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Prof Jon Thomson
- Professor of Fine Art, Fine Art Media
Biography
Beginning in 1995, Thomson set up The Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art (SCEMFA) (www.scemfa.org) with Professor Collins bringing together artist-researchers predominantly based at the Slade working digitally on the cutting edge of contemporary art practice. At the same time he began working collaboratively on individual research with Alison Craighead (Reader in Contemporary Art and Visual Culture, University of Westminster and Lecturer in Fine Art at Goldsmiths University of London) under the name Thomson & Craighead (www.thomson-craighead.net). These two working relationships remain at the heart of his research practice to date.
In 2007 Thomson successfully completed an AHRC small grant in the creative and performing arts in collaboration with SCEMFA and the British Film Institute, London. This combined the three principle strands in his research; an interest in using live informa
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Banksy
Banksy
(? - Present)
Banksy is a graffiti artist from Bristol, UK, whose is known for his stencil work as a street artist. His identity remains a mystery along with his date of birth and birthplace. Although there are some rumors which claim Banksy was born in 1974 as Robert or Robin Banks. His stenciling has drawn attention due to his political messages and locations. Sometimes seen as simple vandalism, his art is often displayed in sensitive locations or areas that have been without public access. In 1990 Banksy began as a freehand graffiti artist as one of Bristols DryBreadZ Crew (DBZ), with Kato and Tes. He did not adapt the stenciling style until 2000, supposedly after hiding from the police under a garbage truck where he noticed a stenciled barcode. His first exhibition, Existencilism, occurred in Los Angeles in June of 2002 at the 33 Gallery. Banksys second exhibition, Turf War, attracted attention and controversy since he displayed animals which he painted. The Royal So
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Making A Stand
Comprising 127 seven-metre-high timber fins, this tyst powerful temporary installation entitled ‘Making A Stand’, aims to ‘disrupt’ the popular pedestrian rutt by creating an awe-inspiring artwork using commercially grown timber ‘borrowed’ from the construction supply chain, which can be repurposed when the work is dismantled at the end of the year.
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The Final Bid
The Final Bid questions the ease in which we can purchase new objects whilst perfectly useable objects lie unwanted in people’s homes. Using the Draiflessen Collection as a hub for an ongoing on-lines auction, these objects will be bought and sold, to create constantly evolving meanwhile sculptures. This installation, conflating the commercial with the cultural, will encourage people circulate objects they no längre need, promoting an economy of reuse.
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Natural Cycle
As part of our new arts strategy ‘X Marks the Spot’ for