Jan Frith works across time-based media and sculptural objects using technology, exploring analogue and digital systems, machines, and the interplay between chance and control. Her work bridges past and present, examining how technological systems shape human experience, memory and belief. Rooted in social commentary and participation, her practice often invites interaction, using systems and feedback to reveal hidden narratives, collective thought and shared authorship. As an artist, she positions herself as both participant and instigator within these structures, questioning how control operates within larger social and technological frameworks.
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Quickstep Tango Waltz (LED lightbox triptych with embedded MP3 players and headphones)
Dance traces were captured using custom tracking technology as Frith danced with strangers at a tea dance in West London. Reinterpreted as lightbox works, selected and separated dance traces visualise the choreography of human connection. The work explores control, chance, and gendered authorship, translating human behaviour and digital systems into a precise visual form.
Sewing Memories (vintage sewing machine with embedded Raspberry Pi and mini LCD screen)
With each revolution of the sewing machine handle, a line of memory text on the mini screen shifts upwards, echoing the movement of fabric through the machine. Turning the handle enables direct engagement and emotional reflection through the physicality of the vintage Singer sewing machine, whilst revealing a growing archive of intergenerational memories.
Feedback Loop (‘Good Companion’ typewriter with continuous paper installation)
Feedback Loop gathers public responses to the question: “What do you think of Artificial Intelligence, and how might it affect your life in the next ten years?” Contributions from a wide range of individuals spanning different ages, backgrounds, and professions are typed onto a continuous paper roll that feeds through a manual typewriter and extends into suspended loops surrounding a desk. Through this analogue process, reflections on a digital future are slowed, materialised, and made visible. The work evolves through ongoing contributions, revealing a collective, uncertain, and often contradictory public voice around AI.
