Philip Speakman


philipspeakman@hotmail.com
@philipspeakman
based in London.


It May Start Out as a Game...

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journal article, 2025
The Road That Eats Thoughts, live role play game, 1 hour, 2025
Reality Break, audio for radio, 16 minutes, 2024
Katabasing, XR performance, 20 minutes, 2024
A Self-Induced Hallucination, workshop, 2024
Chapel Perilous, moving image, 8 minutes, 2023
The Forked Path, moving image, 10 minutes, 2023
After Cottingley, engraved mirror, 2023
The Fauna of Mirrors, sculptural moving image, 2 minutes, 2022
Transforming Through the Screen..., critical writing, 2022
No Flaming House, collaborative moving image, 13 minutes, 2021
The Err, outdoor sculpture, 2021
Tell, story telling sessions, 2018-2019


CV





The Forked Path


4K video on slanted screen, almost imperceptible motion
10:05
2023

"It all began with a viral video, as all important things do now, but its roots ran deep to ancient undercurrents."

An internet folk story told though an allusive moving image, The Forked Path contemplates what the miraculous would look like online, and who and what reactions would be left in the comments section. 

Full viewing link on request.


Exhibited at Slade Graduate Degree Show 2023.


Exhibited at ‘Present Image’ at St Saviour’s Church 2024.