Creative intersections day 2026.

Haley Morris-Cafiero is an artist, photographer and educator whose work uses photography as an activist voice to challenge discrimination and social invisibility. Her work has been exhibited internationally in both solo and group exhibitions and featured in publications including Le Monde, The New York Times and Salon. She has been recognised through nominations for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, the BMW Residency and the Prix Pictet. Morris-Cafiero is the author of the monographs The Watchers and The Bully Pulpit, and her work is also featured in Photography – A Feminist History by Tate Modern curator Emma Lewis.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Morris-Cafiero holds a practice-based PhD from Westminster University, an MFA in Art from the University of Arizona, and both a BA in Photography and a BFA in Ceramics from the University of North Florida. She is an Associate Professor and Subject Leader of Visual Arts at De Montfort University and is currently based in the UK.

Stephen Smith is an artist, illustrator and designer renowned for his distinctive mixed-media analogue process, blending hand-drawn and collaged graphics, bold organic patterns, vibrant colours and hand-cut typography. Originally from the North of England and now based in the South West, he studied Illustration at Bristol UWE before completing an MA in Illustration & Design at Brighton University.

Working under the name Neasden Control Centre, he creates visually rich work that crosses disciplines and challenges conventional boundaries.Working across illustration, installation, analogue animation, super graphics and murals, Stephen brings a multidisciplinary approach to every project. His work often weaves together abstract narratives with layered visual languages that resonate on both personal and universal levels. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at MU in the Netherlands, the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in the UK and the Nam June Paik Centre in South Korea. In 2026, he was awarded V&A Illustrator of the Year for adult fiction.

This panel brings together artists supported through the Immersive Arts programme to explore the creative possibilities emerging at the intersection of analogue and digital practice. Through conversation and reflection, the discussion will examine how artists are using immersive technologies to translate human experiences, stories and ideas into new forms, while developing approaches that combine experimentation, collaboration and creative risk-taking.

Drawing on a range of perspectives and practices, the panel will consider the opportunities and challenges that arise when traditional creative methods meet emerging technologies. Attendees can expect an insightful discussion on the future of immersive media, exploring how artists are embracing new tools and technologies while remaining grounded in craft, culture and human connection.

UN/VEIL is an interactive audiovisual installation combining human voices, spatial sound and responsive 360° visuals. Developed by ILĀ and James GM, the work invites visitors into an evolving choral environment where sound, technology and human participation come together to create a shared immersive experience.

For Creative Intersections Day, visitors can speak, sing, hum or whisper into a microphone and hear their voice transformed and woven live into the composition, changing what others hear and see inside the Dome. Each encounter is unique, while those who prefer to simply listen can enjoy the immersive soundscape as it unfolds around them.

Dr Carinna Parraman is Professor of Colour, Design and Print and Director of the Centre for Print Research (CFPR) at the University of the West of England, Bristol. An artist and printmaker, her work explores the art, craft and science of colour through printing, material appearance and colour perception.

For Creative Intersections Day, Carinna will present The Cabinet of Curiosities, a portable exhibition developed through the CFPR Artist in Residence programme. Bringing together traditional printmaking, digital modelling and 3D printing, the project showcases how analogue and digital tools can be combined to create new forms of storytelling, creativity and collaboration.

Laura Clarke is a Master Printer, Instructor and Traditional Print Specialist at the Centre for Print Research (CFPR), where she joined in 2019 as Senior Research Technician in Print Technologies.

‘Where the Hand Meets the Machine: Craft, Code and Contemporary Printmaking’ This talk discusses the collaboration between artist R James Healy and myself in my role as Master Printer at the Centre for Print Research, UWE Bristol. It explores how robotics, algorithms and traditional screen printing techniques were combined to bridge the gap between the handmade and the digital.

Alex Russell is a contemporary artist, working with hand-made images and computer programming to build non-AI generative systems that create one-off digital prints. His processes translate traditional methods of composition (such as armatures or pattern repeats) into networks of algorithms that influence each other’s relative behaviour.

These employ complex systems (such as cellular automata or emergence) to determine the location and characteristics of hundreds of drawings, paintings and collages within a final piece.

Leonie Bradley is an expanded printmaker whose practice explores digital identities through analogue processes. Interrogating contemporary technologies such as AI and LiDAR, they use printmaking to examine how digital systems shape visibility, identity and human experience.

For Creative Intersections Day, they will present Routes of Disconsent, a short film created in collaboration with Dr Catherine Cartwright that playfully challenges the impact of facial recognition technologies on the right to protest. The work combines screen-printed wearable artworks, performance and moving image, mapping the routes of key protests through printed textiles. Alongside the film, they will share research exploring the use of LiDAR technology to identify hidden routes through cities, examining themes of visibility, surveillance and resistance at the intersection of digital and analogue practice.

Barton Hargreaves is an artist printmaker whose practice has developed alongside advances in digital print and associated technologies, which have both informed his work and opened up new creative possibilities. He will be joined by Tim Sullivan, an artist and researcher based in Plymouth whose work spans photography and moving image, with a growing focus on the contemporary and historical representation of land and our place within it.

For Creative Intersections Day, Barton and Tim will present Photopolymer Gravure: A Collaboration and the Interplay Between Analogue Photography, Printmaking and Digital Technologies. Through a conversation about their collaborative practice, they will explore the unique qualities of photopolymer gravure and discuss how analogue photography, traditional printmaking and digital processes intersect to shape their work.

Matt is a letterpress printer and PhD researcher, working at the intersection of traditional letterpress craft and contemporary manufacturing. A studio holder at the Devonport Guildhall, Matt works to bring modern tools into traditional craft, and explored the hybrid space in between the old and the new.

Talk: Type Revivals in Letterpress. Typefaces are all around us - most of the time we never even realise that they're there, or quite hold old some of them are! But what happens when they fall out of fashion, and time moves on? Join Matt for a short talk on reviving lost typefaces in the digital age, and how using 3D printers and digital fabrication tools, some of these lost typefaces can be back in print once more!

Auda Sakho is a designer, material researcher and founder of Redress Laboratory, a regenerative materials studio exploring natural colour, biomaterials and circular approaches to making. Working across print, textiles, natural dyes and material research, their practice investigates sustainable alternatives to conventional pigments, dyes and printing materials through experimentation with plants, algae, food waste and biological systems.

For Creative Intersections Day, they will present RAWprint: Printing with Living Colour, an ongoing research project developing natural printing inks from botanical pigments, algae, charcoal and waste-derived materials. Through live demonstrations, printed samples and material experiments, visitors will discover how raw natural materials can be transformed into usable inks, exploring the intersection of traditional printmaking, material innovation and sustainable design.

Sue Lewry is a printmaker, educator and early-career researcher working across screen printing, design and social making. Central to her practice is Colossal, her mobile print studio, which takes printmaking out of the traditional workshop and into public spaces.

For Creative Intersections Day, Sue will bring Colossal into the space for a live screen-printing experiment. Building on Ink Factory, her 2025 live printing performance, she will explore porosity through ink, paper and process. Expect something physical, analogue and slightly disruptive, with room for the unexpected.

Kayla and Stuart are artists and film-makers based in Plymouth. A key strand of our collaborative practice centres on landscape, place and memory, with a focus on rivers, estuaries and coastal zones. Their short films evolve through the experimental techniques and ‘direct animation’ techniques they’ve developed through working with upcycled expired and discarded 16mm and 35mm ‘analogue’ film (photochemical film or its cellulose acetate substrate).

They digitally sculpt the sound design from field recordings made at the locations close to the location which is the focus of that film.Their talk includes a showcase of short films that demonstrate their experimental techniques working with upcycled 16mm and 35mm film material, which is then scanned for screening and exhibition. They’ll also show direct animation artwork on display lightboxes, which explore the space where analogue and digital practices meet.

Flitch Creative is a multidisciplinary designer-maker and founder of Flitch Creative, exploring the intersection of traditional craft and digital fabrication. Working with CAD, parametric design, 3D printing and laser cutting alongside hands-on processes, their practice focuses on designing tools that support and enhance analogue making.

At Creative Intersections Day 2026, they will showcase projects including custom papermaking moulds, digitally designed watermarks and parametric screen-printing tools. Their work demonstrates how digital technologies can be used to rethink traditional craft processes, creating new opportunities for experimentation, accessibility and making.

Julie Amanda Dodd is an artist whose practice explores the intersection of craft and digital processes through the symbolic form of the jelly. Using both experimental techniques such as monoprinting and digital embroidery created from scanned jelly moulds, they explore ideas of identity, class and gender, alongside the impact of industrialisation and technology on craft, materials and making.

For Creative Intersections Day, they will present a combination of digital embroideries and expressive monoprints that create a conversation between digital and handmade processes. Visitors will be able to explore object scanning alongside the physical process of mono-screen-printing, revealing different approaches to image-making and material transformation. Drawing on research into the history of craft, women's labour and creative practice, the presentation offers an accessible and engaging perspective on the relationship between technology, making and identity.

Their collaborative interdisciplinary practice explores time, material, place and memory through print, sculpture, moving image, sound and ephemeral matter. They investigate how materials embody lived experience, carry historical narratives and shape our relationship with the environment.

Heather’s practice explores place memory, social inequalities and histories of class, labour and community. Lizzie’s work engages with the sensory and spatial qualities of materials, exploring their transformation and affective potential.

Grounded in a phenomenological approach, their work invites viewers to encounter materials through their senses, memories and bodies. They aim to create evolving spaces that reflect on the persistence of history, the changing nature of place and our relationship with materiality and the world around us.

Anita Reynolds is a printmaker living and working in West Cornwall. She undetakes large scale landscape projects. In 2012 she was awarded an Arts Council grant to help fund a 2 year project making prints whislt walking the 630 mile South West Coast Path. This was a pivital project which led to more opportunities and recognition within the printmaking community.

Anita has taken part in solo shows as well as collaborative exhibitions, she is an active member of MAKE Southwest and is a regular guest artist and speaker at Print in Action. Her work is featured in printmaking text books & journals and she has published two books. She teaches courses, leads the Professional Landscape Programme and is a mentor and film creator at The Newlyn School of Art.

Kate Humphries is a digital video artist based in Ashburton, Devon, whose practice focuses on short-form motion artworks created in 2D using flat colour and clean lines. Designed as seamless loops, her work draws inspiration from the geometry and geography of the local landscape, translating the plants, woods and heathlands of Dartmoor into immersive and meditative visual experiences.

For Creative Intersections Day, Kate will present Still, Everything Moves, a 360° immersive film bringing together a compilation of her motion artworks centred on the rhythms of nature and movement through the landscape. Alongside the film, visitors can view a series of screen prints developed during her residency at the Devonport Guildhall Print Studio, exploring how a time-based digital practice can be translated into physical printed works while retaining the intensity and sense of motion of the original animations.

Simon Hamlyn is a Bristol-based artist and animator whose practice is driven by experimentation and process-led exploration. Developing hybrid approaches that combine animation and printmaking, he is particularly interested in adapting traditional print techniques to create new ways of working. His work often explores themes of social history and the complex mythologies embedded within the built environment.

For Creative Intersections Day, Simon will present his ongoing experiments with animated Phenakistoscope Prints, exploring how this circular, "one-frame" animation format creates a bridge between printmaking and immersive media. Through a presentation and display of the work, he will discuss the history of the format, share his creative process and demonstrate how experimentation, troubleshooting and iteration have shaped the project as it continues to evolve.

Sophia Clist is an artist and printmaker whose practice explores the possibilities of mark-making, texture and material process. During her creative residency with Real Ideas, she has been investigating the intersection of traditional print practice and immersive digital technology, developing new approaches that respond to the unique scale and form of Market Hall's immersive dome.

For Creative Intersections Day, Sophia will present work created during her residency, including printed pieces and a projected digital print within the dome. Working from the print room at Devonport Guildhall, she has developed a new visual language shaped by the dome's circular environment, embracing negative space, texture and one-off marks to explore how printmaking can be experienced on an immersive scale.

Olivia Tew is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, printmaking, sound and immersive media. Exploring the relationship between people, place and memory, her work draws on fragments of everyday experience, from imagery and colour to sound, language and personal recollection. Working intuitively across analogue and digital processes, she is particularly interested in how emotional landscapes intersect with the environments we move through.

For Creative Intersections Day, Olivia will share work that brings together painting, printmaking and immersive media, exploring how traditional artforms can expand beyond the static image through sound, moving image and participation. Informed by her background in immersive storytelling and her recent research into the coastline as a space of reflection, uncertainty and change, her practice creates connections between physical materials, digital technologies and lived experience.

NooN Collective is a collaboration between multidisciplinary artist Kelly Bryant and choreographer and interdisciplinary artist Clare Parker. Working across film, projection, installation, performance, print and movement, their practices explore ideas of embodiment, memory, place and transformation. Together, they create immersive and site-responsive experiences that investigate connections between human bodies, materials and the environments we inhabit.

For Creative Intersections Day, NooN Collective will present work developed through the Real Ideas artist residency programme exploring the hydrological cycle and the movement of water through bodies, landscapes and atmospheres. Combining immersive media, movement and installation, the project considers water as both a physical environment and a process of circulation, transformation and return, reflecting on the ways human bodies participate in wider ecological systems.

Oliver Li is a Chinese illustrator and multidisciplinary visual artist based in Plymouth, working across illustration, print and animation. His practice explores the relationship between visual storytelling and human connection, combining vibrant colours, organic forms and hand-drawn textures to create playful narratives. Alongside his studio work, he is interested in collaborative and community-led creative processes, and in exploring how traditional image-making can evolve through digital and immersive technologies.

For Creative Intersections Day, Oliver will present an immersive underwater world inspired by a series of collage workshops with children. Transforming their ideas into original illustrations, he will create a 360-degree environment filled with imaginative creatures and fantastical marine life. Alongside the immersive work, visitors will be able to explore photographs and documentation from the workshops, revealing how the children's creative contributions shaped the final artwork.

A selection of innovative immersive works created by artists supported through the Immersive Arts programme.

Showcasing a range of creative approaches to immersive media, the screenings offer audiences the chance to experience projects that push the boundaries of storytelling, technology and artistic practice.

Featuring Immersive Verse by Co-Motion Projects (Lou Brett & Zoe Wilton) and Virtual Architecture of Empathy II by Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson, Khashayar Salmanzadeh and Ashton Namdar, the screenings highlight how artists are using immersive technologies to create engaging new experiences and perspectives.