Davy & Kristin McGuire
August 2022: Invitation by the Queen of Denmark
We feel very honoured to have been invited by the Queen of Denmark for a wonderful discussion about how we created our mermaid underwater...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Jul 27
- 1 min
July 2022: Denmark and Singapore
The world is opening up again we're getting super busy! While we can't yet talk about some magical but confidential projects cooking up...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Jul 8
- 1 min
June 2022: “mesmerising, exceptional, beautiful, jaw-dropping, unique, powerful, it made me cry"
Kristin's been trying to retire from dancing but it just doesn't seem to happen :) Instead she did a double bill with acrobat Nikki...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- May 4
- 1 min
May 2022: A deadly reincarnation in papercraft...
With only two missing pages the stage (or prop?) for our augmented reality project is now almost complete! Below are videos of the book...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Apr 14
- 1 min
April 2022: Behind the Scenes of 'Grains of Recollection'
If you liked our Virtual Reality project Grains of Recollection you might wonder how it came to be. Our wonderful funders XR Stories came...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Mar 8
- 1 min
March 2022: Augmented Reality Vampires!
We're working on completing our first augmented reality project (an AR Pop-Up Book) which is anticipated to premiere at SXSW in Texas...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Feb 4
- 1 min
February 2022: From Mermaids to Vampires
People have always told us that they'd like to live in our paper worlds and we've finally created the closest option to experiencing this...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Jan 3
- 1 min
January 2022: "The most beautiful thing in 2021"
The year started with the most flattering email and "Best of 2021" article from the former circus critic at The Stage, Liz Arratoon:...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
December 2021: Our work is all about water and paper this month...
We are entering the final stages of our funded R&D in which we tried to transpose our paper craft aesthetic into Virtual Reality. In 5...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
November 2021: Our mermaids are migrating to Manchester
10.000 people saw our Sirens installation over a long weekend in Hull last month and next month you have 10 days to see them swing...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Oct 8, 2021
- 1 min
October 2021: Real Mermaids?
Yes, we'll be projecting real life size mermaids into Hull's docks this month! Location: Princes Quay, HU1 2PQ Open times: 6:30-9:30pm,...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Sep 9, 2021
- 1 min
September 2021: Our first VR film!
We've started research and development work on our first VR film and we're so excited to see our paper models in VR using Unreal Engine....
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Aug 27, 2021
- 1 min
August 2021: We've moved!
We've relocated to our new studio in Hull's beautiful old town. Come and visit us soon, we've got some super exciting projects in the...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 min
July 2021: Pole Dance & Interactive Projection Mapping
We've been busy exploring how interactive projection mapping could be combined with pole dancing. This R&D has been hosted by Hull...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Jun 1, 2021
- 1 min
June 2021: Two more Funding Successes!
Lots of exciting news this month! Creative XR 1. We're excited to announce that we reached the final stage of the prestigious Creative XR...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
May 2021: Funding success!
We've just received an offer letter from Arts Council England to develop our work on pole dancing and interactive projection mapping....
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Apr 23, 2021
- 1 min
April 2021: Kristin's become a 'cover girl'
The book launch for 'Shakespeare, Spectatorship and the Technologies of Performance' happened last year but we've only just clocked it!...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
March 2021: New Body of Work
We've been working on two new series of wall hanging pieces: One series uses back lit plexiglass to create large (60cm by 1200cm) stained...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
February 2021: Sirens!
We've begun work on a new commission for which we will project real mermaids into the docks of Hull and beyond. The project will be...
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Davy & Kristin McGuire
- Jan 19, 2021
- 1 min
January 2021: Vertigo premieres at London International Mime Festival
"Best of the bunch, though, is Kristin and Davy McGuire’s Vertigo, which uses digital projections onto gauze to transform a sensuous...
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