YOU:MATTER
An unforgettable interactive journey exploring how we are all connected to the natural world.
Conceived and designed by Marshmallow Laser Feast, YOU:MATTER is one of the experiences at the newly reopened National Science and Media Museum. The installation invites visitors to explore the deep connections that link all living things — from the microscopic to the cosmic.
All Seeing Eye Technical Lead Adam Child was brought on board to deliver the technical implementation of Tree of Life — a centrepiece interactive projection.
Standing before a pool of light, visitors have their likeness captured in real-time via a ZED depth camera. Their face and form are then seamlessly integrated into a 10-metre-wide projection canvas, becoming part of a living, shifting tapestry of flora, fauna, and cosmic imagery.
The result is a visually stunning, ever-evolving ecosystem — blending audience participation, real-time computer vision, and large-scale projection into a powerful meditation on interconnectedness.
YOU:MATTER is a spectacular immersive exhibition commissioned by the National Science and Media commissioned for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
You:Matter, Bradford, 2025, photo by James Medcraft
For Marshmallow Laser Feast
- Directed By Marshmallow Laser Feast
- Robin McNicholas
Barnaby Steel
Ersin Han Ersin
- Executive Producers
- Carolina Vallejo
Eleanor (Nell) Whitley
Mike Jones
- Voiced By
- Verity Henry
- Experience Interpretation Text & VO Script By
- Seth Bockley
Shayla Love
- Exhibition Design & Art Direction
- Ece Tankal
- Technical Director
- Artists & Engineers
- Sound Design & Spatialisation
- Carolyn Downing
- Production Design
- DON Design Studio Ltd
- Lighting Design
- Sarah Readman
- Producers
- Martin Jowers
Roxie Oliveira
Anya Tye
Emma Hamilton
Theresa Macaulay
- Technical Providers
- Solotech UK Group Ltd
- Technical VFX Artists
- Lewis Saunders
Nicolas Le Dren
- Tree of Life Lead Developer
- All Seeing Eye
- We Live in an Ocean of Air Lead Developer
- Chris Plant
- We Live in an Ocean of Air Sensor Developer
- PlayfulBits Ltd; Berkay Daver
- Exhibition Construction & Installation
- Hadley Interiors Ltd
- Wall Painting
- Bagnall & Sons Ltd
- Graphics Installation
- Trafford Signs
- Head in the Clouds Rigging
- Unusual Rigging Ltd
- Scenic Painter
- Emma Gazzard
- Carpenter
- Stuart Manning
- Exhibition & Interpretation Manager
- Rowena Hamilton
- Voiceover Editor
- David Holmes
- Technical Development
- Andrew Robinson
- Tools & Infrastructure Engineer
- Maria Astakhova
- R&D AI Generation
- Nilor Corp; Lucas Moskun
Sebastian Monroy
- Scientific Advisors
- Alejandro Feged
Lewis Dartnell
Steve Swaby
- Concept Development & Graphic Designer
- Amy Johnson
- Marketing Graphic Designer
- I J Miller
- Production Assistant
- Alex McRobbie
For All Seeing Eye
- Technical Lead - Tree of Life
- Adam Child
For Artists and Engineers
- Technical Director
- Louis Mustill