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You can contact me by emailing: mail (AT) alistairgentry DOT demon DOT co DOT uk. Messages are always welcome at the address above but it’s a good idea to include the current date in your subject line, otherwise your mail may be filtered as spam. <Français> Les messages sont bienvenus à l’adresse au-dessus de mais c’est une bonne idée d’inclure la date du jour dans votre ligne sujet, autrement votre courrier peut être filtré comme Spam. <Deutsch> Meldungen sind an der Adresse über willkommen, aber es ist eine gute Idee, das Tagesdatum in Ihrer abhängigen Zeile einzuschließen, andernfalls kann Ihre Post als Spam gefiltert werden. <Nippon kara desu ka?> <Putonghua> RECENTLY (2008): Uncanny Valley: Collected Short Fiction is available as a print-on-demand title, as a download, at online sellers and real world book shops: you can buy it here. In summer 2008 I was one of the artists in residence at a new contemporary gallery in Bedford, working on some ideas for animations and films. In September I participated in the Dislocate 08 symposium in Yokohama, Japan. I presented a live urban exploration / role-playing project called Kitsune Yoru [Fox Night]. NOW, AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE (2009): I’m very slowly working on a new novel, which will (probably) feature Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Superman, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Wagner and Nazis. My major project at the moment is Magickal Realism, a live video and performance project inspired by the Angelic Actions and writings of Queen Elizabeth I’s court wizard, John Dee. This work will be exhibited in the winter of 2009 and early 2010. PRESS AND MEDIA COVERAGE OF ME AND MY WORK INCLUDES: a-n, Art Monthly, The Art Newspaper, BBC local radio, The Big Issue, Cabinet, Channel 4 Television (UK), China Daily, Dazed & Confused, The Evening Standard (London), The Face, Flux, Frieze, i-d (UK), IDN (Japan), The Guardian, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, LBC, Mac Format, MAP, Metro, QTV (China), Realtime (Australia), Resonance FM, The Sci-Fi Channel (UK), Scotland on Sunday, SFX, The Times (UK), Wired.  Repetitive Beat Generation Steve Redhead Rebel Inc., 2000.  The Animate! Book: Rethinking Animation Edited by Benjamin Cook and Gary Thomas Lux, 2007.  Collaborators: UK Design for Performance 2003-2007 Society of British Theatre Designers, 2007.  The Berwick Gymnasium Fellowships: An Archival Record Art Editions North / English Heritage, 2008. Lengthy interview, text and many images in this book. Nature After The Genome Edited by John Dupré and Sarah Parry Blackwell, 2010. Video Vortex Reader Edited by Geert Lovink and Sabine Niederer Institute for Network Cultures, 2008.  BOOKS WITH IMAGES OF MY WORK AND / OR CRITICAL WRITING ABOUT IT:     MY BOOKS: I’m a free range writer and artist from the UK. My work is diverse and has been seen and heard in digital media, on radio, television and the stage, in art galleries, at film festivals, in print and on the net. I make and show work across Britain and internationally. Group exhibitions include ’New Forest Pavilion’ at the Venice Art Biennale 2005, ’Blink’ at Gasworks Gallery, London in 2006, ’Broadcast Yourself’ at Hatton Gallery, Newcastle and Cornerhouse, Manchester 2008, plus many other shows and festivals in the UK, Hong Kong, China, the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Canada, the United States and Japan. A lot of my work involves narrative, oratory and storytelling in one form or another, and I’m particularly interested in traditional and contemporary folklore, esoterica and Forteana of Britain, Europe and Asia. Over the past few years I’ve spent quite a lot of time living and working in Japan and China. I’ve been artist in residence for New Media Scotland and the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum at the University of Edinburgh (2006-2007), among others. In 2004 I was awarded an Arts Council England / English Heritage Artist’s Fellowship. In 2006 I was commissioned to make the film Qingdao 58 Middle in China. I’m the author of two published novels (Their Heads Are Anonymous and Monkey Boys.) I’ve been involved with the new fiction site Pulp.Net since it started six years ago, publically as an editor and behind the scenes. With Joe Magee I made the frequently (and globally) shown digital animation Hypnomart for Channel 4 Television’s ’Animate!’. I also regularly take part in readings, talks, lectures and participatory arts work with people from school age upwards. I’m a member of New Work Network, the Scottish Artists’ Union, a-nAIR and the Tufty Club (lapsed). My agency for novels and other writing is Sheil Land Associates, London. I’m an Associate Artist at ArtSway Gallery. Information |
