Curriculum Vitae

 

Alan Dunn                                                        Email: alandunn67@hotmail.com

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CH44 1BN                                                         Date of birth: 4/8/1967 (Glasgow)   

                                  


Education

 

1989-91             Glasgow School of Art, Masters' Degree in Fine Art

1990                 Art Institute of Chicago, M.F A. Program (Winter Semester)

1985-90             Glasgow School of Art, BA Hons Fine Art, Dept Environmental Art

 

 

Selected work experience

 

1991-date          Self-employed artist

 

2008 (Oct)         CANAL&, advisor and programme manager on public art element, in collaboration with New Heartlands, Liverpool Biennial and the regeneration of the Leeds-Liverpool canal

 

2008                  tenantspin and IDEE-01239, presentation within the ‘place based – Kunst im Auftrag der Nachbarschaft’ event

 

2001-2007         FACT (Foundation for Art & Creative Technology), tenantspin Programme Manager, Liverpool. Lead artist on webcasting project with focus on curating, commissioning, fund-raising, employing, managing and capital development (www.tenantspin.org)

 

2006-date          Leeds Metropolitan University, visiting lecturer on the Contemporary Art Practice BA Course

 

2007                 Sound Network, visiting artist’s presentation, Mello Mello, Liverpool

 

2007                 Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA), visiting lecturer within Cultural Policy module

                       

2006                 City Arts Dublin, presentation on tenantspin at Lord Mayor’s Mansion House, in collaboration with Tower Songs

 

2004-5              Outhouse Programming Group, co-curating series of events around the ‘Outhouse’ public sculpture by Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier, Liverpool. In collaboration with The Guinness Trust

 

2005                 University of Lincolnshire, visiting lecturer on MA Course

 

                        University of Central Lancashire, visiting lecturer) on MA Fine Art Course

 

2004                 Almost Real, Utrecht, European Cultural Foundation, seminar presentation on tenantspin at ‘Art for social change’ seminar

 

Presentation on tenantspin at Cornerhouse, Manchester as part of MMU’s Tuesday Lecture series, at invitation of Pavel Büchler

 

2003                 AN/Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, seminar presentation on tenantspin at invitation of Catherine Bertola

                       

LIPA, visiting lecturer on Community Arts Course at invitation of Roger Hill

 

2003                 Assett Based Community Development, Windsor Castle Consultation, invited contributor

 

2002                 tvmeetstheweb, Amsterdam, seminar presentation on tenantspin

 

2000                 University of Illinois, Champaign, USA, visiting artist

                       

Nova International, Great North Run, artist in residence in collaboration with ISIS Arts

 

1999-2000         ISIS Arts / St. Thomas More RC High School, artist in residence, North Tyneside

 

1999                 The Big Issue In The North, Manchester, artist in residence

 

Liverpool Billboard Project, independent organiser and co-curator with Godfrey Burke, presenting new works from Fiona Banner, Willie Doherty, Pierre Huyghe, Langlands & Bell, Erwin Wurm and Felix Gonzales-Torres

 

Engage, education project organiser with Tullie House, Carlisle

 

Triangle Arts, International Artists Workshop, Caerdeon, Wales

 

1996-9             Raffles Youth Project, artist in residence on housing estate, Carlisle

 

1998-9             Wirral Drugs Service/Tate Gallery Liverpool, project artist

 

1998                 Herder Gymnasium, Cologne, Artist in Schools Programme

 

1996-7             Tate Liverpool, sessional arts worker, Education Dept

 

1996                 Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, Football Artist In Residence (euro '96)

 

1994                 Washington DC Very Special Arts, USA, artist in residence

 

1992                 Dick Institute Museum, Kilmarnock, artist in residence

 

1990-91             Bellgrove Station Billboard Project, Glasgow, project organiser presenting new works by Pavel Büchler, Douglas Gordon, Jim Kelman, Brigitte Jurack, Ross Sinclair, Grennan & Sperandio and Thomas Lawson

 

1990                 The European Special Olympics, Glasgow, project co-ordinator

 

1987-89             Easterhouse Arts Project, Glasgow, sessional arts worker &

committee member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected exhibitions & non-gallery works (* publication available)

 

 

2008 (Sept)       La Dolce Vita, billboard work in collaboration with David Jacques, Rotunda Community College and napoli-est, as part of the Cities On The Edge programme

 

2008 (Sept)       A Collection Of The Sounds Of Dripping Water, double audio CD, in collaboration with Jeff Young as part of the ‘edgecentrics’ exhibition at The Williamson Tunnels, curated by Jolante Jagiello

 

2008                 MOTTO (for a future St.Helens), suite of 28 billboards across the St.Helens borough commissioned by Helena Housing and Channel 4 as part of their Big Art Programme. Developed in collaboration with artist Jeff Young, a group of ex-miners and 26 community groups. Accompanied by exhibition at The Godfrey Pilkington Gallery and one-day Seminar.

 

Soundtrack For A Mersey Tunnel, curator of audio CD compilation inspired by John Cage’s 4’33”, in collaboration with Pavel Büchler & Matt Wand, James Chinneck, A.p.A.T.t., Gintas K, Chris Watson, Valerie Vivancos, Becky Shaw, Pete Wylie, Jeff Young and Werner Moebius

 

2007-8              nogozones, curated by Claudia Wegener and Terry Humphrey

 

2007                 DADoption, curated suite of four billboards in collaboration with Guy Ben-Ner, Dmitry Gutov, Alex Dempster and Cristian Roldan, Liverpool

 

                        /seconds.org, presentation of Obscurer2 in online publishing project initiated and edited by Derek Horton and Peter Lewis, designed by Graham Hibbert, Leeds Metropolitan University

                       

                        The Bold Street Project, in collaboration with tenantspin, Michelle Wren and Katie Lips, FACT, Liverpool, including new commissions by Alex Cox, Chris Bernard, Roger Hill, Pete Wylie and Jeff Young (www.boldstreetproject.org.uk/blog)

                       

                        Binary Jam 003, audio work ‘mistribution’ (cantaudio024), curated by Markus Soukoup

 

Would you like to participate in an artistic experience? Invited participant in Ricardo Basbaum’s project for Documenta 12, Kassel

 

revolution999, edition of twenty double-sided 12” records with custom sleeves

 

A Speculative Enquiry Into The Untold Fictions Dormant Within And Inspired By Inadvertent Visual Narratives, group exhibition by Sean Halligan, FACT, Liverpool

 

2006                 Walk On, group show, curated by Bryan Biggs, Shalon Vogue, Shanghai Bienniale

 

redskyatnight, group show, curated by Vicki Maguire and Martin Coppell, RedWire

Gallery, Liverpool

 

The Royal Standard Annual Commercial Exhibition, selected by the Directors of The Royal Standard, Liverpool

                       

Attainable Utopias, group show curated by Alma Tischler, Vampire Music, Deptford, London

 

2006-8              Shrinking Cities, group show in collaboration with tenantspin, New York, Detroit, Tokyo, Saarbrucken, Frankfurt, Liverpool, Dortmund (*)

 

2003-7              cantaudio, limited edition DIY audio CDRs, including contribution to vibrofiles 3 (audio compilation, Paris, presented Colombia University, NY 2006), FACT FM (Liverpool 2005) and Futuresonic (Manchester 2005)

 

2002-6              Anthology of Art, touring exhibition curated by Jochen Gerz; Ars Electronica (Linz), ZKM (Karlsruhe), Museumsmeile Bonn, Akademie der Kunste (Berlin)

 

2006                 Good Diversions, curating and programming of three off-site projects in Liverpool city- centre. Presentations from Mandy Romero, Foreign Investment and Leila Romaya & Paul McCann. Delivered in conjunction with Bluecoat Arts Centre and Liverpool Culture Company

 

2006                 OBSCURER 1, curating of 4 billboard works, Liverpool. Presentations from Robert Pollard, Eva Stenram and James Ireland

 

PrintROOM, group show, curated by Karin de Jong, Bureau Gallery, Salford

 

Liverpool A-Z, curating of Kelly Mark & tenantspin presentation commissioned by Liverpool Biennial International 06 and FACT

 

BBC Free Thinking Festival, in collaboration with tenantspin and BBC Radio 3, Liverpool

 

Arnold Circus, audio work in collaboration with Jeff Young and Claudia Wegener and CRISIS Shelter, London, on ‘street writings’ CD compilation (weedworks)

 

Pretty Vacant, curating and presenting of 4 billboard works, Liverpool. Presentations from Anu Pennanen, Alma Tischler and Andrew Bracey

 

2005                 PIES & no music, 2 x 96-sheet billboards, in collaboration with Bill Drummond

 

Crosstown Traffic, group show in collaboration with tenantspin, selected by Eddie Berg, Appejay Media Gallery, New Delhi

 

Outhouse presents: co-curator of events around Phaophonit/Oboussier sculpture, Liverpool, in collaboration with Jitender Shambi. Presentations from Chris Watson, Leila Romaya and Mueller Kneer Associates

 

Mayyouliveininterestingtimes, facilitation of tenantspin presentation, Bloc/Chapter, Cardiff

 

Video As Urban Condition, in collaboration with tenantspin, Video Café, Bratislava

 

The Ballad of RAY + JULIE, curating of 4 billboard works, Liverpool. Presentations from Jeff Young, Riikke Ala-Harja and Hamish McLain

 

Crime & punishment, curating of 4 billboard works, Liverpool. Presentations from Sean Hawkridge, Susan Fitch and Scanner

 

Silent Shorts, exterior screenings, curated by Miriam Thyes, Uecker Square, Düsseldorf

Populism, in collaboration with tenantspin, Vilnius Contemporary Art Centre, Frankfurter Kunstverein, National Museum of Art & Design in Oslo, Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art in Helsinki

 

Living It Up! in collaboration with tenantspin, Museum of Liverpool Life

 

EAST05 International + tenantspin, selected by Gustav Metzger, Norwich Art Gallery

 

2004                 Put your hands where we can see them, group show, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

 

Controlled Democracy, in collaboration with tenantspin, White Space Gallery, London

                       

Storytelling, group show, curated by Hilary Thorn, Platform, Melbourne

 

2003                 Rirkrit Tiravanija, Demo Stations No4, presentation in collaboration with tenantspin, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

 

2001-3              Honour, posterworks, Rio de Janiero, Bergen, Liverpool

 

2002                 Cities On The Move, in collaboration with tenantspin, Gwangju Biennale

 

Open_Source_Art_Hack, in collaboration with tenantspin, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

 

40 years of Fluxus, in collaboration with tenantspin, various venues, Wiesbaden

 

Footballers' Lives (Not Dead White Man), BBC Scotland

 

2001                 WALK:DON'T, billboard in collaboration with Charles Watkins, Margate (*)

 

2000                 School of Tyneside, billboards with St. Thomas More High School, North Tyneside (*)

 

1999                 Fantasy Football Art League, Walsall, Birmingham, Carlisle, Derby and Newcastle (*)

 

1998                 Take The Mike Away, limited edition 7" picture disc single (with P.Jeck), Liverpool (*)

 

1997                 B.A.F./Edition KIöckner, group show, Frankfurt Art Fair Germany (*)

 

1996                 GIRLS HIGH - 10 years of Environmental Art, group show, Glasgow (*)

 

1995                 Pay Us What You Owe Us, digital animation, Derby Photography Festival (*)

 

1993                 The Daily Planet (with A.Dempster), Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

 

1990-91             The Bellgrove Station Billboard Project, organiser & curator, Glasgow. (*)

 

1989                 National Review of Live Art, group show, billboard, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow (*)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected bibliography/publishing (E - edited)/reviews/published article (* authored)

 

2008                 Tunnel of Love, Liverpool Echo (Soundtrack for a Mersey Tunnel)

                        Striking a chord with tunnel motorists, Liverpool Daily Post (Soundtrack for a Mersey Tunnel)          

                        BBC Radio Merseyside, interview and feature on Soundtrack for a Mersey Tunnel

 

2007                 dadoption, Liverpool/NW Metro preview by Mark Powell

                        dadoption, by David Jacques, nerve magazine

                        Shoulder-to-shoulder and face-to-face: collaboration at tenantspin (author), projectsetc

Expanding our region’s Cultural Landscape – tenantspin, culturenorthwest Annual Report

Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and the Avant-Garde, TATE Liverpool, catalogue essay by Bryan Biggs and Gallery Map

Self-organisation/Counter-economic strategies, tenantspin, Superflex, Copenhagen

The Art of negotiation, Arts Council of England, ed. David Butler

My North West, by Dean Sullivan (tenantspin), ITV Granada

 

2006                 The Archive Hour, tenantspin, BBC Radio 4

Ways of seeing further (*), adults learning, National Institute for Adult Continuing Education

                        The Power Of Art: Evidence of Impact, Arts Council of England

                        Putting Trust In The Media, Culture & Health: Building The Evidence

                        Arts Council of England, ‘The Art of Negotiation’

                        SustainIT e-Well Being Awards, Independent Newspaper

                        Networking the region, NWDA Good Practice Pack

Telly Tales, New Start Magazine, March

Liverpool A-Z (E), published by tenantspin/FACT/Liverpool Biennial

Free Thinking Festival of Ideas, Night Waves, BBC Radio 3

Shrinking Cities Volume 2, ed Phillip Oswalt

tenantspin: todos nuestros dias del manana (*), TV does not film it, Zemos 98, Seville

 

2005                 WORKBOOK (co-editor), published by tenantspin/FACT, Liverpool

Tenants get into tower block TV, tenantspin, Guardian

A Winters Tale, in collaboration with Chris Watson & tenantspin, BBC Radio 3 Night Waves and BBC Radio 4 Front Row

                        A Guide To Media Literacy, tenantspin, NIACE

                        The Politics Show, Election Dreams, tenantspin, BBC One North West

                        Towering TV Talents, tenantspin, Times Educational Supplement

                        New Technology? Michael Gibbs (on REMOTE article), Art Monthly, May

                        Innovation Into Action, tenantspin, National Good Practice CD-Rom

                        Magic Moments, collaboration between artists and young people, ed. Anna Harding

 

2004                 BBC Radio 4, You and Yours, tenantspin, 23 Aug

Who needs a spin doctor? (*) Engage 15

Proxicommunication: ICT & Local Public Realm, tenantspin, The Work Foundation

tenantspin: simple complexity, (*) RE:MOTE, Bloc Press

Art of football, Guardian, 15 September

Social Sculpture: Art, Performance and Music in Glasgow, Sarah Lowndes

 

2003                 What use is culture to run-down Liverpool? tenantspin, Will Self, London Evening Standard

Superflex: TOOLS, tenantspin, published by Walther König

The Politics Show, E-Democracy Week, tenantspin, BBC One North West

Earth Report: sustainable communities, BBC World

so near..., text published in STATIC pamphlet (www.static-ops.org)

 

2002                 The Chat Files (editor), excerpts from online chat, published by FACT

High-rise hi-tech, tenantspin, The Guardian Online, 31 October

 

2001                 Who needs a Spin Doctor? part 1 (*), ENGAGE 09, August

 

2000                 Liverpool Billboard Project, catalogue published by Dunn/Burke with essays by Chalres Esche, Michael Mulvihill and David Campbell

 

1998                 SOCCER-ARTl (Fantasy Football), London Weekend TV/South Bank Show

 

1996                 The boy Dunn's good, by Claire Stocks Liverpool Daily Post

 

1991                 Bellgrove, M. Macdonald, Artscribe International, Summer

 

Bellgrove, catalogue published by Dunn/Buchler, Cambridge with essays by Francis McKee and Nigel Rolfe