Artist-led projection mapping & immersive animation - Edinburgh
Bright Side Studios creates original projection mapping, animation and large-scale light works for cultural spaces, museums, festivals and heritage sites across Scotland and the UK.
Our work
Projection mapping
Original animation and narrative mapped onto buildings, landmarks and landscapes at architectural scale.
Holographic works
Large-format illusion using waterscreen and pepper's ghost - for festivals, galleries and public spaces.
Brand & visitor experiences
Commissioned immersive environments that translate a brand's world into spaces people inhabit, explore, and don't forget.
Museum & heritage
Permanent and temporary immersive installations that bring history, science and culture to life.
Film & animation
Film, animation and moving image sit at the heart of everything we make - story, rhythm, and emotion built frame by frame.
The artists
Cristina Spiteri & Susanna Murphy,
Edinburgh based visual artists and co-founders.
Every piece of work begins the same way - with the story, the animation and the visual language. We then realise it at scale through projection mapping, holographic display, waterscreen and screen-based formats.
Our Collaborators
A selection of institutions and organisations we’ve collaborated with.
The artists behind the light
We are Cristina Spiteri and Susanna Murphy - visual artists and the founding directors of Bright Side Studios, based in Edinburgh.
Our practice sits at the intersection of animation, light and spatial storytelling. We make original work commissioned by museums, festivals, heritage organisations and cultural venues - developing the narrative, creating the imagery and directing every project from first idea to final installation.
We work in two ways. As lead artists, we conceive and direct the whole work - from narrative and animation through to on-site delivery. As creative partners, we bring our visual artistry and original animation into larger productions, working alongside technical teams, producers and directors who handle everything else. Both are genuine collaborations. Both start with the same commitment to the work.
How we work
Every project begins with a question: what is the story, and how does light tell it?
Over more than a decade we've built a creative process around that question - one that makes space for genuine invention, draws on the most current animation and filmmaking techniques, and keeps the work moving forward rather than repeating what came before.
The immersive world has changed enormously since we started. We've changed with it, helped shape it, and we're still here at the front of it - driven by the same passion for what light and story can do in a space.
We are artists first. When the vision is ours, we lead it from first idea to final frame. When we step into another director's world, we bring that same creative depth to their vision - and give it wings.
Have a project in mind?
We work with cultural organisations, museums, festivals and heritage sites — and occasionally with brands whose ambitions call for something genuinely original. If you have a story to tell, we'd love to hear about it.