Sugrue’s works experiment with technology in playful and curious ways and investigate topics such as artificial life, eye-tracking and optical illusions. She has exhibited internationally in such festivals and galleries as Ars Electronica, Sónar Festival, KiBela Gallery, YCAM, Matadero Madrid, and La Noche En Blanco Madrid.
Her works have been supported by the Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, Hangar Barcelona, Medialab-Prado Madrid, Harvestworks, and La Casa De Velazquez.
Base 8, 2011
by Chris Sugrue
A reflection through glass creates the illusion of a world floating in air. As visitors reach into the space, moving structures and abstract geometric forms begin to appear in between their fingers.
Decrypted Reflections, 2009
by Chris Sugrue
An interactive installation that explores light, space, and generative forms. A system of mirrors allows visitors to manipulate a projected image, moving its broken pieces to create new structures.
Waves to Waves to Waves, 2008-09
by Chris Sugrue and Damian Stewart
An audio-visual performance and interactive installation that uses electromagnetic sensors to create and alter a visual and sonic environment.
A Cable Plays, 2008
by Chris Sugrue and Damian Stewart
An audio-visual performance exploring rule systems and play. Two performers appear to be engaged in a strange game or ritual. As they take turns pinning bits of yarn across an arcane game board, an augmented video of their play-space reveals a world coming to life between the patterns.
Delicate Boundaries, 2007
by Chris Sugrue
This interactive installation imagines that the worlds inside our digital devices can move into the physical world. Small bugs made of light crawl out of a computer screen onto the human bodies that make contact with them, often surprising their audience as they try to abandon a virtual existence.
Two Lines, 2007
by Chris Sugrue
An algorithmic animation exploring movement, behavior and depth.
Re-Gaze, 2005
by Chris Sugrue
An interactive installation where the visual fixations and eye movements of an individual cause a sequence of images to react, form and respond to being seen.