Driverless at the Science Museum London
2 June 2019 – October 2020
Dominic Wilcox’s Stained Glass Driverless Sleeper Car of the Future is on show at London’s Science Museum for the 18 month free exhibition ‘Driverless: Who is in Control?’.
“Artificial intelligence is gaining an ever-increasing presence in our lives. Everything from deep-sea exploration to getting a cheeky take-away is being reimagined with some form of automation.
Technology developers are racing to create fully autonomous machines with the ability to make decisions on their own. How many of these smart machines already exist? And how much control are we willing to transfer to them?
Discover more in this cutting-edge exhibition through interactive exhibits, thought-provoking objects and even a retro robot car. Driverless will give you a unique glimpse into the AI-driven tech that could shape the habits, behaviour and society of tomorrow. “
Extraordinary Solutions for everyday Problems Exhibition
Dominic was challenged by Microsoft Surface to design a couple solutions to everyday problems for an exhibition at the D&AD Festival.
Dominic’s ideas were a ‘One Foot Taller‘ periscope glasses device and a jacket to solve the problem of not knowing what side to walk past an oncoming person.
The Lost and Found Office of Oddities
Check out the project I started in Hull at the end of 2016 (though didn’t put it online until March 2019), I started a Lost and Found Office of the odd and unusual. It is a fictional place where things that no one knows what they are or what they do go. The office then asks the public for their imaginative ideas about them.
Visit a page here or the full website below
Little Inventors launches worldwide
Due to the incredible success of the Inventors! project we have now launched it as an organisation called Little Inventors.
We will work with schools and organisations around the world to take the project global.
We have been nominated for a WIRED Audi Innovation award and already connected with orgs around the world.
This includes NSERC the national science and engineering council of Canada.
Check out our new website to see the children’s ideas or get involved.
The World’s First Art Exhibition for Dogs
19t-20th August, 2016
Dominic Wilcox creates an art exhibition especially for dogs.
See all the pictures here.
INVENTORS! project launches
The exhibition of the INVENTORS! project has opened in Sunderland. Over 450 children(and some adults) were asked to draw their own inventions then local makers made a selection of them into real things. See the project website for all the ideas and made inventions. www.inventorsproject.co.uk
Steam Co. Day – 29th January 2016
Steam Co. is teaming up with Dominic Wilcox to stage one of their regional launch events as the culmination of Inventors! , Dominic’s art commission that is inspiring young people across Sunderland and South Tyneside to become the next generation of North-East inventors.
Announcing the INVENTORS! STEAM Co. Day – a day of short talks and creative activities at Monkwearmouth Academy in Sunderland on Friday, 29 January 2016.
Apply for your tickets here and hopefully we’ll see you there!
‘Inspiring tomorrow’s creatives, innovators and inventors’
http://www.steamco.org.uk/inventors
INVENTORS! Exhibition
This Autumn Dominic Wilcox has been encouraging the people of Sunderland and South Tyneside to return to their inventing roots. From October 2015 Dominic worked with schools, community groups and the public across the Cultural Spring wards to inspire as many new Inventors! as possible.Over 500 people have taken part in workshops and we have collected hundreds of invention ideas that will all feature in the exhibition.
A selection of drawings have been chosen by Dominic and a panel of local makers, expert trades people and manufacturers which will then be made in to real life inventions.
Thank you to everyone that took part in a workshop or sent us their invention idea – we have been blown away by the huge range of ideas and creativity.
Inventors! Exhibition 16 – 30 Jan 2016
The Inventors! Exhibition will open on Saturday 16th of January at 18 Fawcett Street, Sunderland SR1 1RH.
Come and see the vast range of ideas produced during our Inventors! workshops, from the wacky and absurd to the wonderfully simple and useful. Find out which ideas have been transformed by our team of makers into real objects, 2D designs or animations. The exhibition will also be the first chance to see exciting, new pieces of work by Dominic Wilcox.
Exhibition Opening Times 12pm – 5pm, closed Sundays
INVENTORS!
This Autumn Dominic Wilcox will be encouraging our Cultural Spring wards to return to their inventing roots. Did you know that self-raising flour, phone boxes and even the light bulb were all created by North East inventors? From October Dominic will be working with schools, community groups and the public across the Cultural Spring wards to inspire as many new Inventors! as possible.
A selection of these inventions and designs will then be chosen by Dominic and a panel of local makers, expert trades people and manufacturers to be made in to real life inventions that will feature in a special exhibition.
How to get involved with Inventors!
Schools:
Between 2 – 6 November Dominic will be visiting schools in our wards, armed with his own wacky inventions and the ideas and tools to inspire your very own classroom of inventors.
Half Term Workshops:
Bring your budding inventors along to one of our fun, half term drawing workshops and their ideas could be realised and feature in an exhibition alongside Dominic Wilcox’s work.
We’ll be at:
Miss Tina’s Coffee Shop, Southwick on Monday 26th October from 1pm – 3pm
Souter Lighthouse on Tuesday 27th October at 11am – 12.30pm & 1.30pm – 3pm
The FabLab, Sunderland on Wednesday 28th October 10am – 12pm & 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Roker Park Bowling Pavilion with Sunderland Live on Thursday 29th October from 2pm – 4pm.
West Harton Action Station on Friday 30th October 10.30am – 12pm & 1.30pm – 3pm
Makers, artists, fabricators…
Help us realise our inventions, we’d love to hear from you if you’re a person and/or company with the means to make – we need everything from blacksmiths to bungee rope makers and everything in between. Please get in touch if you think you may be able to help by contacting Amy.Taylor@theculturalspring.org.uk
