Works
Augmented and virtual reality
EncounterLife-scale augmented reality sculpture
"I wanted to make a piece that would defy gravity, and have both mass and weightlessness. Real and imagined at the same time.”
Sections: Encounter/Reflection
AbductionLife-scale augmented reality work
A life-scale augmented-reality work, shown in Competing Cosmologies at the Wende Museum, Los Angeles.
The Private Life of Public TransportExtended reality installation and sculpture studies
“An abandoned bus, fragmented by time and memory, stands frozen at the centre of a dark lake. Crossing the water towards the vehicle, spheres materialize that contain the voices of the missing passengers.” With RNIB and Varjo, plus the related sculpture studies.
SimulationsVirtual reality
A series of experimental studies designed to model tactile and positional interactivity, Simulations is an ongoing exploration in virtual media that is ultimately planned as a multi-work exhibit.
The HallucinoceanGenerative XR
The Hallucinocean explores our reciprocal relationship to the environment. LED displays, human recognition, live meteorological data and AI generate a real-time model of the ocean that responds to facial expressions.
Photography, prints and lenticulars
No End In SightPhotographic series
This ongoing series of self-portraits, now over 150 images, explores self-observation, dislocation, and impermanence.
ShatteredPhotographic series
Photographs of people who came into the studio, taken in a mirror David Van Eyssen had broken.
Generative ExtrapolationsGenerative imaging
Beginning with one or more photographs, and using generative AI to reveal an imagined context, Generative Extrapolations examine the dialogue between human and machine visualization.
Sections: But Still The I Persists · From An Abandoned Work
Figures In Flight (and Falling)2.5D works on paper
The digital processes that Van Eyssen employed in Encounter have been expanded on for his series of large luxe prints, Figures In Flight (and Falling), based on the underlying structure of the work.
LenticularsLenticular works
“Reducing events to a handful of essential images is as close as I can get to that synaptic flash of memory.”
Intrinsic ImagesStill images from motion works
“I’m continuing to make still images… but they’re either photographs of broken mirror installations — which capture the passage of time — or studies for motion works.”
Film, projection and installation
In Case I Forget To RememberSite-specific installation
"It is an image of war… war on the planet, war on each other, war on ourselves. But I also find it beautiful, which has something to do with the ambiguity of visual representation — and human experience.”
Video WorksFilms, projections, sound and motion
“I started my first sound and motion pieces after recovery, when I came across a family album. I realized that I was almost the last surviving member of my family, and that realization led to an exploration of time and memory.
Sections: Abduction · Transformations · And Then I Saw You Green · Surface · Projections
