aomame space presents doing time

Doing Time was conceived as a pilot project for Aomame Space and had its trial run on 19th May 2022. Over the course of two hours, invited guests experienced the work of multiple artists in a uniquely designed prison setting, pixel-streamed to their digital devices. The Doing Time environment has since been rebuilt for an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) format using the latest developments in Unreal Engine 5.

image: Cardiff MADE: L'A.R.T. (Cardiff), Teddy Hunter, Tess Wood, Beth Greenhalgh, Rachel Helens Walsh, performance in response to Other Worlds exhibition, 2022;  Other Worlds painters: Susan Adams; Charlotte Brisland; Jo Berry, Tess Gray, Richard James, various painting media, various dates

Mix set produced by Drunken Miss Orderly; visuals by Supercharger-blown collective for Aomame Space presents: Doing Time, 2025

Mix set produced by Drunken Miss Orderly; visuals by Supercharger-blown collective for Aomame Space presents: Doing Time, 2025

Doing Time, high resolution still image from virtual environment

Doing Time, high resolution still image from virtual environment

Doing Time, high resolution still image from virtual environment

Doing Time, high resolution still image from virtual environment

The Aprognostic Temple (Brussels), The Cube of the Unknown, 2022, mixed media

The Aprognostic Temple (Brussels), The Cube of the Unknown, 2022, mixed media

Yetu Gallery (Kinshasa): Michèlle Magema, The Kiss of Narcisse(e), 2010, video projection, (2:29); Lucy C'est Moi, 2017, mixed media

Yetu Gallery (Kinshasa): Michèlle Magema, The Kiss of Narcisse(e), 2010, video projection, (2:29); Lucy C'est Moi, 2017, mixed media

Paper Gallery (Manchester), James Moore and Caspar White; The Competition, 2022; paintings in oil on aluminium and on board, paintings on surface of wall, recreated in Unreal Engine for Aomame Space presents: Doing Time, 2025

Paper Gallery (Manchester), James Moore and Caspar White; The Competition, 2022; paintings in oil on aluminium and on board, paintings on surface of wall, recreated in Unreal Engine for Aomame Space presents: Doing Time, 2025

Quad (Derby), Tilly P-M, Creel and Crabs, 2020, video, (13:46)

Quad (Derby), Tilly P-M, Creel and Crabs, 2020, video, (13:46)

doing time at Malhoun

In February 2025, Doing Time was showcased at Malhoun during the 1-54 Art Fair in Marrakech as part of Marrakech Art Week. Visitors engaged with the project firsthand, and we gathered valuable audience feedback, captured in this video.

Doing Time features

  • CardiffMADE (Cardiff) – L’ A.R.T. 

  • Nástio Mosquito (Luanda | Ghent), How Obese Are Your Gods, 2025, audio performance, act 1 of 3, (4:10)

  • Chapter (Cardiff) – Human Conditions of Clay 

  • D-Unit (Bristol) – James Bragg 

  • Drunken Miss Orderly (Cardiff) 

  • Elysium (Swansea), Myles Mansfield 

  • Gallery 1957 (London | Accra) – Godfried Donkor 

  • Jon Ruddick (Cardiff) 

  • Marko Mäetamm (Tallinn) 

  • Marc Blazel and Rebecca Edwards (London) 

  • Mastertronic (Scarborough) 

  • Gernot Fuhrmann (Lisbon)

  • PAPER (Manchester) – Casper White and James Moore 

  • Shift (Cardiff), South Wales Improvisors 

  • Sissy Boy Tears (Bristol) 

  • Sluice (London), Andre Ogilvie de Jong 

  • The Lovely Phoenix (Cardiff) 

  • Stuart Bowditch and Elisabetta Antonucci 

  • Sue Williams, Marilyn Allen and Adam Shailler (Cardiff | Swansea)

  • The Agprognostic Temple (Brussels)  

  • QUAD (Derby) – Tilly P-M 

  • Yetu Gallery (Kinshasa) – Michèle Magema 

special thanks to

  • Andre Ogilvie de Jong and Adam Shailler

  • Axisweb

  • Cardiff School of Art and Design

  • Centre for Creative and Immersive eXtended Realities, University of Portsmouth

  • Clwstwr

  • Jon Ruddick

  • Landsker

  • Rhiannon Lowe

  • University of South Wales