Author Archives: Hugh Pryor

Lung Tonic

What next to do with my bottle collection after the bottle chandelier? I have a fish tank from a slit scan experiment and some … more

Lego Rotating UV Laser

Experimental performance art photography with laser and technic lego assembly In the year 1BC (Before Coronavirus) I bought a box of technic lego from … more

Dance Moves

Photographic exhibition at the Old Fire Station, Oxford September 2019.
Collaboration with Naomi Morris as part of the

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Still in Motion

Exhibition at the The Old Fire Station Hugh Pryor’s motion based and figurative photography in the theatre entrance of the Old Fire Station. Video … more

Infant Pain Banner

Roll banner design and illustration for the Oxford University Department of Paediatrics used at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

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Fractal Video performance art

At the ‘Squash and Stretch Performance Art festival, Headington Hall, Oxford. May 2018 The ‘Squash & Stretch’ Performance Art Festival was organised by Veronica … more

Psychedelic Mushrooms

Decorations for the Psychedelic Saturnalia in December 2017 working with Moez Kaudeer. This involved making a couple of giant Amanita Muscaria or Fly Agaric … more

MfOR Website

The Museum for Object Research is an online platform for neurodivergent artists curated by Sonia Boué and funded by Arts Council England. I made … more

Ruskin Workshops

The first workshop explored space and movement using a sheet of laser light as a canvas and fluorescent materials as a brush. Different effects … more

Bicycle Sculpture

The Oxford Big Green Day Out 10th June 2017 Commissioned by the Oxford City COuncil and Broad Street, Oxford, 10th June 2017 Sculpture at … more

Chronochromatography workshop

Held at OVADA as part of the ‘Director’s Cut’ exhibition, 22 April 2017. I made a slit scan camera out of a Pound Land … more

Reflection studies

These images are made by taking long exposures of models painted in black oil as part of my collaboration with Naomi Morris.  

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Making of the bicycle sculpture

Myself and Roger Perkins have received funding to make a bicycle sculpture for the Oxford Big Green Day Out. We received a collection of rusty and … more

“Not to be Taken”

Bottle Bulb chandelier installed at Tap Social LED lighting installation constructed from found pre-war glassware, bicycle wheel, barbecue lid, gear cassette and gooseneck conduit. … more

Paper decoration

I had the opportunity to design the layout on Cathy Baldwin’s paper ‘What about the People – The socially sustainable, resilient community and urban development‘, which offers a … more

Ultraviolet cornstarch

Working with Naomi Morris during her residency at OVADA August 2016. Her project which involved finding a way of pouring fluid over her figure and … more

Psychedelic Circus at The Cellar

The Psychedelic Circus at The Cellar, Oxford was a wonderfully eclectic event organised by Dot and Maya, which enabled me to showcase my fractal … more

Pillbox Camera Obscura

When I first visited a pillbox along the Thames at Appleton (OSGB grid reference SP 413011) I noticed that the view was being very … more

Clypeus

Commissioned ink painting for Jane Charlesworth, with the livery colours of the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company. Inspired by the original photo of Clypeus at … more