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Chris B

Manchester based technologist. Electronics, fabrication & programming.

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SONG SHELTER_BONE BALLAD_
With @eleanor_hooper_ @rlizgay @chrisballprojects

Still processing the incredibleness of working with such a thoughtful generous and experienced team @rlizgay @eleanor_hooper_ @chrisballprojects in of the best experimental venues in the UK @fullof.noises who have looked after us with heart and expertise. @amyrobina @dickiefelton @sophiebroadgate

More soon when my brain has landed

❤️ 💦


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2
2 months ago


The set up of our new version of Things That Light Up in Oldham for Illuminate! Very pleased with how this turned out and we pegged them all down to stop them blowing around or getting nicked!

@loveoldham @chrisballprojects

Thanks to our newest crew member Carys for looking after our light babies and packing them away and filming them! 🥰


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2
3 months ago

🌎 Molecular Clouds by Daksha Patel ☁️

🎨 Step into a world where art, science and climate action meet. Meet the artist and creative team behind Molecular Clouds, an immersive interactive projection that brings invisible greenhouse gases to life as colourful, swirling molecular forms. As audiences reach out to ‘touch’ these drifting shapes, they symbolically remove them from the atmosphere — offering a playful yet powerful sense of agency in the face of climate change.

Commissioned by our network partners, via the ILLUMINE programme

✨Light Night Leeds: 23-24 Oct 2025
✨Light Up Lancaster: 6-8 Nov 2025
✨Barnsley Bright Nights: 21–22 Nov 2025
✨Lightwaves Salford: 4–7 Dec 2025

🎨Creative Team:
George Harris – Producer
Chris Ball – Creative Technologist
James Hamilton – Sound Artist
Andrew Crofts – Technical Consultant

📈Join us and experience climate data like never before.


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6 months ago

INTERFACE_

How to enter the machine?

As you approach Latent Space, you will encounter a computer interface that invites you to select a symbol to enter the machine model.

I worked with Chris Ball to build this 3D printed keyboard, which selects video states to play back on my Dads 90s computer monitor. Yes the keys are clacky.
____

LATENT SPACES, spatial sound installation is open this Saturday and Sunday 25th & 26th October 11-3.30pm at Seesaw Space, Manchester. Free entry

This work was made possible by Sound and Music's In Motion programme. Sound and Music is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Network Partner supported by PPL UK.

#SoundandMusic #InMotion2024 #FundedbyPRSF #latentspace #machinelearning #electronicmusic #soundart #concretemusic #musiqueconcrete #fieldrecording #industrial #musictechnology #digitalart  #AI

@chrisballprojects
@soundandmusicuk
@prsfoundation 
@PPLUK
@futureverything
@jerwood_foundation
@seesawspace
@lol.editions


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1
7 months ago

INTERFACE_

How to enter the machine?

As you approach Latent Space, you will encounter a computer interface that invites you to select a symbol to enter the machine model.

I worked with Chris Ball to build this 3D printed keyboard, which selects video states to play back on my Dads 90s computer monitor. Yes the keys are clacky.
____

LATENT SPACES, spatial sound installation is open this Saturday and Sunday 25th & 26th October 11-3.30pm at Seesaw Space, Manchester. Free entry

This work was made possible by Sound and Music's In Motion programme. Sound and Music is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Network Partner supported by PPL UK.

#SoundandMusic #InMotion2024 #FundedbyPRSF #latentspace #machinelearning #electronicmusic #soundart #concretemusic #musiqueconcrete #fieldrecording #industrial #musictechnology #digitalart  #AI

@chrisballprojects
@soundandmusicuk
@prsfoundation 
@PPLUK
@futureverything
@jerwood_foundation
@seesawspace
@lol.editions


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1
7 months ago

INTERFACE_

How to enter the machine?

As you approach Latent Space, you will encounter a computer interface that invites you to select a symbol to enter the machine model.

I worked with Chris Ball to build this 3D printed keyboard, which selects video states to play back on my Dads 90s computer monitor. Yes the keys are clacky.
____

LATENT SPACES, spatial sound installation is open this Saturday and Sunday 25th & 26th October 11-3.30pm at Seesaw Space, Manchester. Free entry

This work was made possible by Sound and Music's In Motion programme. Sound and Music is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Network Partner supported by PPL UK.

#SoundandMusic #InMotion2024 #FundedbyPRSF #latentspace #machinelearning #electronicmusic #soundart #concretemusic #musiqueconcrete #fieldrecording #industrial #musictechnology #digitalart  #AI

@chrisballprojects
@soundandmusicuk
@prsfoundation 
@PPLUK
@futureverything
@jerwood_foundation
@seesawspace
@lol.editions


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1
7 months ago

INTERFACE_

How to enter the machine?

As you approach Latent Space, you will encounter a computer interface that invites you to select a symbol to enter the machine model.

I worked with Chris Ball to build this 3D printed keyboard, which selects video states to play back on my Dads 90s computer monitor. Yes the keys are clacky.
____

LATENT SPACES, spatial sound installation is open this Saturday and Sunday 25th & 26th October 11-3.30pm at Seesaw Space, Manchester. Free entry

This work was made possible by Sound and Music's In Motion programme. Sound and Music is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Network Partner supported by PPL UK.

#SoundandMusic #InMotion2024 #FundedbyPRSF #latentspace #machinelearning #electronicmusic #soundart #concretemusic #musiqueconcrete #fieldrecording #industrial #musictechnology #digitalart  #AI

@chrisballprojects
@soundandmusicuk
@prsfoundation 
@PPLUK
@futureverything
@jerwood_foundation
@seesawspace
@lol.editions


84
1
7 months ago

We made a thing with about 200 people in Ryebank Fields last weekend - took everyone on a lantern lit tour of the fields with our new lights, looking for bats and moths, and spotting UV art by @qubekmanchester with @friends_of_ryebank_fields . Finished with singing with Jules Gibb.

Huge thanks to @chrisballprojects as always for being a brilliant collaborator, @leeway_creative for having our backs and Sam Kestrel Films for the excellent footage.

This community green space is important to us all and we don’t want to lose it when there are many many derelict brownfield sites to build on! This felt like an important way of coming together to stand for something in our area that we believe in trying to save together and thank you for turning out to show support and be part of it!

#SaveRyebankFields


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7 months ago


Night Creatures
Sat 11th Oct
7-8.30pm
Ryebank Fields M160HB
Free

It’s the last few days to register your support for the alternative planning application for Ryebank Fields, which basically means the community will look after the space and we can do cool things like this together. Link in @friends_of_ryebank_fields bio.

7pm meet at Ryebank Community Garden for a spookily magical walk around Ryebank Fields.

Be part of a Things That Go On Things artivism installation where we spell out the words SAVE RYEBANK FIELDS in recycled bottle lights (provided) and then join us in a lantern lit bat and moth walk!

If you have a UV torch at home (often found in kids spy kits!) then please bring it as well, as we are lucky enough to be joined by @qubekmanchester who has created a secret hidden art trail to find with your UV torch!

We will end the night with a couple of songs with legendary Chorlton musician Jules Gibb!

Bring yourselves and a friend, wrap up warm, kids and dogs welcome, bring a flask if you want a drink! Dressing up is encouraged! Prize for best costume
🦇🦋🦡🐝🦊🦉

Reminder: the lights are not for keeps! Please return them at the end of the night! @chrisballprojects spent many many hours making these and we need them for the next gig 🤣


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9
7 months ago

Night Creatures
Sat 11th Oct
7-8.30pm
Ryebank Fields M160HB
Free

It’s the last few days to register your support for the alternative planning application for Ryebank Fields, which basically means the community will look after the space and we can do cool things like this together. Link in @friends_of_ryebank_fields bio.

7pm meet at Ryebank Community Garden for a spookily magical walk around Ryebank Fields.

Be part of a Things That Go On Things artivism installation where we spell out the words SAVE RYEBANK FIELDS in recycled bottle lights (provided) and then join us in a lantern lit bat and moth walk!

If you have a UV torch at home (often found in kids spy kits!) then please bring it as well, as we are lucky enough to be joined by @qubekmanchester who has created a secret hidden art trail to find with your UV torch!

We will end the night with a couple of songs with legendary Chorlton musician Jules Gibb!

Bring yourselves and a friend, wrap up warm, kids and dogs welcome, bring a flask if you want a drink! Dressing up is encouraged! Prize for best costume
🦇🦋🦡🐝🦊🦉

Reminder: the lights are not for keeps! Please return them at the end of the night! @chrisballprojects spent many many hours making these and we need them for the next gig 🤣


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7 months ago

Night Creatures
Sat 11th Oct
7-8.30pm
Ryebank Fields M160HB
Free

It’s the last few days to register your support for the alternative planning application for Ryebank Fields, which basically means the community will look after the space and we can do cool things like this together. Link in @friends_of_ryebank_fields bio.

7pm meet at Ryebank Community Garden for a spookily magical walk around Ryebank Fields.

Be part of a Things That Go On Things artivism installation where we spell out the words SAVE RYEBANK FIELDS in recycled bottle lights (provided) and then join us in a lantern lit bat and moth walk!

If you have a UV torch at home (often found in kids spy kits!) then please bring it as well, as we are lucky enough to be joined by @qubekmanchester who has created a secret hidden art trail to find with your UV torch!

We will end the night with a couple of songs with legendary Chorlton musician Jules Gibb!

Bring yourselves and a friend, wrap up warm, kids and dogs welcome, bring a flask if you want a drink! Dressing up is encouraged! Prize for best costume
🦇🦋🦡🐝🦊🦉

Reminder: the lights are not for keeps! Please return them at the end of the night! @chrisballprojects spent many many hours making these and we need them for the next gig 🤣


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9
7 months ago

Night Creatures
Sat 11th Oct
7-8.30pm
Ryebank Fields M160HB
Free

It’s the last few days to register your support for the alternative planning application for Ryebank Fields, which basically means the community will look after the space and we can do cool things like this together. Link in @friends_of_ryebank_fields bio.

7pm meet at Ryebank Community Garden for a spookily magical walk around Ryebank Fields.

Be part of a Things That Go On Things artivism installation where we spell out the words SAVE RYEBANK FIELDS in recycled bottle lights (provided) and then join us in a lantern lit bat and moth walk!

If you have a UV torch at home (often found in kids spy kits!) then please bring it as well, as we are lucky enough to be joined by @qubekmanchester who has created a secret hidden art trail to find with your UV torch!

We will end the night with a couple of songs with legendary Chorlton musician Jules Gibb!

Bring yourselves and a friend, wrap up warm, kids and dogs welcome, bring a flask if you want a drink! Dressing up is encouraged! Prize for best costume
🦇🦋🦡🐝🦊🦉

Reminder: the lights are not for keeps! Please return them at the end of the night! @chrisballprojects spent many many hours making these and we need them for the next gig 🤣


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9
7 months ago

Night Creatures
Sat 11th Oct
7-8.30pm
Ryebank Fields M160HB
Free

It’s the last few days to register your support for the alternative planning application for Ryebank Fields, which basically means the community will look after the space and we can do cool things like this together. Link in @friends_of_ryebank_fields bio.

7pm meet at Ryebank Community Garden for a spookily magical walk around Ryebank Fields.

Be part of a Things That Go On Things artivism installation where we spell out the words SAVE RYEBANK FIELDS in recycled bottle lights (provided) and then join us in a lantern lit bat and moth walk!

If you have a UV torch at home (often found in kids spy kits!) then please bring it as well, as we are lucky enough to be joined by @qubekmanchester who has created a secret hidden art trail to find with your UV torch!

We will end the night with a couple of songs with legendary Chorlton musician Jules Gibb!

Bring yourselves and a friend, wrap up warm, kids and dogs welcome, bring a flask if you want a drink! Dressing up is encouraged! Prize for best costume
🦇🦋🦡🐝🦊🦉

Reminder: the lights are not for keeps! Please return them at the end of the night! @chrisballprojects spent many many hours making these and we need them for the next gig 🤣


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9
7 months ago

Mentoring sessions with @chrisballprojects these past weeks🚦⚠️🔬

It was all go for the recent showings at @baylightmorecambeBaylight and @itsinnottingham Nottingham Light Night 🌱✨

@future_makers_uk @lutnorth

Funded by @fullof.noises @signalfilmmedia @aceagrams
#art #light #bioactive #emergingartist #newart #mortlockarts #ace #community #upcycling #festival #lightart #media


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1 years ago

Last year I spent several weeks with the team at @realmpictures creating the ultimate Haunted House experience for the upcoming Alone In The Dark game. The build/filming was three weeks of late nights and hard work, but with the loveliest people you could imagine - and the output speaks for itself. You can see the videos on YouTube, including runthroughs by @junobirch, @misterjoeblack, @bdisgusting, and a host of others. You can see a behind the scenes at @realmpictures YouTube channel too.

#aloneinthedark #horror #creativetechnology #haunting #screaminglotsofscreaming #notrealbirdsdontworry


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2 years ago


Last year I spent several weeks with the team at @realmpictures creating the ultimate Haunted House experience for the upcoming Alone In The Dark game. The build/filming was three weeks of late nights and hard work, but with the loveliest people you could imagine - and the output speaks for itself. You can see the videos on YouTube, including runthroughs by @junobirch, @misterjoeblack, @bdisgusting, and a host of others. You can see a behind the scenes at @realmpictures YouTube channel too.

#aloneinthedark #horror #creativetechnology #haunting #screaminglotsofscreaming #notrealbirdsdontworry


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2 years ago

Last year I spent several weeks with the team at @realmpictures creating the ultimate Haunted House experience for the upcoming Alone In The Dark game. The build/filming was three weeks of late nights and hard work, but with the loveliest people you could imagine - and the output speaks for itself. You can see the videos on YouTube, including runthroughs by @junobirch, @misterjoeblack, @bdisgusting, and a host of others. You can see a behind the scenes at @realmpictures YouTube channel too.

#aloneinthedark #horror #creativetechnology #haunting #screaminglotsofscreaming #notrealbirdsdontworry


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2 years ago

Last year I spent several weeks with the team at @realmpictures creating the ultimate Haunted House experience for the upcoming Alone In The Dark game. The build/filming was three weeks of late nights and hard work, but with the loveliest people you could imagine - and the output speaks for itself. You can see the videos on YouTube, including runthroughs by @junobirch, @misterjoeblack, @bdisgusting, and a host of others. You can see a behind the scenes at @realmpictures YouTube channel too.

#aloneinthedark #horror #creativetechnology #haunting #screaminglotsofscreaming #notrealbirdsdontworry


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2
2 years ago

Been delivering our short science show, "Autopsy" in Belfast this weekend. The history and practice of postmortems in a 20 minute package.

#Autopsy #projection #electronics #animation #organs


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2 years ago

Particle Shrine v3 at @sva__ Brunel Goods Shed.

As part of @hiddennotes___

With thanks to @kingsnmes@dbaudiotechnik_gmbh and @ableton their support

Thanks to all that visited - we hope you left feeling a little bit more cosmic and connected!

#subatomicparticles #muon #neutrino #particlephysics #physics #immersiveinstallation #immersiveart #immersive #spatialaudio #dbsoundscape #360audio #soundart #generative #abletonlive #processing #processingfoundation #maxmsp #soundsculpture #audiovisual #cosmicrays #cosmicmessengers #astronomy #cosmology #lightinstallation #installation


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2 years ago

This is a project I've been working on for some time, with @christosquier & @teppeikatori . Particle Shrine is at Science Gallery London (@scigallerylon) until January. Using our own cosmic ray detectors and streamed data from the Super Kamiokande experiment we sonify and excite a hall of mirrors. Visuals are provided by a representation of the super-k in the centre of the room. Lots of parts but lots of fun.

Thanks to the tech team at SGL, D&B audiotechnik for lending us their soundscape system, and Spencer Axani for making the cosmic watch project that our detectors are based on.

Photos by @_mjolly


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3 years ago


This is a project I've been working on for some time, with @christosquier & @teppeikatori . Particle Shrine is at Science Gallery London (@scigallerylon) until January. Using our own cosmic ray detectors and streamed data from the Super Kamiokande experiment we sonify and excite a hall of mirrors. Visuals are provided by a representation of the super-k in the centre of the room. Lots of parts but lots of fun.

Thanks to the tech team at SGL, D&B audiotechnik for lending us their soundscape system, and Spencer Axani for making the cosmic watch project that our detectors are based on.

Photos by @_mjolly


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3 years ago

This is a project I've been working on for some time, with @christosquier & @teppeikatori . Particle Shrine is at Science Gallery London (@scigallerylon) until January. Using our own cosmic ray detectors and streamed data from the Super Kamiokande experiment we sonify and excite a hall of mirrors. Visuals are provided by a representation of the super-k in the centre of the room. Lots of parts but lots of fun.

Thanks to the tech team at SGL, D&B audiotechnik for lending us their soundscape system, and Spencer Axani for making the cosmic watch project that our detectors are based on.

Photos by @_mjolly


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8
3 years ago

Cool guts of a Gould 250B Oscilloscope. This one's faulty, but I've narrowed it down to one PCB, at least.

#electronics #analog #highvoltage #oscilloscope #vintage #repair


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3 years ago

Cool guts of a Gould 250B Oscilloscope. This one's faulty, but I've narrowed it down to one PCB, at least.

#electronics #analog #highvoltage #oscilloscope #vintage #repair


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3 years ago


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