[London, UK; 15.04.03]

Version 2.0 of RND#24, Artificial Worlds. V.2.0 takes the initial concept of V.1.0 and runs with it: by taking the real and the virtual and blending them into a composite where the viewer is often asked to decipher which is which, V.2.0 creates a more complex set of questions… along the lines of: when technology can precisely mimic reality what the hell do we do then?

[Newcastle + Hartlepool, UK; 09.03.06]

Following on from two earlier films in the Artificial Worlds series, Version 3 ups the production values (and ambition) to create a rich and detailed world where the viewer is confronted with different realities within the same time and space.

In effect this forces the viewer to consider the theory that modern realities are now more interchangeable than ever, and that moving between them is not only easy but what we have all now come to expect.

[San Francisco, USA; 25.11.00]

Artificial Worlds questions how much cultural emphasis and importance we now place on artificial worlds such as the internet, computer games and other immersive environments.

From an objective point of view, it would seem that the computer is now our environment of choice and very much at the expense of real-life and real experience.

What intrigued me most about making this film was how artificial and alien the real world felt as I filmed it – and the slow realization that I too had perhaps succumbed to this gradual shift in lifestyle. And ultimately: does being more comfortable in an artificial world make it the real one?