Louis Bartlett
Architectural designer currently based in East London working in practice across a range of projects. This space features installation and selected graphic work.
1/2 of speculative spatial practice Category 5 with Fin Walsh, aiming to use installation as a device to imagine new realities driven by interconnectedness.
CV and portfolio available on request. Please email for enquiries.
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Category 5 : Rhizoduct
Loud Places Festival
2026
An extension of the 2025 installation ‘Reflector’, ‘Rhizoduct’ is a lighting system which expands the [CAT.5] ecosystem at Loud Places through directly engaging with the woodland.
At its core, Rhizoduct reconfigures the logic of the cable tray - inverting its function from a device for power distribution, control, and efficient data transfer into one with no defined beginning or end - and with the sole purpose of dancefloor connection.
With the integration of seating which cuts through the weaving network, nooks for full immersion are woven into the installation allowing festival-goers to occupy, rest within, and move through the system while it operates.
phyisical installation
WESTERN EXPORT2025 - Ongoing
Artist release artwork for the Australia based music label.
digital, mixed media
Category 5 : The Audit
Venue M.O.T, South London
2026
A club based audio-visual experiment in collaboration with London based music collective Heads Down Thumbs Up; testing new and existing installation concepts alongside digital projection and physical ephemera.
physical installation, digital projection, live performance
Off the Cuff / Sauce CollectiveStar Lane, London
2025
Event poster for a collaborative event between Off the Cuff and Sauce Collective.
digital, mixed media
Category 5 : ReflectorLoud Places Festival
2025
Reflector evolved as a critique of existing regulated lighting environments. In particular, the Category 2 louvre module which has become synonymous with corporate office contexts and subsequently detrimental social structures. By reframing and redirecting it through the lens of interconnectedness, [CAT.5] Reflector grounds festival-goers into the natural rhythm of the forest. Custom laser-cut steel inserts facilitate a suspended rigging system, while programmed LEDs pulse and perform from within frosted acrylic tubing.
installation, digital projection, fabrication
Floating Points
2023
Cover artwork and cassette packaging for Fool Parsley’s single titled ‘Floating Points’.
art direction, digital, mixed media, cassette
inhale / exhale
2022
Cover artwork for Hugh Hardie’s inhale / exhale release with Hospital Records. Mixed media digital collage.
digital, mixed media
Echo Forms
2021
Digital artworks exploring a combination of 3D modelling, texturing and sound wave image manipulation.
Using audio-editing software, images can be converted into soundwaves. An image can then be manipulated using conventional audio editing techniques to produce novel and often unpredictable effects.
digital, mixed media
Iteration with Sam Williamson
2020
A series of three posters in collaboration with Sam Williamson, a graphic designer based in London. Images were produced for Sam to interpret and formulate layouts.
The graphics were generated through old CRT TVs and feedback loops, creating levels of grain and distortion throughout the process.
Imagery : Louis Bartlett
Layout & Type : Sam Williamson
Grain
2021
Early exploration in combining audio editing techniques with photography. The transition between file formats creates unexpected organic grain and depth.
Posters
2020 - Ongoing
An ongoing series of experimental graphic posters used as vehicles to test new ideas, experimental graphical techniques and processes for image production.
Displacements
2020
Abstract sculptures exploring the modelling of photography in 3D space. Produced using Cinema 4D.