shemza.digital #6, 2022

Created by Aphra Shemza. Programming by Jamie Howard. 3D Design by Anna Sycheva.

Materials: Recycled Green Cast acrylic, LED, and bespoke circuit

Dimensions: 2.1 x 0.5 x 0.5 m

In shemza.digital #6, the viewer is invited to interact with a column borrowed from Shemza’s City Wall series. Here Aphra Shemza has turned Shemza’s 2D concept which he based on Islamic architecture into something physical again that can be felt and experienced by the viewer. The ultrasonic sensors of shemza.digital #6, measure the visitor’s distance from the work and on approaching the archway the viewer’s presence makes the lights illuminate, enticing the viewer to interact with the piece. The viewers’ physical interactivity turns them into active, connected participants and this not only further develops the work but creates it: the closer they get, the more they see. Shemza.digital #6 embraces notions of performativity, dialogue and interchange.