Vector Meldrew

I build worlds that other people live inside.

British artist. Works 2001–present, across online communities, animation, moving image and computer-generated art. Collection: BFI National Archive.

Currently [Untitled], 2026 - a new world in production with a private studio, built with generative AI. Working with agents, generative video and real-time systems; more when it’s ready.

Broadside

A Given World

Broadside: A Novel, Collector's Edition - a solarpunk universe of owned characters, weapons and game worlds
Work
Broadside
Date
2021 - 2026
Medium
Science-fiction universe, computer-generated 3D, collectible art, community, video game, generative AI
Materials
Generative 3D asset pipeline, real-time language models, game engine, live events
Exhibited
London · Lisbon · NYC

A solarpunk universe about hacking closed systems - the idea that IP, code and ownership don't have to stay locked behind their original creators. Owned characters in a digital city (the tagline: "none of them are as strong as all of us"), hand-built in 3D.

Audience took it further than its makers planned: over five years it refused to stay in one place - a mint, a novel, a metaverse rave, a live show, a game that funds real Amazon rainforest protection, and finally a game that builds its own levels with generative AI.

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RWD

The Underground World

RWD, The Booo Krooo and Channel U - in the collection of the BFI National Archive
Work
RWDmag.com / RWD Forum / The Booo Krooo
Date
2001 - 2010
Medium
Website, forum, online community, animation, television, documentary film
Collection
BFI National Archive, London - Online Video, acquired 2026

Before social media, a website and a forum built in a bedroom became the first online home of grime, dubstep and UK garage - a room handed to a scene that had nowhere else to go, growing from 20,000 to 850,000 monthly users in its first year, and a culture that formed inside it.

The animation that grew out of it reached television, and a decade later a documentary recorded what had happened there. In 2026 that animation entered the BFI National Archive.

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[REDACTED]

[REDACTED] - a new world in production [ REDACTED ]
Work
[Untitled]
Date
2026 -
Medium
Generative AI · undisclosed
Status
In production

A new world in production with a private studio, built with generative AI. No title, no date, no comment.

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Artwork

SculptureSculptureSLS nylon & resin
Chrome pyramidSculptureCast resin & aluminium
Iron pyramidSculptureCast resin & iron
PaintingPaintingOil on canvas
Pure [Grift] EnergyPure [Grift] EnergyTinie Tempah · Bonhams
ChangaChangaAddison Groove · Vimeo
Unknown RealmsUnknown RealmsSuperRare · 2022
2562 - Unbalance, record sleeve2562 - UnbalanceRecord sleeve · Tectonic
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