Ravi Deepres

Summary

Ravi Deepres is a British artist who works with lens based and screen based media. He has worked extensively with contemporary dance companies, including Wayne McGregor Random Dance Company (UK) and Karas (Japan), and with the British avant garde music group, :zoviet*france:. His first solo exhibition, Patriots, shown at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, in 2003, explored aspects of patriotic and national identity around the football World Cup and European Championships.[1][2]

Deepres works as a lecturer in photography and moving image at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, part of Birmingham City University.[3][4]

Selected screen based works edit

  • still.moving - A collaboration with :zoviet*france:, commissioned by David Metcalfe Associates (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK), for screening during live performances by :zoviet*france:.
  • Tyneside Journey (2000) - A collaboration with :zoviet*france:, commissioned by Newcastle City Council, UK.
  • Tremor (2005) Commissioned by Channel 4 and Arts Council England. Sound by :zoviet*france:.
  • Runner (2006) - A co-directed and produced with Michael Baig Clifford. Commissioned by the Great North Run Cultural Programme (Newcastle and Gateshead), UK. Soundtrack by :zoviet*france:.
  • Obscura (2007) - A choreographed film about the loss of sight and the gaze using the creation of a moving camera obscura. Screened at Royal Academy London, as an installation at Rugby Museum and Art Gallery, Star Space Shanghai, Hereford Film Festival, and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.

Selected photographic projects edit

  • Absolute Zero (2000) - Original photography for the artwork of the compilation CD album Absolute Zero.
  • Patriots (2003) - First solo exhibition, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

References edit

  1. ^ Meddes, Robert (February 2003). "He Shoots...He Scores". The Crack (177). UK: The Crack Ltd: 22–23.
  2. ^ anonymous (n.d.). "Ravi Deepres – Patriots". forma. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Discover Digital @ Birmingham City University : Expert". Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Birmingham City University : Ravi Deepres". Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

External links edit

  • visualforbusiness.com Profile
  • vivid.org.uk Information about Runner
  • https://ravideepres.com/film Information about select screen works