Arts+Culture / IncomingUVA - Exclusive documentary with Battles FootageQ&A with Freire Barnes, interviewer for the Seduced by Light documentaries (Jason Bruges, UVA, David Batchelor)ShareLink copied ✔️October 3, 2007Arts+CultureIncomingText Freire Barnes UVA - Exclusive documentary with Battles Footage United Visual Artists are extremely well known for their visuals for music acts such as Massive Attack, and most recently the Chemical Brothers in Trafalgar Square, but they also produce phenomenal interactive works combining light, video and sound.They've transformed the John Madejski garden at the V&A museum with Volume, a light and sound sculpture that coaxed visitors into its light forest where it would react to the audience's movement through colour and sound, creating a living entity. They've cultivated happy accidents in their artistic endeavour Echo at the Tate's Turbine Hall, an 8-minute performance incorporating dancers with a distorted screen playback of their movement creating an optical illusion. And their work has extended to video installations - Hereafter at Belsay Hall captured a visitor's presence, which was then relayed back on a flatscreen, capturing the history of the space like a delayed mirror; and music videos, like their recent promo for the mighty Battles, behind-the-scenes footage of which can be seen in this exclusive documentary made for Dazed Digital.Click here to watch 'Seduced by Light - UVA' Q&A with Freire Barnes, interviewer for the Seduced by Light documentaries (Jason Bruges, UVA, David Batchelor): Dazed Digital: How was it interviewing these artists, and who was the most interesting? Freire Barnes: It was fascinating as they all work in different remits to each other, therefore opening up new aspects of technology and ideologies towards light. You could probably say that Jason Bruges and UVA are more commercial artists, as they work more with design and architecture, and that David Batchelor would be considered more an artist in the "Fine Art" sense. It was interesting being able to see their working environments and how that differs, where the hive of activity was occurring in creation of work and ideas. I probably found the most depth with David Batchelor, yet there was real dynamism with UVA and their techniques, and intriguing equipment.DD: What was the biggest challenge making the films? FB: None really, maybe learning about the varying techniques of Jason Bruges and UVA, although this was more fascinating than challenging.DD: Have they made you think about light differently? FB: Yes, very much so and I think this is from 'our' perception of light and how it can dramatically change your viewpoint. There is the element "like a moth to flame" in its attracting, hypnotising factor, and then also the diversity as a medium, where it can be manipulated to each artist's gain. See the rest of the documentaries Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingTender portraits of Vietnamese youth in BerlinPhotographer Tracy Dong’s series Reassemblage portrays her chosen home among the Vietnamese diaspora in Berlin, and rectifies an act of historical erasureArt & PhotographyArt & PhotographyDressing for a ball: Dazed serves football couture for summer PumaFashionSalehe Bembury’s Puma collection is a love letter to the football communityFilm & TV7 sex worker-approved films about sex workBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaLife & CultureIlia Malinin breaks the ice – and his silenceMusicOlivia Rodrigo: ‘A breakup can be an opportunity to redirect your life’BeautyThe sexiest flesh-baring Instagram accounts you need to followFashionGriff: ‘Finding my style was almost a defence mechanism’Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy