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http://www.jacobwhittaker.co.uk
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Born
and raised in West Wales in the UK. Moved
to Carmarthen in 1999 and completed a BA in
2003.
Found
objects, music, video, photography and performance
explore themes of memory, nostalgia and aesthetics.
The work reassesses the objects and their
‘useful’ life, examines the fallibility
of memory and preconceived notions of narrative
and aesthetic value. The faults of broken
machines and degraded media are examined and
utilised, challenging the viewer to reassess
their ideas of aesthetic value. Film and video
is used to both document live art performance
and installation work, and within the installations,
adding to the visual environment. Video works
also function as pieces in their own right,
exploring notions of the spiritual through
repetition and duration. I also produce films with other
artists, local groups and oganisations including
animation for Fishguard Art Society's Big
Draw Project, a short documentary for
Naturewise:Teifi
Community Garden project, a short documentary
for sculptor Heather
Jansch, as well as filming productions
for Opera Teifi, Cardigan Theatre Players,
Ceredigion People First, Ymlaen Ceredigion Exhibitions, Screenings, Performances etcCurrent & Forthcoming - 26th September - 23rd November - Quest - A film by Minna Hint and Maxim Surin. Featuring the artworks of Paul Granjon, Jan Gerlings & Jacob Whittaker. With accompanying work by the artists. Glyn Vivian Art Gallery, Alexandra Road, Swansea, SA1 5DZ. Open Tue - Sun, 10-5pm, Closed Mondays. Info
Recent Previous - October - 332/3 - A webcast performance work - A webcast performance. more. September - Capeli Dyffryn Teifi (Group - GWRANDO presentation with film screening of new 'Pilgrims Process: Following Fingerprints' work. More Information.) August - September - Cardigan Open Studios Preview (Group exhibition at Mwldan, Cardigan. Digital films from the last few years.) August - Cardigan Open Studios. This years open studios includes film, performance, installation, drawings, paintings and prints. Also includes guest artist Sam Knight with some splendid woodwork. Open 11am-6pm. July - August - ARTSfest 2008 (Group exhibition with FAS at Tregwynt Mansion, Granston.) July - SHORE MOVE! Animation day with members of the public and Fishguard Art Society at the Ocean Lab in Goodwick. Watch some. June - July - Tying Tone Arms, Timing and Time Adrift (Group - Screening as part of Mission Open 2008 at the Mission Gallery, Swansea.) June - Capeli Dyffryn Teifi Project Launch (Group - GWRANDO presentation with film screening of new 'Pilgrims Process: Following Fingerprints' work. More Information.) June - Art At Rhosygilwen (Group - Sound and Video Installation with Louise Bird.) Feb 08 - Valentines Memories 2008 - (Solo webcast performance and online exhibit)
Dec 07 - Jacob's Christmas Crackers 2007
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– Pendre Gallery, Nov 07 - Making a Stag - (Group - Screening as part of 'The View From Here', South Devon) October 07 - The Big Draw (Fishguard Library - Fishguard Art Society public event) A day of drawing and animating in Fishguard exploring the 'Last Invasion'. Drawings by members of the public led by Rebecca Philips Williams. October 07 - Capeli: Capel Crannog (GWRANDO Collaboration with Lou Laurens – Selected to present work as part of the Experimentica Festival in Chapter Arts, Cardiff. September 07 – Timing (Group – Devon Open Studio 07, Jansch Studios, Devon) September 07 - Tying Tone Arms (Group – Screening at the Café Gallery, London as part of PROJEKTOR) August 07- Cardigan Open Studios (Solo - Video & sound installation and performance in and around the studio, including webcasts. August 07 - Cardigan Open Studios Preview (Group - Preview exhibition at Pendre Art, Cardigan, Ceredigion. June - July 07 - Capeli: Capel Crannog (Group - The debut presentation by GWRANDO. Founded in January 07 by Jacob Whittaker & Lou Laurens. May 07 – Vinyl Altar (lp) (Group – ‘Art is Not Mute’ at Ersta Konsthall,Stokholm, Sweden; Institute of contemporary art - dunaújváros (Hungary); Botkyrka Konsthall, Sweden; Gothenburg, Sweden; Uppsala museum of art, Sweden.) May 07 – Tying Tone Arms (Group – Shown at the Shunt Vaults, London as part of a film night curated by Glen Neath and Susanne Dietz) Mar 07 – Song of the Sea: Exodus 15 - Lost and found in Translation (Collaborative film with Alisa Phillips) (Group – Old Café Gallery, Aberystwyth) Mar - Nov 07 – Talk Across Time (Group – ‘Yn y Lle Hwn’, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth) Feb 07 - A Love Story (Solo – Pendre gallery, Cardigan) Jan 07 – Tying Tone Arms (Group - Screened at Llangollen ‘ReallyRestrictive Shorts’) 06
– Jacob’s
Christmas Crackers (Solo – Pendre
Gallery, 06
– Soundlab
IV
(Group – Web. Edition IV was launched
in October 2006 under the title “memoryscapes”
- incorporating 144 artists and 235 soundart
pieces dealing with “memory and identity”
in most different ways, and it became corporate
part of the media art show ://selfportrait
- a show for Bethlehem - a show for Peace
http://self.engad.org - presented in Palestine,
Poland, Italy and Argentina, as an individual
project it participated 2007 in FILE Hipersonica
Sao Paulo and FILE Rio 2008.)
06
– Studio
Transplant (Solo – 9 days of Art,
Jansch Studios,
05
– The Pilgrim’s Process (Group - ‘Private
Views’, Tregaron)
05
– Capel
Crannog (Collaboration with Lou Laurens
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04
– Love Remembered (Solo
– Carmarthen, WWSOTA)
03
– My Journey (Group degree
show – Carmarthen,WWSOTA)
Education/QualificationsWest Wales School of Art2000-2003
– BA Art & Design (First class Hons.) 2000-2002
- HND Fine Art 1999
- Access art & design
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