Operatives

Many people’s hard work and creative talent have contributed to the Light Surgeons various projects over the past 15 years. The profiles below cover the key artists and contributors.

CHRISTOPHER THOMAS ALLEN

Lead artist, Director & Creative Producer

Christopher Thomas Allen is a media artist from London and the founder and director of The Light Surgeons. His work crosses a diverse range of media and forms: from producing and directing award winning experimental films, animations and music videos, creating large scale installation projects for major cultural institutions and brands, graphic art and photography and touring ground breaking live multi media performances internationally.

He is the central creative mind behind the studio, directing and producing a range of different design and arts based projects working with leading musical talents, fashion designers, architects, furniture designers and pioneering creative technologists internationally. He continues to forge new creative collaborations and make work that fuses art, technology and research to explore new approaches to experiences and storytelling in multiple contexts and across the creative disciplines.

PROJECTS BY CHRISTOPHER THOMAS ALLEN

Affiliated Artists

TIM COWIE

Director & Audio Visual Artist

Tim Cowie has contributed to a wide range of different projects at The Light Surgeons since 2004 in a variety of different ways; from filmmaking and motion graphics to creative direction and project development, from sound design to extensive music composition on film, installation and live performance projects. His creative talents remains a major part of The Light Surgeons’ creative output.

He works under the name Audio Dependent on music projects and his other creative work can also be found here: http://timcowie.com/

PROJECTS BY TIM COWIE

DAVE BAUM

Director & Audio Visual Artist

Born in Reading and making the short journey to London in 2005 Dave has directed, designed and animated various projects at The Light Surgeons over the last 5-6 years.
He is experienced in many aspects of visual production and when he’s not making visual art he can be found trying not to fall off his motorbike at various racing circuits around the UK.
More of his work can be found here: http://www.thelifegallery.co.uk/

PROJECTS BY DAVE BAUM

JUDE GREENAWAY

Audio Visual Artist & Director

Born in London, Jude’s background is in fine art and animation. He has been a long time creative collaborator at The Light Surgeons on a huge range of projects; from motion graphics, film direction, sound design and a major collaborator on many of our live audio live performances. He releases music under the name Scanone on various labels, including his own known as Yellow Machines
More of his moving image, sound design and composing work can be found here: http://www.judegreenaway.com

PROJECTS BY JUDE GREENAWAY

DAVID HAZELL

Web Developer

David Hazell is a DJ and web developer with a background in architecture. He’s responsible for the rebuild of this website and goes under the name Curious People.
You can find out more if you’re Curious here: http://curious-people.com/
View more of his web development work here: http://www.curious-people-projects.com/

PROJECTS BY DAVID HAZELL

JUDE GREENAWAY

Audio Visual Artist & Director

Born in London, Jude’s background is in fine art and animation. He has been a long time creative collaborator at The Light Surgeons on a huge range of projects; from motion graphics, film direction, sound design and a major collaborator on many of our live audio live performances. He releases music under the name Scanone on various labels, including his own known as Yellow Machines
More of his moving image, sound design and composing work can be found here: http://www.judegreenaway.com

PROJECTS BY JUDE GREENAWAY

ANNIE KWAN

Producer

Born in Singapore, Annie trained in theatre arts, film and cultural theory at Goldsmiths College and obtained a postgraduate qualification in Law.
At the Light Surgeons, she has worked as producer and project manager on numerous commercial and arts projects, working from initial concepts to delivery for corporate clients and arts commissioners from 2005 till the present.
She also works as Creative Producer and Filmmaker under the moniker Ali Kati.

PROJECTS BY ANNIE KWAN

MALCOLM LITSON

Audio Visual Artist

Based in London, Malcolm is an artist whose work spans audio and visual mediums. He is a prolific Music producer working under the name Bitvert and releases tracks on Random Records.
You can find out more about his work here: http://www.axisweb.org/artist/malcolmlitson
More of his music is available here: http://soundcloud.com/bitvert

PROJECTS BY MALCOLM LITSON