by Dave
I will be presenting my research at Tate Exchange in Liverpool on Monday the 16th of January at 1pm. I’ll be talking about how asceticism can be a useful part of a digital practice. To get to this we need to look at how asceticism has been co-opted and altered to mean something else, something […]
Categories: Practice & Research
by Dave
White Wizard has become a LAN project space and relocated to the frequency signal of 2437 mhz in the general location of Northern Lights, Cains Brewery Village, Grafton Street, Liverpool, L8 5SD. Look for a wireless SSID signal of ‘TheWhiteLizard’- like this: For more info go here
Categories: Practice & Research
by Dave
Asceticism is about desire, and specifically how you limit that desire. In relation to digital networks that might consist of making your own, albeit limited, network rather than plugging into the endless fruity possibilities of the www. I decided to try to do this. After some research I decided the best way was to try […]
Categories: Practice & Research
by Dave
My research into digital asceticism has led me to experiment with creating an local, open wifi network as an 1:1 scale platform (see previous audio steam post for more info about what this is). This is a network that anyone in the vicinity can access. It is hosted locally, so has a limited geographical range. […]
Categories: Practice & Research
by Dave
At White Wizard I have set up a round-the-clock online audio stream that plays an evolving and randomly selected series of audio works by artists and musicians. This includes music, ASMR, spoken word and field recordings up to now. Content is accepted by submission. The stream also piggybacks events from which it broadcasts live. My […]
Categories: Practice & Research
by Dave
I’m presenting a paper titled Becoming Invisble: Towards a Digital Ascetic at Kings College as part of (In)Visible Cultures conference organised by the Center for Media and Creative Industries. It draws parallels between the tensions inherent in the 11-12th century catholic church, between form of life as advocated by St Francis and rule of life […]
Categories: Practice & Research
by Dave
Happy to be showing with some great artists at this in Coventry. Thanks to curator Matthew Macauley.
Categories: Exhibitions
by Dave
Meanwhile – off-line – I’m really happy to be taking part in ‘DECAPOD’ as part of AirSpace’s 10th anniversary exhibition. AirSpace is a great gallery in Stoke-on-Trent that consistently puts on exciting shows, so it’s a real honour to be part of their celebrations. DECAPOD: n A ten-legged beguiling, mysterious and playful creature of intrigue […]
Categories: Exhibitions
by Dave
Earlier this year I wrote a text inspired by a 1980’s twilight zone episode called Wordplay. In it a salesman loses his grip on language, words stop meaning what they are supposed to and mean other things. Apart from being hilarious, it was interesting to me as it looks at what happens when concepts become […]
Categories: Practice & Research
by Dave
I’m happy to have new work in Fuera de sitio at José de la Fuente in Santander. The show looks at how art can approach new modes of temporality, something which I’m obviously concerned with in my work. I’m showing Sequence of 18,802 Digital Images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Online Collection (Photography, Images […]
Categories: Exhibitions