Lightwell produces multimedia for museums and other public spaces. From large scale interactive installations to detailed touchscreen programs, we can work with any combination of media with physical space.
We focus on media production, but provide a range of related services such as conceptual design, software/hardware integration and final commissioning that help realise complex projects.
Most our work is with designers, architects and large project teams in developing media projects that are integrated with public space.
Michael Hill formed Lightwell in 2004 and is the company's Director. He studied painting at the National Art School and has a BA in Sculpture and Installation from Sydney College of Art (Sydney University), and an MA in Media Art from COFA (UNSW).
He has interests in performance and theatre as well as media production. He exhibited films and videos as a media artist before working with the Australian Film Commission in the mid-1990s. There he financed and oversaw the production of interactive projects and experimental media.
He has produced video and interactive programs for museums and and other public spaces for more than ten years, including programs for the Australian War Memorial, Australian Museum, National Sports Museum, National Archives and many others.
Dave Towey is a designer and programmer and is Lightwell's Technical Director.
He has a Bachelor of Design with Honours from COFA (UNSW), where he also received a university award for Design.
Prior to joining Lightwell, Dave was a grant holder at Fabrica - Benetton's communication research centre in Northern Italy. While at Fabrica he gained experience working with artists and designers from around the world and developed various interactive installations and media projects.
Dave's work has been installed in galleries and public spaces in Sydney, Melbourne, London, Venice and Seoul, as well as part of an exhibition of Fabrica's work at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Angelica has worked as an editor for over 9 years, assisting on feature films and taught in media arts courses at COFA, AFTRS, Metro Screen and The University of Western Sydney.
She has a Bachelor of Fine Art with Honors from the COFA (UNSW) where she is currently completing a Masters.
As an artist working with video installation and performance she has been involved in projects in Australia at the MCA Sydney, The Art Gallery of NSW, ACMI Melbourne, Perth Centre for Contemporary Art, Artspace Sydney and Queensand Art Gallery, and internationally in Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Warsaw, Zurich, Taiwan and Liverpool.
In 2009 she was the first video artist to win the 58th Blake Prize for religious and spiritual art.
Richard Wong holds a Bachelor of Design from COFA (UNSW) in environmental and graphic design.
Prior to joining Lightwell, he was involved with a project involving the development of media interactivity at CSIRO's Information Communication Technology Centre. He has been a freelance designer for various firms across Australia and Singapore with his experience covering a broad range of disciplines from spatial design, to graphic and interactive design.
He was was a national finalist in Australia's Adobe Pixel Mash 2009 and featured as an artist at the Adidas Superstar 35th Anniversary 2005 in Singapore.