Reference Frame
dal 27/3/2003 al 11/5/2003
Segnalato da
27/3/2003
Reference Frame
Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London
David Cotterrell's first solo exhibition is set to explore themes of approximation and translation in the process of representing behaviour through data. The exhibition will preview three new works which are diverse in subject but common in approach.
David Cotterrell
work in progress
David Cotterrell's first solo exhibition, Reference Frame, is set to explore
themes of approximation and translation in the process of representing behaviour
through data. The exhibition will preview three new works which are diverse in
subject but common in approach.
The work will attempt to investigate the contradictions of perception in the
desire to define areas of human experience which defy visual analysis. The
exhibition will investigate three areas of human experience for which the visual
language of representation must, to allow comprehension, involve symbolism and
acceptance of arbitrary convention.
The exhibition will highlight the struggle involved in the design of mechanisms
which propose to explain levels of information where a common frame of reference
may not provide a comprehensive solution.
frames of reference.
1. a structure of concepts, values, customs, views, etc., by means of which an
individual or group perceives or evaluates data, communicates ideas, and
regulates behavior.
2. Also called reference frame. Physics. a framework that is used for the
observation and mathematical description of physical phenomena and the
formulation of physical laws, usually consisting of an observer, a coordinate
system, and a clock or clocks assigning times at positions with respect to the
coordinate system.
The three artworks will deal with visual representations of the symbolic
language of meteorological information, demographic projections and musical
notation in the form of non-linear time-based installation work.
David Cotterrell completed a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Winchester School of Art
and went on to receive an MA in combined media from Chelsea School of Art and
Design in 1996.
Since completing his education, David has been commissioned to produce art for a
variety of public locations and has shown in galleries in Tel Aviv, Seoul,
Zurich, Bremen and the Czech Republic. His practice is divided between the
gallery and the public realm, and the differing demands each project makes on
the artist are reflected in his sensitivity to site as both location and
subject.
Cotterrell's approach to his artwork is to continually open up new areas of
exploration. Recently, he began programming computers to speak with one another
in local slang for the public artworks programme dedicated to the regeneration
of Glasgow's Gorbals. His work has also been touring for much of 2002 with the
Beck's Futures exhibition taking different art works to the ICA, the CCA
(Glasgow) and the Mappin Gallery, Sheffield. Working with a wide variety of
media, from CCTV video cameras to refurbished gambling machines, Cotterrell is
reluctant to be pigeonholed as an artist working within a specific media,
preferring instead to have the initial inspiration for an artwork dictate the
media used to construct the idea.
A monograph of David Cotterrell's work, produced by Black Dog Publishing
including a text by Caryn Faure Walker with editorial assistance from Jordan
Kaplan and contributions from Niru Ratnam, Simon Biggs, Claire Fox, Richard
Appignanesi & Juliet Steyn, Ziauddin Sardar, Kerstin Dautenhahn and David Page
will be available.
Private View: Friday 28 March 6 - 9 pm
For further information and slides/digital images please contact Danielle Arnaud
on 020 7735 8292.
Next: Rieko Akatsuka Nicky Coutts Alexa de Ferranti Adam Thompson
16 May to 29 June 2003
Danielle Arnaud contemporary art
123 Kennington Road London SE11 6SF