Photos from Animoted

Robyn Dowlen experiencing VRoar (2023/24) by Adinda van 't Klooster and Nick Collins, March 2026, Photograph by David Oates, 2026

Here are some photos from Adinda van’t Klooster‘s exhibition, Animoted, which was at Modal Gallery in March. Animoted shows work that explores how emotion can be tracked and assessed by machines and used aesthetically in mapping decisions in interactive artworks.

All these projects are interdisciplinary projects led by Dr. Adinda van ’t Klooster. As well as a senior lecturer at SODA since 2022 and a member of the Performance Research Group, she is an interdisciplinary artist who has worked with programmers, musicians, artists, obstetricians, engineers, poets and composers. She combines digital and physical media like drawing and sculpture and has been an independent, UK-based artist for the past thirty years. This exhibition shows documentation of the earlier performance and sculpture-based projects, the recent VR artwork VRoar and work in progress from the Emote VR Voicer project, funded by the AHRC via a Catalyst Award.

For more information about the exhibition and to watch the Emote VR Voicer documentary that shows the work in progress, follow the links below!

Screenshot of the Emote VR Voicer Work in Progress Documentary, directed by Adinda van ‘t Klooster, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4TBi4h6w24, Photograph by David Oates, 2026
3D Prints of Emotion shapes by Adinda van ‘t Klooster, 2026, Photograph by David Oates, 2026
Close-up of Robyn Dowlen experiencing VRoar by Adinda van ‘t Klooster and Nick Collins in the Modal Gallery 2026, Photograph by David Oates, 2026
Screen shot of BioCombat projection, a live performance by Adinda van ‘t Klooster and Nick Collins performed at the Sage Gateshead in 2015, Photograph by David Oates, 2026
Reproduction of ink drawing entitled ‘The Roaming Eye’ by Adinda van ‘t Klooster, 2022, photographed in the Modal Gallery in March 2026 by David Coates
Adinda van ‘t Klooster experiencing VRoar during the Animoted exhibition in the Modal gallery, Photograph by David Oates, 2026
3D Print of ‘Sad Tree’ sculpture by Adinda van ‘t Klooster, 2026, Photograph by David Oates, 2026
3D Print of ‘Disgusted’ sculpture by Adinda van ‘t Klooster, 2026, Photograph by David Oates, 2026