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David Theobald
About
Born 1965 in the UK. Originally trained as a chemical engineer before spending 15 years working in finance. Nine years ago I decided to change profession and pursue a career as a full time artist. I am married and have four children.
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I work primarily in digital media, video and video installation, mainly using digital composition and animation.
Today, location is not so much defined by geography, but by our position within the complex web of processes that make up contemporary society. My work attempts to capture such a situation, caught in a perpetual state of transit where increasing complexity is often presented as the illusion of progress. As the global economy lurches towards an uncertain future, these complex connections that form the basis of day-to-day existence seem ever more evident and ever more precarious.
How can art respond? I think that art is the ideal place for thinking about these issues. By reinterpreting ethics as a process of imagining and recognizing new possibilities rather than simply choosing from commoditized options, we can shift it to the heart of a political process of artistic production. This response brings together ethical and aesthetic concerns in a way that preserves a vital distinction between art and the products of the culture industry. Under these conditions, art becomes a sticking point the complex sensory/cognitive gristle that remains when all else has been rationalised away.
Working with digital technology inevitably raises questions about mediation in modern society and the seemingly endless pursuit of much graphic design, animation and game technology towards ever more spectacular optical effects, the spectator held in thrall of the screen. In contrast, the use a restricted viewpoint, repetition, mundane subject matter and flat narrative in my work seem more likely to generate feelings of futility, frustration and perhaps humour which, in some cases, might give way to a deeper contemplation of the systems in which we live. … Read More
- Location
- London, Great Britain (UK)
- Website
- http://www.davidtheobald.com
Education:
2006-8 MFA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths
2003-6 BA Fine Art Wimbledon School of Art
1983-7 MEng in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London
Exhibitions:
2010
RE: animate, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Powys, Wales
Holding Time, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London
ev+a, Limerick, Ireland
2009
Baggage Reclaim, Prussian Projekte, Nottingham
Celeste Prize, Alte AEG Fabrik, Berlin
In To Land, Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury
COE 09, Claremorris, Ireland
Modern Times, Vegas Gallery, London
Cut to the Chase, Bargate Monument Gallery, A Space Arts, Southhampton, Jul 4 - Aug
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2009, Royal Academy, London, Jun 8 - Aug 16
Creekside Open 2009 (selected by Mark Wallinger), APT Gallery, London, Jun 4 - 21
The Open West, The Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Feb 21 - Mar 27
Oxford Contemporary, Ovada, Oxford, UK
Trampoline: Platform for New Media Art, Radiator Festival 09: Exploits in the Wireless City, Nottingham, Jan 16
Art Projects, The London Art Fair 2009, London, Jan 14 - 18
2008
ArtSway Open08, Sway, New Forest, Dec 6 - Feb 8 2009
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008, Dec 5 - Feb 1, Rochelle School, London
Figuring Landscapes, 2008-9, touring exhibition UK and Australia(ArtSway, Tate Modern, Baltic, FACT..)
Switch, Oct 27 - Nov 2, Nenagh, Tipperary
Quantifying Play, Jago Gallery, Sep 20 - Oct 6, London
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008, Sep 19 - Nov 22, Liverpool
Goldsmiths at DIUS, Aug 6 - Sep 19, Whitehall, London
Cube Open 08, Aug 1 - Sep 6, Manchester
Animal, Jul 5 - Aug 1, Stroud House Gallery, Stroud
Goldsmiths MA Fine Art Show, Jul 10 - Jul 14, Goldsmiths
Visions in the Nunnery, Jun 5 - Jun 15, Nunnery Gallery East London
Monkeys with Car Keys,Bargate Monument Gallery, Southampton, Mar 19 - Apr 27
700IS Reindeer Film Festival, Iceland, Mar 29 - Apr 5
2007
Crawford Open 2007, Cork, Ireland, Nov 30 - Feb 9 2008
ArtSway Open07, Sway, New Forest, Dec 9 - Feb 10 2008
2006 and before
Take 291, 291 Gallery, London
Bright Young Things, YourArt Gallery, Berlin
London Art Fair 2005(Whitechapel Projects), London Design Centre
The Big Art Challange, Channel 5 Television, 2004
The Raindance Film Festival 2004, UGC Torcadero, London
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