Aerial is a design practice run by Brendan Walker, specialising in the creation of tailored emotional experience.

Blending strategies from the arts, design, engineering and psychology, Aerial offers strategic consultancy; the design and production of intriguing interactive electromechanical installations, sculptures and rides; and the curating and staging of engaging events.

Vertigo in the City
Vertigo in the City

I will be in conversation with John Golding, Professor of Psychology at the University of Westminster, on Friday 21st October (tomorrow! at time of writing), chaired by Josie Kane, author of The Architecture of Pleasure: British Amusement Parks 1900-1939. We’re speaking as part of the Falling Away Symposium, a one-day event held in conjunction with […]

Folkestone Triennial 2021
Folkestone Triennial 2021

I’ve visited Folkestone Triennial on several occasions over the past decade or so. Up until 2021 my highlight had been experiencing Martin Creed’s sound installation, 2011, for the then-recently restored Victorian funicular Leas Lift. But this year – as part of Creative Folkestone’s 5th Triennial, The Plot, it now has to be Gilbert & George’s Respect Road, […]

Oscillate
Oscillate

An immersive interactive artwork based on two popular entertainment technologies: the multi millennia-old swing and the 21st century Oculus Rift – the former designed to excite the vestibular system, the latter designed to excite the visual cortex. Commissioned by Sheffield Doc/Fest, Site Gallery and Crossover as part of the Virtual Reality Arcade, where contemporary art, […]