Sam Kitch

Experimental Spatial Capture
Dynamic + Immersive Storytelling




ABOUT

I am an artist, researcher, and senior lecturer in transmedia storytelling. I have experience in public-facing live projects and facilitation of practice research within cultural spaces, working with stakeholders, arts councils, and local communities.

My practice explores transmedia storytelling as an emerging practice within heritage, visual communication, and interaction design disciplines. My interests centre on the interstices between computation, instrumentality, and human experience.
The application of remote sensing techniques fosters a relationship with virtual environments that embrace indeterminacy over exact representation. Instead, they are investigated as spatial-critical mediums that reveal hidden narratives and reconstruct collective memory.  




PROJECTS
Lost For(\r)est    
Here We Are    
Digital Monoliths    
Sublime Temporality    
Visualising Sound    
H0ly Ωsland    
British Steel    
Go Local    
FENTY    
D&AD    




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Digital Monoliths



            Digital Monoliths — 2017 Royal College of Art WIP Show

 Stonehenge, situated on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, is believed to be a Neolithic celestial observatory. It was constructed during a time when technological interventions in the landscape facilitated shared experiences and fostered a tradition of communal heritage.
Today, our understanding of ancient sites is often experienced in isolation, mediated through digital platforms and media. Remote sensing methods can translate these digital experiences into physical space, treating hardware as handcraft and data as material.

'Digital Monoliths' is an immersive installation that uses data gathered online from visitors to Stonehenge in 2018 to offer a sensory re-encounter with the site. The installation includes cloth monoliths and mirrors that project light corresponding to sentiments expressed on social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

200 cm x 300 cm. Canvas, Wood, Mirrors and Light Projection.