has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
Recent Activities of and on James Brouwer
About me
James Brouwer (jimbrouwer)
As a Artist and Technician and have over 15 years experience working with Sound, Video and IT where my focus is on Time based digital media.
I Have worked on over 23 Installs of Exhibitions and Private View Events at Nottingham Contemporary such as British Art Show 7, Klaus Weber, Wael Shawky, Jack Goldstein, John Newling and Steve McQueen. and has work closely with many of the artist, including Turner Prize Winner Mark Leckey Turner Prize nominated Artist Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Jane and Louise Wilson, Mika Rottenberg and Geoffrey Farmer to name but a few.
- Biography
BA(Hons) 2000 Fine Art 1st Class, University of Lincolnshire and Humberside
I currently work for Nottingham Contemporary as the AV and IT Technician.
I participate with Curators and Artist to plan and implement requirements of exhibitions installations and de-installations of AV Art works to the highest level. Utilising excellent communication skills I developed and maintained successful working relationships with both internal and external staff.I work in collaboration with others to plan and deliver the technical elements of the events schedule. Managing event staff and facilities for private hires, public programmes, music programmes, Performances and corporate events. I also manage the documentation and delivery of Live events.
- Exhibitions
2015 Grand Prize Winner and The Peoples Panel Winner at Nottingham Castle Open 2014 Jim Brouwer and Simon Raven, ‘Human Freak. please queue here’ Video Installation, Nottingham Castle Open.
2012 Shortlisted for the Grand Prize at Nottingham Castle Open ‘Petit Roque’ Video with Alia Pathan.
2012 Note on Gallery, Berlin ‘Petit Roque’ Video with Alia Pathan.
2010 Live DJ set at Shambarla festival - woods stage
2007 Glade Electronic Music Festival Berkshire UK Algorithm stage.
2007 As ‘Mountebank’ play ‘Tintinnabulum’ St. Peters Church Nottingham
2007 Loom Presents: Broadway Electric Lounge
2007 Active Ingredient Presents Loom at Love City, Broadway Nottingham 2007 Active Ingredient Presents Loom at Love City, Bambu, Leicester.
2006 Digital Arts Scarborough 5-Meo-DMT collaboration with Live musicians to a reinterpreted historical film footage of Scarborough. East Yorkshire, UK.
2006 Intersection, Interactive video installation and workshop shown at Bonington Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK.
2006 Video “Hypersensitive” Shown On Big LCD Screen in Bradford city centre, Yorkshire, UK.
2006 Sonic Arts Network Expo Victoria Baths Laptop radio performance as The Criptological Audio Sociality. Manchester UK.. ?
2006 Radio 0 At Hull Art Lab (HAL) Organised by The Criptological Audio Sociality. Hull UK .
?2006 Vasulka Workshop. With video Artist Woody and Steina Vasulka. Vivid Birmingham UK ?
2006 April Fools Day Event, "Fist Sixth" Main Organiser and Artist, The Flee pit, Hackney. London, UK. ?2006 Loom Festival of electronic music, Main Organiser of four day Music festival, Also performing Live 'Mijim' Audio and Visuals. Nottingham, UK
2006 Loom At Electric Lounge, Broadway Bar. Nottingham, UK
2005 AA2A Artist Access to Art Colleges, Hull School Of Art and Design DVD Video Commission, Hull, UK.?
2005 Video “Hypersensitive” Shown on Park TV Dutch Television Arts channel www.park.nl
?2005 5-MEO-DMT (Performance with George Rogers & Joe Gilmore) Glitch Aesthetics, Dean Clough, Halifax, UK ?
2005 Visuals Lovebytes, Festival Sheffield, UK. ?
2004 www.NAAN.org.uk (Nottingham Artist Area Network web radio and community-based website) ?2004 Intersection (Video installation, with Leigh Robertson) Show Room Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK?
2004 You are the Water (technical assistant to artist Christina Della Giustina’s interactive audio/video ?installation) exStream Live Art Space, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK ?
2003 Beuys Lolly (Generative music for web radio) rand()%, Digital Research Unit, The Media Centre, Huddersfield, UK ?
2003 Hypersensitive (Video screening) Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain ?
2003 Artist in residence at Hull Time Based Arts, Hull, UK ?
2003 MerryGoRound (Video screened on A.T.P.T.V.) All Tomorrow's Parties, Camber Sands, UK
?2002 Poulenc (Performance with Joe Gilmore, Alex Peverett, Tom Knapp, Paul Emery) Commissioned by Opera North & Lumen, The Crypt, Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, UK ?
2002 Hypersensitive (Installation / residency) Screenlab, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
?2001 Carrot Chopping 2 (Video installation) Lovebytes, Sheffield, UK?
2001 Sound Art Lecture (Performance / lecture, with Alex Peverett & Joe Gilmore) Leeds School of ?Art & Design, Leeds, UK ?
2001 Untitled (Performance / installation, with Alex Peverett & Joe Gilmore) International Review of Live Arts, Glasgow, Scotland ?
2001 Live audio visual computer projected 3D synchronization Burning Bush, Live Art Festival, Dun- ?dee DCA, UK ?
2000 MerryGoRound (Video screening) Kiev Ukraine International Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine ?
2000 MerryGoRound(Video screening) Bucharest International Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania ?
2000 Inserterlation (Interactive Installation ) Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK
?2000 Fellism (Performance) T.O.O.T Festival, Hull Time Based Arts, Hull, UK
?1999 Up&Down (Video installation) Girl/BoyGallery, Hull, UK?- Publications
2001 Lovebytes, catalog Sheffield, UK
