Semiconductor make moving image works which reveal our physical world in flux: cities in motion, shifting landscapes and systems in chaos. Since 1999 UK artists Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt have worked with digital animation to transcend the constraints of time, scale and natural forces. They explore the world beyond human experience, questioning our very existence. Central to these works is the role of sound, which becomes synonymous with the image as it creates, controls and deciphers it, exploring resonance through the natural order of things.

Their work has been exhibited extensively, from Tate Britain and the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) London to the San Francisco Film Festival, MUTEK Montreal and the Venice Biennale. In 2001 they broke the mould by releasing their works on DVD. This has been followed up with Worlds in Flux, a new DVD on Fat Cat Records which accompanies their 2007 UK touring exhibition, Brilliant Noise.

Recent fellowships and residencies have supported site-specific work, including research and experimentation at the NASA's Space Sciences Laboratory UC Berkeley, California.

Earthmoves, 2006
Acousticity, 2006
Brilliant Noise, 2006
Do You Think Science..., 2006
Ways of Making Sense, 2006
200_Nanowebbers, 2005
All the Time in the World, 2005
Sonic Inc., 2004
The Sound of Microclimates, 2004

Nature Scientific Merit Award, Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, US, 2009
Special Mention, Best International Experimental Short, Leeds International Film Festival, UK, 2008
Best Film at the Cutting Edge, British Animation Awards, 2008
Best Experimental Film Award, Tirana International Film Festival, Albania, 2007