Approved: 15.03.2016

Andrew Brooks

Artist, Film-maker

Approved: 15.03.2016

I’m interested in the history and stories of locations. Getting lost amongst and within the buildings, cityscapes and landscapes, I archive the forgotten spaces to tell the tales of these sites.

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      Artist Statement

      I’m interested in the history and stories of locations. Getting lost amongst and within the buildings, cityscapes and landscapes, I archive the forgotten spaces to tell the tales of these sites.

      As a reaction to a life spent living in and photographing the city I’m driven to explore and document the city but also in parallel, the natural environment. The process is intuitive; about being and experiencing and then showing how this felt through images and film. The sublime is a key concept within my process and output, as I aim to understand its context within alternative locations. Taking inspiration from paintings within the Romantic era, I use small details and studies of the landscape to create larger scale works that become my interpretation of a location.

      Through the act of building images, I aim to capture the forms and rhythms of nature and the city. Often as imagined or re-imagined scenes, I aim to create a heightened sense of place and the audience's interaction with it.

      In my practice I use photography, film and digital technology as a prism for seeing and experiencing the world, particularly the natural and urban landscape. I then process and build on what I’ve recorded, presenting this to an audience through immersive experiences.

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      Andrew Brooks is a photographer, digital artist and film maker.

      Born 1977 UK - Based in Manchester, UK.

      Website:     www.andrewbrooksphotography.com
      Email:         [email protected]
      Phone:        0781 613 9846


      SELECTED EXHIBITIONS /

      2017 The Library and the Mountain: Photography exhibition at the Portico, Manchester.
      2017 Secret Cities Aberdeen: Photography exhibition, Marischal Collage, part of Spectra Aberdeen Festival of Light.
      2016 Field Studies - Odin's Gully. Film piece and collaboration with sound artist Simon Connor, StudioBook Group Exhibtion, Artwork Atelier, Manchester.
      2015 Immersion Iceland: Film project, Spectra Festival of Light, Aberdeen, Scotland.
      2014 New Worlds: Lead Artist at Art and Algorithms Digital Arts Festival, Titusville, Florida, USA.
      2014 Immersion Manchester, film project, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, England.2013 Secret Cities Sittard Geleen: Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands.
      2012 ‘Home’ Group Exhibition: Cornerhouse, Manchester, England.
      2012 Digital Romantics Group Exhibition: The Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax and Aubin Gallery London, England.
      2011 - 2014 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Collaboration, England.
      2011 Secret Cities Zoetermeer: Stadsmuseum Zoetemeer, Netherlands.
      2011 New Worlds: The Hive, Manchester, England.
      2010 MIDAS Photography of Manchester: MIDAS, Manchester, England.
      2010 Pingyao International Photography Festival: Old Town, Pingyao, Shanxi Province, China.
      2009 MOSI: Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England.
      2009 PX3 Essence of Water: Farmani Gallery, Brooklyn, USA.
      2008-09 Hidden Manchester: URBIS, Manchester, England.

       

      TEACHING /
      2016 Visiting Speaker: University of Salford.
      2014 Visiting Speaker: Manchester University.
      2012 Photography Talk: Note to Self, Creative Consortium, Cornerhouse.
      2012 Photography Workshop: Manchester Metropolitan School of Art.
      2011 Workshop: Erasmus College Zoetermeer, Netherlands.
      2010 Photography Talk: Northern Digitals, MAD Lab, Manchester.
      Ongoing – Showcase and Workshops: Museum of Science and Industry.
      Ongoing – Showcase and Workshops: Carmel College, St Helens.

       

      RESIDENCIES /
      2015 Immersion Iceland: Reykjavik.
      2014 Art and Algorithms, lead artist at Digital Arts Festival, Titusville, Florida, USA
      2013 Secret Cities Sittard Geleen: Museum Het Domein, Netherlands.
      2011 Secret Cities Zoetermeer: Stadsmuseum, Zoetermeer, Netherlands.

      COLLECTIONS /
      2013 Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands.
      2011 Stadsmuseum Zoetemeer, Netherlands.
      2010 MOSI Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England,  eight pieces detailing the museums collection.
       
      ARTICLES /
      2012 Skyliner (Blog).
      2011 In Pictures: Wired Raw File Section, UK and US.
      2009 Andrew Brooks, Popular Photography (Magazine), China.
      2009 Andrew Brooks, dpi (Magazine), Taiwan.

      AWARDS /
      2016 Winning artist in the Greater Manchester Emerging Contemporary Artist Prize.
      2013 Lumen Prize, Global Award for Digital Art.
      2009 Winners Showcase Prix de la Photographie Paris exhibited Brooklyn, USA.