Artists Statement

John Wood (keyboards)
Olu Taiwo (African drum)
Martin Hughes (Rock/ Jazz drum kit)
Kit Wood (DJ)

• John Wood, UK, writes on design related issues and edited “The Virtual Embodied” (Routledge, NY & London, 1998). He recorded and performed widely with the cult band ‘Deaf School’ and has also created public art works, electronic toys, software systems, and ‘eco-inventions’. He was deputy head of Fine Art at Goldsmiths University of London before writing several design courses including the Design Futures MA programme which he now co-ordinates. web.archive.org/web/20040906075438/http://futures.gold.ac.uk
• Olu Taiwo, UK,  is a dancer, actor, and percussionist. After obtaining a degree in Fine Art he completed his MA in Dance Studies at the Laban Centre, London. He was a founder member of the ‘mule Theatre Company and he has performed at festivals in Bath, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Glastonbury. He currently lectures at King Alfred College of Higher Education in Winchester. His chapter “The Return Beat” can be found in “The Virtual Embodied” (Routledge, NY & London, 1998), ed. J. Wood.