Bevis Halsey-Perry

Since taking apart toys and hacking video game consoles as a child I’ve been tinkering with technology. Insatiably curious, I pursued an education in science before finally embarking on a degree in Creative Computing at Goldsmiths University of London.

Quickly I got engrossed into the collaborative and social aspect of tech and development and found myself at a hackathon, game jam or meetup almost every weekend. By the end of my second year, I was president of the newly formed Goldsmiths tech society – Hacksmiths and had organised three 100+ attendee events.

As my artistic practise developed, I became more interested in physical computing, building out a hardware library for the society and becoming an advocate for the original 1960s MIT hacker ethics. Post university, I became an expert in addressable LED lighting, fitting out bars and venues with cutting-edge lighting and fabricating electronics for up-and-coming artists.

Today, I revel in the current and rapidly developing potential of physical computing and live for a student’s response of “wait that’s possible!?”