INTERPLAY 2026

29 projects. One gallery.

Technical Direction for the UAL CCI student show at Copeland Gallery, Peckham. Sponsorship, floor planning, press, risk — 29 projects across four days.

Client

UAL CCI

Year

2026

Industry

Exhibition Production

Turnaround time

~4 months

The Question

Running the tech for a 29-project group show is not a design problem, it's a logistics problem. But every logistics decision becomes a design decision when you're setting up projection sightlines, running power to a wall panel, or asking a sponsor for three floating commercial licences of TouchDesigner two weeks before doors open. My question going in: can a Technical Director shape the feeling of an exhibition, not just make sure it turns on?

The Approach

I owned three workstreams:

Sponsorship — Negotiated three Floating Cloud Commercial licences plus SIGNAL tier support from Derivative. Wrote and delivered the sponsor pack.
Press outreach — Wrote and pitched the show to press contacts across London design and creative-tech media.
Risk & install — Ran risk assessments, coordinated install-day logistics, and handled the inevitable on-site problem-solving when three projectors and a servo panel decided to fail on the same afternoon.

The Outcome

INTERPLAY 2026 ran 21–24 May 2026 at Copeland Gallery, Peckham. All 29 projects installed and ran through the four-day run. Press coverage secured, sponsor deliverables met, and the internal team walked away with a template for how to run the next one.