ScanLAB Projects is an artist-led studio exploring the world through machine vision technologies, founded in 2010 by Matt Shaw (b 1983) and William Trossell (b 1985).

Known for their evocative and ambitious body of precision-crafted physical and digital artworks which reveal and reflect on beauty, fragility, and resilience, ScanLAB invites and challenges us to explore our collective future. Their groundbreaking use of 3D scanning and definitive pointcloud aesthetic has taken them around the world making a seminal body of work that reflects on society and the natural world: from former concentration camps to melting arctic ice, from Stephen Hawking’s office to cacti blooms in the Sonoran Desert. 

ScanLAB’s diverse portfolio includes large scale installation, film, sculpture, XR, immersive storytelling and live performance which has been exhibited at prestigious cultural institutions including the Royal Academy (UK), LACMA (USA), Venice Biennale (IT), Louisiana (DK), Barbican (UK), the Photographers’ Gallery (UK), STRP Biennial (NL), Espacio Fundación Telefónica (ES), Southbank Centre (UK), the Science Museum (UK), The New Museum (USA), CPH:DOX (DK), SXSW (USA), the Berliner Ensemble (DE) and Tribeca (USA). 

In an era of generative AI, computer graphics, and synthetic realities, ScanLAB embraces their commitment to investigation, precision, equity, sustainability and truth.

If you'd like to commission us for a project or create something bespoke please get in touch - studio@scanlabprojects.co.uk.

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