Chris is the founder and director of The Light Surgeons. His work crosses a diverse range of media; from graphic design, photography, film and video installations through to exhibition curation. He works on all aspects of projects as a producer, director and collaborating artist in his own right.
Deluxe gate fold Album artwork for the release of the music from SuperEverything* live cinema project commissioned by British Council Malaysia
A dreamy music video collaboration with artist Laetitia Sadier exploring inner and outer landscapes, feelings, memory, and healing
A dual screen, surround sound live cinema performance that explores themes of time, memory and meaning, in remembrance of British poet, art critic and painter John Berger
Audio-visual performance that unites an archive of 16mm film loops with an improvised, sonic collage of cassette tape loops, performed through a four-track to form a unique audiovisual analog adventure into the nature of reality.
Live cinema performance combining analog photography, video, and electro-acoustic collage that explores liminal landscapes and non-places to tell an audiovisual story about migration, borders, climate and globalisation
Music video for artist Hatis Noit contextualising BFI archive films on Japan with new footage to explore notions of the past, present and a future
Audio-visual Installation exploring the rich cultural history of Japan through the concept of “a river in time” featuring music by Midori Takada
This is a feature documentary, a story about culture, colonialism, and the power of photographs told by a community in West Africa.
A short documentary portrait of the Nigerian artist and ceramicist Ozioma Onuzulike filmed in Nsukka, Nigeria
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An exhibition exploring the legacies of colonialism in the present through the re-engagement with an early anthropological archive gathered in West Africa
Five monologues performed by West African storytellers bring new narrative to a series of characters found in the photographs of a colonial archive
A music video for UK-based electronic recording artist Vulgar Flower exploring pleasure and pain, nature and the unnatural
A short documentary portrait film about composer and audio-visual artist Tim Cowie commissioned by Sennheiser for the 2019 Berlin IFA Event
Award-winning short documentary film that complicates any simple reading of a collection of images from the archives of colonial anthropologist N. W. Thomas
An audio-visual art project exploring the history and processes of visual music and animation through a process of co-creation, workshops, and experimental live performance
Live audio-visual performance created in collaboration with UK composer and electronic artist Matthew Herbert reflecting on Brexit
Immersive audiovisual installation for the entrance of Tommy hilfiger’s Spring 2018 runway show at Milan Fashion week
Film installation commissioned by The Design Museum in London for the entrance to the permanent exhibition on design that explores the relationship between designers, makers, and users
Immersive video installation created in collaboration with fashion photographer for Tommy Hilfiger’s stand at Petti Uomo fashion fair in Florence Italy
Video art installation exploring notions of time, religion, and our relationship with technology for media arts exhibition in Eusebius Church in Arnhem
London’s first dedicated audio-visual performing arts festival co-created by the media arts community with the support of Creative Europe and Arts Council England
An immersive live event for iconic Swiss brand Victorinox in central London featuring custom video mapping and a specially curated film programme featuring work from leading international media artists
Video design and creative direction for the British Film Institutes biannual Luminous fundraising gala at the Guild Hall in London
Video design for contemporary dance theatre company C12’s production Watson funded by Arts Council England
IDM music video developed from the live cinema performance project True Fictions featuring leading free-style NY rappers and produced by Scanone
Gatefold album artwork for the release of the co-created music from our seminal live cinema project exploring truth and myth in New York state
Immersive interactive audiovisual installation created for Wirded magazine for an event in the historic wind tunnel at Farnborough Airport
Immersive audio-visual performance featuring Idris Elba celebrating the importance of film for the British Film Institute’s first Luminous Gala fund raising event in London
Interactive audio-visual installation for Getty images exploring their extensive collection of moving image material via keywords and custom software development
Short film bringing to life a collection of West African Sowie mask for an exhibit at the British Museum
Concert visuals for legendary British jazz ensemble for a one-off performance at the Sydney Opera House commissioned by Graphic Festival
A collection of six documentary films exploring different designers and makers practices created for the UK Crafts Council’s touring exhibition ‘Added Value?’
Title sequence for Channel 4 TV list show about the history of Club culture
Visual music animation designed for the LED screen exterior of Wembley Arena commissioned by Barclaycard
Audio-visual installation commissioned by the Horniman Museum exploring peoples perception of each other through dress in the city
A landmark live cinema performance project exploring the relationship between identity, ritual and place across the landscape of Malaysia commissioned by the British Council
Large scale audio-visual installation for the Voyagers Gallery at the National Maritime Museum utilising custom made video mapping software
A multi-screen. multi-channel live audio-visual performance exploring London’s physical and virtual information landscapes over a 24 hour cycle
Ground breaking concert video design featuring a stellar line up of guest vocalists for the now legendary UK drum and bass duo Chase & Status
Music video for Brooklyn based folk singer Jo Williamson
LDN24 was a audio-visual art commission for the Museum of London that presented an anthropomorphic portrait of the city over a 24 hour cycle using film, sound and data
Event visuals exploring design and media production processes for the prestigious D&AD awards at the iconic Camden Roundhouse in London
Touring installation project telling the story of a series of craft objects through pairs of documentary films and a enclosed space commissioned by the Crafts Council UK
Short film featuring a track by DJ Food created to show case Panasonic’s new GH1 mirrorless camera by documenting life in London
Audio visual installation for Fashion brand Notify exploring their various production processes created in collaboration with Ron Arad for the Petti Uomo in Florence
Award winning documentary short film exploring the concept of luck through a collection of voices from London’s Jewish community
Live performance and video mapping installation co-created through a series of workshops with young people from the 2012 host boroughs exploring the Olympic site and planned development of Stratford and Newham
Media art installation exploring the connections between language, technology and their effects on society by Christopher Thomas Allen
Visual production for Blackberry’s trade show stands utilising stealth L.E.D. technology
Visual experience for the UK launch for the Blackberry Bold 3G mobile
Short documentary film that unearths a tangled web of conspiracies and divergent views surrounding the events of 911
Short film exploring the collective search for self through the notion of “home”, commissioned by Channel 4
A short animated film exploring environmental issues produced through a collaborative 10 day workshop in Sapporro Japan
A collection of 35mm slide photography that explore the transient non-spaces encountered when travelling
Mixed media gallery installation exploring the theme of domestic space through the voices and homes of eight Londoners
a selection of silk screen print work created for the Domestic Archaeology Exhibtion at the Museum Of The Home
A selection of poster designs from different projects
exploration of surface, form and motion for exhibition of new furniture by ron arad at the marconi gallery in milan
Concert visuals for the Manchester Indy band ‘The Long Cut’
Media art exhibition at the OXO Barge House building on London’s Southbank exploring the thresholds between public and private space
a collection of photographic lamda prints exploring Transitions, boundaries and thresholds around the world
A collaborative media art exhibition at The Museum of the Home exploring the changing nature of individuals living spaces in London
Live cinema performance project exploring truth and myth across the state of New York, created in collaboration with a group of New York musicians and in dialog with Native American communities
Live cinema performance that remixes, collages and rescores the classic 1950’s Hollywood film The Fountain Head with a post-modern twist
Retrospective of photography, graphic design and print work by founder and creative director Christopher Thomas Allen
Co-created film project painting a portrait of a place and its culture, informed through a unique collaboration with local artists from Newcastle and Gateshead
workshop project with an intergeneration group exploring the home through memory and the creation of personal monuments
Multi-screen audio-visual piece celebrating the history and cultural significance of London’s most famous concert hall projected onto its exterior for its re-opening
video art installation for the entrance of bloomberg’s london hq
Exterior video projections on the Palazzo Dei Congressi for Dissonanze5 Festival in Rome
Concert visuals for Zero 7’s UK National Tour
Promotional film for proposed public art project in Camden Town designed by Ron Arad
Award winning animated digital short film exploring the psychogeography of inner city Manchester through the experiences of a partially sighted woman
Digital film project mapping the city of Middlesborough created through a unique open source collaboration with local artists
An audio visual remix of a classic old western film created for Addictive TV’s Mixmasters series which was broadcast in the UK on ITV
A film made to communicate the concept for a wireless touch screen computer as a pitch to LG by the designer Ron Arad
Creative workshops and a series of live performances with a group of disabled musicians working with the disablity charity Drake Music
Visual mix of motion graphics produced for different fashion brands
Album Artwork for UK Hip-Hop outfit Dynamic Syncopation for Ninja Tune
Title sequence for BBC1 music program
360 degree immersive environment created for Architect & Designer Ron Arad’s exhibit at the Milan Furniture Fair
Land mark live cinema performance that weaves a kaleidoscopic audio-visual journey around the world through documentary film footage, analog slides and 16mm to reveal a series of contrasting views
Documentary short tracing the journey of a Venice Beach street philosopher from the west to the east coast of the USA
A collection of single and album artwork for the UK band
Experimental documentary short film tracing the tangential journeys of a Venice Beach street philosopher across the USA
Artwork for “Music with no Name” vol1. by the label Electric Melt created for legendary graphic designer Ian Swift
Record sleeve design for UK IDM and electronic pioneer Scanone
Audio visual track made for the Mixmasters TV series that deconstructs The Light Surgeons tools and processes
An immersive art installation that deconstructed the analog tools and processes of the studio at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London in 1999
CONCERT VISUALS for U.N.K.L.E. Dj sets & live shows promoting the seminal Psyence Fiction Ablum in 1999
Graphic Design for Funki Porcini 12″ Release “Rockit Soul” on Ninja Tune
Album & single artwork for UK trip-hip pioneers the Sneaker Pimps
An audio visual remix of cult sci-fi cinema commissioned by the London Film Makers Co-Op and scored live by the Ninja Tune artists the Herbaliser and Dynamic Syncopation
Music video for the UK Hip-Hop and Jazz outfit The Herbalizer’s track Wall Crawling Insect Breaks, released on Ninja Tune
Album & Single artwork for the British indie rock band Cornershop
Analog 16mm film and slide concert visuals for UK trip-hop pioneers The Sneaker Pimps
