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Caitlin Griffiths is an artist and curator based in the West Midlands, currently working under the guise 'singerdanceractressmodel'. Born in Birmingham in 1977, she studied Fine Art at The University of Reading between 1997 and2001 and completed her MPhil on the film art of Isaac Julien and Steve McQueen at The University of Birmingham in October 2005. She also works as Assistant Curator at The Public Gallery Ltd, a new, cutting edge, participatory art gallery opening in West Bromwich next year. Recent exhibitions include Fringe Arts Bath, New Art Birmingham 2007, Curzon Street Station and Contained Happening, IPS Gallery, Birmingham. |
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Christopher Hodson, born in Worcestershire, in 1985, graduated from UCE Birmingham in 2007. Chris works with a vast array of materials, processes and visual languages; producing sculpture, installation works, sound, performance and prints. His work is concerned with elements of scientific endeavour and art's relationship to Science. Exploring current and antiquated theorem in view of the lineage of the contemporary art/science interface. Chris is interested in the Intangible: those which we as humans wish to understand but for various reasons remains illusive. His work presents a discourse of the relationship between Art and Science, focusing primarily on Astrophysics and the mysteries of the Universe. christopher.hodson@yahoo.co.uk www.christopherhodson.110mb.com |
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Mike Cassidy, a painter educated at Brighton College of Art, Bartlett School of Architecture and University College London between 1959 and 1964. Mike Cassidy has mostly worked in architectural practice and education. Mike Cassidy developed his practice in art with occasional exhibitions including Multiples Exhibition at Ikon gallery, Birmingham in 1969. His paintings reflect his design background and are strongly influenced by man made and natural, graphics, calligraphy, and architectural elements. His paintings are generally developed in the computer prior to painting and this is often reflected in the pixel quality of his paintings. His most recent exhibition was Football ‘One Love’ Exhibition at the Lowry Gallery, Manchester 2006/2007. |
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Yoke and Zoom, are Nina Coulson (BA Interactive Art, MA Curating) born 1974, and Alex Johnson (BA interactive Art, MA Urban Design) born 1970, have been working in collaboration since 1996. Yoke and Zoom's practice involves varied collaborative practice and their work focuses on distribution and postproduction. Yoke and Zoom often work outside of the commercial gallery system and investigate the politics of art production in the public realm. Yoke and Zoom produced Four Leaf Clover Clone Project, 1998-present, a long-term, process-based project stemming from the discovery of a mutant four leaf clover plant. Over time the plant regenerates and provides the Four Leaf Clover Cloning Station with thousands of four and five leaf clovers which are distributed to the public as Four Leaf Clover Clones multiples. Most recent projects include Art Machine/UK, a vending machine for contemporary art, What is Integration? a collaboration at Bucharest Young Biennial and Pigeon Post a multi site project as part of Make and Meet. |
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Juneau/Projects/ have been collaborating on art and music projects since 2001. Based in Birmingham, they have exhibited nationwide and internationally. The focus of their practice is the relationship between technology and nature in the 21st century. In early performance works they used mobile phones, wood chippers, microphones and cd walkmans, often destroying them to make unexpected sounds. Their projects have led to the production of CDs, radio broadcasts, magazine publications and an on-line record label. Recent exhibitions include ‘Woodcraft Folk’ (2007, fa projects), an exploration of ideas of tradition, evolution, consumerism, youth, and amateurism in popular culture. ‘The black moss’, a touring exhibition commissioned by Ikon Gallery, comprises of two discrete entities: 'I'm going to antler you' (2006) and 'Beneath the floorboards of the forest, empty space' (2006). The former is a project resulting from Juneau/Projects/ working with two groups of young people to form two fictitious, rival bands, The Ebony Angels and The Embers. 'Beneath the floorboards of the forest, empty space' is a text-based computer game presented on interactive, customised work-stations set amidst a mock landscape of plants and fungi. juneau.projects@virgin.net www.juneaurecords.co.uk | |||||||||||
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Philip Julian, Sound artist, born Hertfordshire, UK in 1973 and presently living and working in London. Philip Julian, has been an active part of the experimental music underground since the late 1990’s, recording various works under the name of Cheapmachines which operates at the interface between noise electronics, generative software, field recordings, tape music and long-form drones. Cheapmachines uses contact microphones, amplified metal objects, domestic radio receivers, instrument effects pedals, environmental/found sounds, tape loops, damaged electrical devices, analogue synthesizers, turntables & “prepared” vinyl computers. Most recent projects includes: Public/Private - five three-hour drone works created live via a generative software system in an unmanned sound installation. This five day event will took place in total darkness in a subterranean cellar in London. Private Press – a six week series on Resonance FM presenting music made available on non-professional formats such as cassette, CDR, minidisc and hand-cut vinyl. cheapmachines@gmail.com myspace.com/cheapmachines www.a-version.co.uk/cheap | |||||||||||
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Michelle Whitson, Curator, born in Gloucester in 1982, educated in Fine Art in Swansea and MA in Contemporary Curatorial Practices UCE Birmingham. Until 2005 Michelle was a practicing artist, whose work concentrated on concepts of new technology, historical literature and language change. Past curatorial projects include her solo show, Mobile, where she combined the role of artist and curator exhibiting current work in Swansea Reference Library, 2004. Michelle curated Bournville Pirates, Birmingham 2006; a live performance art event focusing on the fusion of factual history with maritime myth. In 2006, Michelle undertook the curator/artist role in Active Imagination in collaboration with Sandra Bridie, IPS in Birmingham; a project working with artist/curators to create a series of configurations that represent each participant’s ideal exhibition. Michelle’s curatorial interests now focus on the internet as a tool for distributing art and questioning the role of the curator outside of traditional art institutions. | ||||||||||||