Tara Pattenden - Cite International des Arts

Eephus & Sudo's Funderdome
Video documentation from Eeephus & Sudo's Funderdome.
3 September - 1 October 2022 at Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia.
Presented as Part of Brisbane Festival 2022

Step into Eephus and Sudo’s Funderdome! A playful reimagining of the classic video game arcade, this exhibition will transform the gallery into an interactive space filled with eccentric games and friendly monsters. Alongside fellow humans and virtual monsters, visitors are invited to play the digital attractions in unexpected and collaborative ways. And don’t forget to browse longingly at the idiosyncratic, but ever-unobtainable, prize wall.
The exhibition embraces a touch of nostalgia for the lost world of the video arcade, while also reimagining new possibilities for gaming beyond its mainstream history, and the potential for DIY experiments and technical tinkering to produce new experiences.
Download the exhibition catalogue HERE.

Monster Melee
Eephus & Sudo's Funderdome, Metro Arts, 2022
Collaboration with Adam Raboczi
2 player game, Unreal Engine, hand drawn animation, kinect sensor, projection, audio

Muscle Monster
Eephus & Sudo's Funderdome, Metro Arts, 2022
Sculpture with game.
Mdf, acrylic, 3d printing, PC, screen vinyl, p5js.

Makeout Monster
Eephus & Sudo's Funderdome, Metro Arts, 2022
Collaboration with David Spooner,
Acrylic paint, MDF, vinyl, p5.js, teensy, 3D-printed components, leds, screen, PC

Mystic Monster
Eephus & Sudo's Funderdome, Metro Arts, 2022
Glass, assemblage sculpture, electronics, arduino,projector, p5.js, PC

The Cacophony Room
Eephus & Sudo's Funderdome, Metro Arts, 2022
Custom electronics, pcb, e-textiles, 3d printing, fabric

BodyVice
Le Guess Who Festival, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2019

Collaboration with Natalie Sharp and Tida Bradshaw
Performance using custom build 'skinstruments', Costumes, Sound, Video

The Sea King, Story Bridge Run
Brisbane City Council's Temporary Public Art Project, November - December 2020

Collaboration with David Spooner
Soft sculpture, augmented reality, custom phone app

Inspired by a shared interest in geocaching and mobile location based games, Story Bridge Run is a series of five public artwork along an inner city river circuit. The audience can uncover augmented reality stories through a custom app created by the artists.

The Nicotine Walrus, Story Bridge Run
Brisbane City Council's Temporary Public Art Project, November - December 2020

Collaboration with David Spooner
Soft sculpture, augmented reality, custom phone app

Inspired by a shared interest in geocaching and mobile location based games, Story Bridge Run is a series of five public artwork along an inner city river circuit. The audience can uncover augmented reality stories through a custom app created by the artists.

Phantom Chips Performance
Novas Frequencias Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2017
Custom performance developed in situ whilst the artist in Residence at Novas Frequencias Festival

Photo by Fransisco Costa/I hate flash

Interview by Onassis Stegi for the EU funded Interfaces Project

In 2019 I was asked to be a Mentor at the DIY Instrument Making & Hackathon run by Onassis Stegi in Athens, Greece. Alongside Enrico Bertelli (UK), Alexandros Drymonitis (GR), Tina Dolinšek (SL), John Richards (UK, De Montfort University) and Max Wainwright (UK).

Onassis Stegi invited artists, musicians, sound engineers, designers and programmers in a three-day hackathon to collaboratively create new instruments and sounds, and explore new ways to make music.

The event was part of the Interfaces project co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.