DAVID THOMAS - NEWS
Solo Exhibtion - LOVE TRUTH & BEAUTY at CROWD 6
Photos: Two Steps, 2007. David Thomas.
LOVE TRUTH & BEAUTY marks David's first UK solo exhibtion, held at Crowd6 (www.crowd6.org.uk) the show will be the start of an international tour for David. Curated by Crowd6 the show will contain a selection of works form David's recent body of work produced in China during the begining fo 2007. Inital selections of a large nylon banner, two poster works, large photographi print and 2 video works are expected. For further details please visit www.crowd6.org.uk
This show was supported by: Arts Council England, British Council Hong Kong & Shanghai, VIS-A-VIS Art Lab & VIVID.
image: vis-a-vis art lab. Photo © www.artfactories.net
Artist In Residence, VIS-A-VIS Art Lab, Xiamen, China.
I have been invited to be Artist In Residence at VIS-A-VIS Art Lab in Xiamen, China in 2007. I will be making two new video works as part of this residency. It will finish with a Solo Exhibition, marking my first solo show and my first major International exhibition. During my time in China I will be spending some time in Hong Kong completing a research and network visit, this is also with a view to a 3 year International sculpture series I will be commencing in 2007.
For further details of my activities during my residency in China please email me.
Posted: 12 December 2006.
Photos: Ghost Town, 2006. David Thomas.
Ghost Town, SightSonic Digital Arts Festival, York, UK.
I recently presented new project called: Ghost Town as part of the Artists Platform at SightSonic, York's International Festival of Digital Arts, York, UK. Other participating artists included: Jon Aveyard, Martin John Callanan, Janet Curley Cannon, Shelley Clarkson, Falling Cat, Maggie Hall, Ben Johnson, Giovanni Manzini.
Ghost Town uses GPS and Google Earth Hacks to explore the paranormal activity in York, UK. The project that explores York's paranormal activity using GPS and Google Earth Hacks. In this project each haunted spot in York's city center is located, tracked and positioned using GPS technology, this data is then processed using FOSS systems and transformed into a hack for the widely used Google Earth programme. Thus allowing Google Earth to show the haunted spots along with a description across satellite imagery and road mappings.
Documentation of the project can be seen on my work page.
Posted: 26th October 2006.
Photo: Thermoesthesia. Toshiie Kitazawa, Kumiko Kushiyama, Shinji Sasada, Mototsugu Tamura.
Ars Electronica 2006 - Research and Network Development Visit.
I acted as project coordinator for a Research and Network Development visit to Ars Electronica 2006 in Aug-Sept 06. As a group of 15 artists and curators from the West Midlands region of the UK we traveled to the festival to build on links created whilst at Transmediale in Berlin earlier this year. For further details please email me
This R&D visit was funded by Arts Council England.
Posted: 26th October 2006.
Image: You Are Here, 2006. David Thomas.
You Are Here, Tokyo, Japan .
I have been selected to show new work for dislocate, an exhibition organized by Trampoline, curated by Emma Lewis. The show will open on the 28th July in two spaces in Tokyo, Japan. For this exhibition I created an interactive web based piece exploring the geographical and sociological relationship between Tokyo and my home city of Birmingham, using cartographical grid referencing techniques.
The Project can be viewed online at http://www.youarehere.org.uk
Posted: July 2006.
Photos: FluidStones.exe, 2006. David Thomas.
FluidStones.exe
FluidStones.exe is the first generative programme released by cloudbyte. The piece is written using java script on open source software. cloudbyte is currently working on a new series of software pieces and a project which incorporates programming, software and locative media.
Posted: June 2006