Creating a shared practice with Alex Moss & Maggie Jeffries

About this episode

Alex Moss and Maggie May Jeffries discuss their collaborative creative process that merges traditional painting with interactive media.

In this podcast you will learn how artists Alex Moss and Maggie May Jeffries developed a shared creative process that bridges traditional painting and interactive media. In this interview, Alex Moss and Maggie Jeffries discuss the creative process behind The Weather at midnight . The exhibition combines painting, projection, and real-time interaction to create a shifting environment of light and movement. Through subtle digital overlays and live painting, static canvases become dynamic, evolving works that change with audience presence. The exhibition was presented at Moonah Arts Centre. Alex Moss is a Lutruwita/Tasmanian-based media artist whose work transforms spaces through projected light, sound design, and interactive elements. Maggie May Jeffries is a painter from Lutruwita/Tasmania whose practice explores memory, environment, and sensory experience through layered, detailed compositions. Listen to this podcast to learn about: The role of experimentation, trust, and structure in cross-disciplinary collaboration, and how shared workshops shaped Alex and Maggie’s evolving process. How data, audience presence, and live performance intertwined during the exhibition. What “slow…

People in this episode

Host: Robin Petterd

Guests: Alex Moss, Maggie May Jeffries

Topics covered

• artist collaboration
• interactive media
• creative process
• audience interaction
• cross-disciplinary
• experimentation

Keywords

• painting
• interactive art
• digital overlays
• live painting
• audience presence
• art exhibition
• creative collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Weather at midnight

Places: Moonah Arts Centre, Lutruwita/Tasmania

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