metaphor for an exchange between science fiction and science fact. As evening falls radiance emerges from a disused lighthouse, its reactive glow captured from the sun, emerging as a 'memory' of the day's light. This light reactive work corresponds with her research into bioluminescence, mimicking a biological phenomenon and shifting it into a stationary, architectural form, at once a statement on beacons of safety, signals of living materials". -Alex Hetherington