PRESS RELEASE
May 2000
DIGITALWORKS
A Digital Art Show touring from Zagreb to Dortmund
Live interviews with the artists to be broadcast over the Internet on the
opening night
The controversial media commentary of Roger Beecroft shows alongside work
exploring notions of light, time and travel by Neville Smith.
Both artists are Senior Lecturers on the Photography course at The
Nottingham Trent University. They bring a wealth of experience from within
the photographic world to the new frontier of the digital revolution,
working with the new technologies from an informed and mature perspective.
These two very different approaches to the use of digital media with
photography are showing in Zagreb, Croatia in June 2000. The show can also
be seen in Maribor, Slovenia and Dortmund, Germany later on in 2000.
The opening night, at the renowned Fotoklub Zagreb, will be broadcast
through the exhibition's accompanying website in the form of a live webcast.
The webcast begins at
18.30 GMT on 6th June 2000. Click on to
http://davinci.ntu.ac.uk/digitalworks
Essentially, Beecroft's work is generated using digital manipulation
technology to explore the world of television imagery. His work reflects the
razzmatazz of the medium, the glowing screen, the quick cuts, the 'talking
heads', the garish colours and the action. The subjects, however, reveal a
deeper and darker preoccupation. He has exhibited with great success in
London, New York, Manchester, Nottingham, Derby and Falmouth. His recent
show in Cornwall provoked much media interest and helped in the promotion of
the new town gallery.
Smith's current interests lie in constructed images of fractured light
emerging out of darkness, raising questions of perception and recognition.
He has exhibited widely for many years in venues including Impressions
Gallery, York, Photofusion, London and Watershed, Bristol - more recently at
Focal Point Gallery, Southend and to celebrate the re-launch of the
Roadmender Arts Centre, Northampton.
For further information about the live webcast and the touring work
Tel: 00 44 (0) 115 848 4287
The Nottingham Trent University
Faculty of Art & Design, Research (UoA64)
Bonington Building
Nottingham NG1 4BU
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