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Full name
David Corbett
Title
Interdisciplinary Artist
Location
London, UK
Blurb
Creating abstract collage / photo montage. Journalling sociopolitical mess & class division in contemporary British society. Insta @sleepingdavecorbett
Biography
“It is through maximum use of random forms and motions that art can begin to convey available information. The random in art is also a powerful catalyst in social change.”
Gustav Metzger - ‘Auto destructive art’
Currently based at ASC studios in East London, David is now preparing for MA Computational Arts at Goldsmiths University in 2025.
Insta @sleepingdavecorbett
Exhibitions
| 2023 | Unknown friends (Group), Hypha Studios, Farringdon, London
Group show with members of "Working Class Creatives Database" https://hyphastudios.com/unknown-friends-by-the-working-class-creatives-database-wccd/ |
| 2022 | Film Free and Easy (Group), Primary, Nottingham
Film of performance "G24 XTL" screened https://www.filmfreeandeasy.co.uk/ |
| 2022 | London Open Art Vision LOAV (Group), TAM Temple of Art & Music, Canary Wharf, London
Performance supporting "Aye!" as "Dj Blidduth" https://loav.uk/performing-artists/aye |
| 2022 | Magnificences III and IV (Group Show), Take Courage Gallery, New Cross, London
July Flyer https://www.instagram.com/p/CfUm6r3NXNv/ May Flyer https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd5Ywh4Nlfw/ As performance "DJ Blidduth" |
| 2021 | Blidduth Digital Residency (Solo), Transienttt Instagram, UK
https://www.transienttt.co.uk/2021/june |
| 2021 | Blidduth Digital Residency (Solo), Orbit Instagram, UK
https://orrbbitt.wordpress.com/about/ https://blidduth.com/ |
| 2021 | Open Fragment (Group), Pragmata Collective, Online
https://pragmatacollective.co.uk/OpenFragment.html |
| 2020 | Film Free and Easy (Group), Primary Studios, Nottingham, UK
https://www.filmfreeandeasy.co.uk/image/633327591164706816 |
| 2020 | The Bend in the River is my Home (Group), Newham Heritage Month, Newham, GB
www.newhamheritagemonth.org/records/the-bend-in-the-river-is-my-home/ |
| 2019 | CoLaboRadio (Group), Das Kapital, Berlin, DE
https://www.mixcloud.com/elements_with_kd/and-there-were-frequencies-of-light/ |
| 2019 | TAA London (Group), Engate St, Lewisham, London, UK
http://taaexhibitions.org/ |
| 2019 | RA Staff Group Show (Group), Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK |
| 2019 | Tiny TAA (Group), Tabernacle St, London
https://www.facebook.com/groups/382918340184/ |
| 2018 | RA Staff Group Show (Group), Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK |
| 2018 | 40˚ Celsius (Group), ASC Gallery, Croydon, UK
https://www.facebook.com/events/187658342159306/ |
| 2018 | Journées de la Culture (Group), Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne, Montreal, QC
www.facebook.com/events/471945966646044/ |
| 2018 | Taking Care (Group), Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
aecampus.hexagram.ca/index.php/en/ |
| 2017 | Your River Lea Photo Exhibition (Group), Cody Dock Gallery, London, UK
http://www.gasworksdock.org.uk/index.php?page=events |
| 2017 | Art & Sound Symposium (Group), De Montford University, PACE Building, Leicester, UK |
| 2017 | SHUT UP (Group), Campbell Works, East London
http://campbellworks.org/content/shut |
| 2017 | TAA London (Group), TAA Gallery, London, UK |
| 2016 | Furthest From The Sea – Film Free and Easy (Group), The Maypole, Derby, UK
http://www.ukyoungartists.co.uk/events-1/2016/11/6/furthest-from-the-sea-film-free-and-easy |
| 2016 | Crisis Interlude (Group Show), Sneinton Market Units, Nottingham UK |
| 2016 | Cross Institutional MA Crit (Presentation), Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK |
| 2016 | Wanderings (Group Show), Primary, Nottingham, UK |
| 2015 | Interstitial Zones & County Kerry (Charette), Cahersiveen Library, Cahersiveen, IRL
https://institutewithoutboundaries.ca/?portfolio=interstitial-zones |
| 2015 | Equivocal (Group), Primary, Nottingham, UK |
| 2015 | Film Free and Easy (Group), Primary Studios, Nottingham, UK |
| 2015 | Future Ways of Living (Future Ways of Living Charrette), Institute Without Boundaries, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, IT
https://institutewithoutboundaries.ca/?portfolio=future-ways-of-living-charrette |
| 2015 | Under the Bed Art (Group), Hendersons Gallery, Nottingham, UK |
| 2015 | Four Squared (Group), Bohunk Institute, Nottingham, UK |
| 2015 | Temporary Autonomus Art (Group), Crows Nest Gallery, London, UK |
| 2015 | Park Garden Trail (Group), Synapse Arts, Nottingham, UK |
| 2015 | Parallel Presents (Group), Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK |
| 2013 | Lugus (Group), Cody Dock, London, UK |
| 2013 | Salon Bruit (Group), Camp Tipsy, Berlin, Germany |
| 2012 | Klang Kunst & Mutiny (Group), MS Stubnitz, London, UK |
| 2007 | Temporary Autonmous Arts (Group Show), National Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2007 | Noise = Noise (Group), The Foundry, London, UK |
| 2006 | Turbulensce (Group), Manor Turbova, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2006 | Fist of the Fourth (April Fools Day) (Group), The Fleapit, London, UK |
| 2005 | Fist of the Fourth (April Fools) (Group), The Others, London, UK |
| 2005 | Cybersonica (Group), Truman Brewery, London, UK |
| 2004 | Temporary Autonomous Art (Group), Goswell Rd, London, UK |
| 2004 | Scamleys (Group), Brixton Village Market, London |
| 2003 | Waveswarms (Group), 291 Gallery, London, UK |
| 2002 | Unsound (Group), Kingston Rowing Club, Kingston upon Hull, GB |
| 2001 | Lovebytes Digital Arts Festival (Group), The Showroom Cinema, Sheffield, GB |
| 1999 | Insertalation (Group), Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull, GB |
Education
MFA Fine Art (High Distinction)
Nottingham Trent University
PGCE Creative Writing
Nottingham Trent University
DipHE in English Literature
Birkbeck University of London
BA (Hons) Fine Art Time Based Media (2.1)
University of Lincoln
Specialties
MAX/Msp, Creative Writing, Contemporay Art Practise, Contemporary Art Theory, Time Based Art, Digital Art, Audio Visual Technology, Generative Art, Automatic Art
Awards
| 2019 | RA Staff Recognition Award , Royal Academy of Arts |
| 2018 |
Commission
, Hexagram Network
‘Taking Care’ commission for ‘ISLANDS’ collaboration with Olivia McGilchrist exhibited at Ars Electronica |
| 2016 |
Project Residency
, Cumulus Fund
The Institute Without Boundaries” for ‘Interstitial Zones Iveragh’ in County Kerry Ireland |
| 2015 |
Project Residency
, Cumulus Fund
The Institute Without Boundaries” for ‘Future Ways of Living’ in Milan, IT |
| 2003 |
University Fellowship
, Loughborough University
Awarded fellowship In recognition of my residency on the COSTART project in the Computer Sciences Department |
| 2001 | Commission , Lovebytes Digital Arts Festival |