For ongoing experimental VR studio collaborations see the Tactical Space Lab website

Selected Work

  • Posthumous (collab), 2020

    Collaboration, Recent Works, Video

    In Posthumous, Tully Arnot + Josh Harle expand upon the conversational nature of their collaborative practice within the virtual landscapes of...

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  • Scholar Rocks (collab), 2018

    Mixed Media, Recent Works, Sculpture, Video

    Procedurally generated Chinese ‘Scholar Rocks’, in collaboration with Louise Zhang. 2018

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  • The Floor is Lava, 2017

    Mixed Media, Recent Works, Video

    Chongqing Rooftop Gardens, RISO print, edition of 80, 2017. Drone Flight – Huangjueping, Chongqing, Video, 2017. The Floor Is Lava,...

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  • Make Yourself At Home – Institute for Provocation (Beijing), 2017

    3D Model, Recent Works, Video

    Make Yourself At Home is a virtual reconstruction of a real space, created from photos. Harle worked with Huwei, a...

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  • Recomposing Bodies (MCA ArtBar), 2017

    Installation, Mixed Media

    2017, dumpling restaurant, projection, ambient sound, VR reconstruction, 3 hour performance Sometimes the virtual and real can get a bit...

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  • AR performance lecture, 2016

    Mixed Media, Recent Works, tablet app

    A performance lecture about the politics of Augmented Reality, performed as Pikachu from in reference to Pokemon Go that was...

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  • Recomposing Bodies, 2015

    Installation, Mixed Media, tablet app, Video

    器官重组 Recomposing Bodies 艺术家:Josh Harle 澳大利亚 展期:2015/12/04 – 2015/12/11 地址:重庆市九龙坡区黄桷坪126号501基地1楼 器·Haus空间 艺术总监:杨述 策展人:倪昆 策展助理:易晓婷   艺术家自述 我在重庆,躺在床上试图摆脱严重的感冒。我刚参加了澳大利亚珀斯的一个生物艺术会议…那里有很多关于免疫系统、基因以及新奇怪异甚至可怖的生命的介绍。 现在我在想激动剂和拮抗剂,这些分子形状或者能有效地适应我们身体内细微的感受器或者会对其产生破坏。但这两种情况都是一类关系。我的身体已经被这疾病破坏,它迫使我卧床休养还通过发烧来扰乱我的思想。 I’m in...

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  • Shrine to Passing…, 2015

    tablet app

      Shrine to Passing, Fleeting, or otherwise being Distant (Hakim Bey said I needed more mysticism) iPad app with animated...

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  • Trafalgar St Tunnel, 2015

    Mixed Media, Recent Works, Video

    Large scale, timelapse render of the Trafalgar St graffiti tunnel in Newtown/Enmore, NSW, created using photogrammetry. 2015

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  • NuggetMaster, 2015

    Installation, Sculpture

    2015.  NuggetMaster is a robot which “Attempts to Eat a Chicken Nugget”, as the exhibition title explains.  It explores how...

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  • Wish You Were Here (Kudos Gallery), 2015

    Installation

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  • Autonomous Digital Territories, 2015

    Installation, Mixed Media

    The Kandos Digital Embassy work ran as part of the Cementa 2015 program. Its goal was to unilaterally lay claim to...

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  • Tactical Space Lab, 2014

    Installation, Mixed Media

    Essay by Roslyn Helper Stickers. They are seen slapped to the sides of street poles, fading at the edges of...

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  • Making Sense, 2014

    Installation

    In “Making Sense” a small robot endlessly navigates the gallery space, using cutting-edge cloud-computing and computer vision technology to reconstruct...

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  • Consumables, 2014

    3D Model

    A project to refine my 3D scanning and modelling abilities to produce models of all the food I ate over...

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  • Surround, 2012

    Installation, Video

    The Surround works are a series of interactive projections.  They present impressions of their various subject locations through spatially arranged clouds...

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  • Paths, 2013

    Image, Installation

    Computer composited paths of walks through various cities: Sydney, Berlin, Beijing, Shanghai, London, New York, and Melbourne. Works are exhibited...

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  • Gamespaces, 2014

    Installation, Mixed Media

    GAMESPACES: Museum of Contemporary Art is a photo‐realistic recreation of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art as a playable video game,...

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  • Monorail Pylon Maquette, 2012

    Sculpture

    Laser cut architectural model of one of Syndey’s Monorail Pylons, with graffiti etched into the surface – Kudos Award for...

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  • Relics, 2014

    3D Model, Sculpture

    Reconstructed architectural features 3D printed to illustrate the imperfection of a digital representation

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  • Demonstration, 2011

    Sculpture

    2011 Laser etched figures used as a research tool for investigating temporary emotional landscapes of spaces through roleplay.  Inspired by...

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  • 3D Reconstruction Cyclorama, 2007

    3D Model, Installation

    bespoke 24-camera volumetric 3D reconstruction rig 2007

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  • Old Haunts

    Installation

    Reconstructed 3D models of friends from 2007, fragmented, and placed back into the Surry Hills streets as part of the...

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  • The Big Shake-Up (2011)

    Recent Works

    The Big Shake-Up let visitors explore active creation of their own spaces; a kind of real-world minecraft experiment.

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