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Artist Statement:
"I am interested in revealing
images which are very strong;
that offer a glimpse of past
worlds and indistinct
realities; where the
boundaries between fiction and
documentary blur, and memories
take on a life of their own."
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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected:
2009
- "Photocinema" Format 09.
Quad, Derby
2008
- "Foreword" New contemporary
photography. Menier Gallery,
London
- "Postindustrial Baroque"
Globe Gallery, Newcastle
- "Digital Media 1.0" La Nau,
Valencia
2007
- "Coldstore" Kuhlhaus
Gleisdreieck, Berlin
- "In Situ" Farinera del Clot,
Barcelona
2006
- "Vidifestival" Valencia,
Spain
- "Lighten Up" Wysing Arts,
Cambridge
2005
- "winter werkschau" ...
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Artist Galleries:
My site-specific and video
portfolio is on:
http://www.artsite.org.uk
http://www.luna-nera.eu - The
website for the Luna Nera
artist group features my work
as well as that of the group.
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Gillian Mciver Biography:
| Biographical information for Gillian Mciver can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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not provided
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Post Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Exploring Narrative
- eerie abandoned empty places, secreting residues of stories
- frozen stone faces, watching me as I wander through the city, ever- unchanging |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Video
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Baroque - (1600 - 1750)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Nazir Tanbouli
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| Favorite Work of Art |
"El Topo" by Alejandro Jodorowsky
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Surrealism
- El Topo and all of the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Jan Svankmajer
- Mikhail Bulgakov
Realism
- Anton Chekhov
- Mike Hodges's Get Carter
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Alejandro Jodorowsky forced me into it... against my will |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Gillian McIver works in moving and still images - film / video, and photography.
Her work is influenced by history and philosophy, landscape, memory and narrative.
She is part of the Luna Nera group of artists, working in a variety of media to explore ideas of space, time, memory, perception etc. See the group site on http://www.luna-nera.com
She has completed a DVD collection of short films 'Places'[2005]
See http://www.artiste.org.uk
She is the author of 'Art/Site/Context' a critical research project into site-specific art -available on http://www.sitespecificart.org.uk
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