Exhibition History (selection)
Caspar Below is an artist experimenting with our relationships to communities, technology and power.
Previous projects have involved audiences in re-enacting crowd control, finding new parent memories for orphaned family photos and answering a multitude of inquiries via text message as the SMS Oracle.
He set up pirate radio broadcasts in a Northern Irish village and used secret filming to map the no-go aura of governmental buildings by stepping into its sensitive zones. More recently he collected bad advice and disposed of it in a series of cleansing rituals as well as running workshops training South Londoners in DIY techniques of urban mass evacuation.
Selected exhibitions, events and screenings
2016
- “Portrait of the Artist Who Has a Day Job”, “Advice on Life” and “Lessons from the Incredible Radio Clock”, headphones trail, three locations at Sonophilia Festival, Lincoln
- “Trilogy of Painful Changes”, video trilogy, Out Of Frame – Disruptive Tech, Philadelphia Tech Week, Philadelphia/Pennsylvania, USA
- Screening of “Sidewinder”, g͠lͮi̔tc̝h̳ video screening at Portland Community Media, USA
- “The End of Ebb and Flow”, Filmideo, Newark Museum, Newark/New Jersey, USA
- “The End of Ebb and Flow”, ATHICA, Micromedia Fest, Athens/Georgia, USA
2015
- “The Disjointed Changelog”, video, Art Language Location 2015, Centre for Computing History
- “Trilogy of Painful Changes”, video trilogy, Art Language Location 2015, Anglia Ruskin University
- “The End of Ebb and Flow”, Pool group show, Bermondsey Arts Group – CGP London
- Collaboration: Soundscape production for multi-channel video show by Indian artist Parvathi Nayar, Chennai – India, March 2015
2014
- Foundation of Camberwell Arts Archive, research residency Camberwell Arts & Lambeth Archives, to kick-off a festival archive, artefact collection and oral history interviews, London
- “Vauxhall Festschrift”, celebratory zine and sticker e-book, Below Press, London
2013
- “Commuter Audio Algorithm”, London Sinfonietta, #RSVP Postal Pieces, mail art exhibition, London
- “Payday Loan Cenotaph”, pop-up memorial installation, Camberwell Open, London
- Noise Intercepted, 6-month sound art challenge, Vancouver & online
2012
- Screening of “Sidewinder”, Disposable Film Festival at the Cinema Museum, London
- “Liquid Memorials”, commemorative cocktails event for festival opening, Camberwell Arts Festival, London
2011
- Videoclub, Beyond Surveillance: video screening and panel discussion
- South Hill Park
- Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings
- Aspex, Portsmouth
- Bracknell
- “OneDayOnearth”, global participatory video project, screenings worldwide, incl. United Nations headquarters NY
2010
- Screening of “iDrone London”, pop-up cinema Camberwell Arts Festival, London
- Videoclub: Beyond Surveillance Lighthouse, Brighton
- “A Global Surveillance Society?” screening at conference at UCL, London
2009
- “Self-Evacuation for Londoners”, presentation and participatory workshop at Volume Gallery, London
- “I Told You So – new rituals for the everyday” participatory project to archive and process bad advice, Camberwell Arts, London
2008
- “Time” presentation on artists’ time at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich University , London
- “21st Century Anxiety conference”, video screening, presentation and panel discussion, Nottingham University, Nottingham
- “The DIY Handbook for Political Painting”, installation and publication, Below Press , London
2007
- Video screening, Underground/Overground at Madame Lillie’s Gallery, London
- Video screening, Trampoline festival: The Surveillance City Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham
- “Pirate Radio Cushendall”, Residency at the Curfew Tower, Cushendall, Co Antrim, NI
- “Art and Anarchism”, The 2007 Almanac of Political Art, published by Sophie Hope
- “SMS Oracle” at The Way I See it, live art festival, London
- Video screening, Saison Video 2007 École regionale superieure d’expression plastique, Tourcoing, France
- Art and Money, 5 short radio pieces for Resonance FM, Frieze Art and UBUweb
2006
- Video screening, Clerkenwell Film and Video Festival at the Crypt on the Green, London
- Anominal 2, improvised sonic collaboration between artists and musicians, Flea Pit Gallery, London
- Made in Video, video festival by Chamber of Public Secrets , Copenhagen
- Anominal, improvised sonic collaboration between artists and musicians, Flea Pit Gallery, London
2005
- Video screening at Video London, Espai Ubu , Barcelona, Spain
- “Black Park”, collaboration with Errol Francis for a2arts/DeptfordX, online
- “SMS Oracle” performance at Coagulation, group show curated by Kim Fielding and Simon Mitchell, tactileBOSCH, House, Chapter, More Front Studios and online, Cardiff
- The Flag Project, 254 Bethnal Green Road, London
- Mobile, art on mobile phones, group exhibition, Arena Gallery, Liverpool
- Counter Measure {Time] Florence Arts Trust, London
- Re.Sound, Sounds like Trouble SVA, Stroud
2004
- 60 seconds, video screening, 291 Gallery, London and Darklight Film Festival, Dublin
- Counter Measures, Florence Arts Trust, London
2003
- Show Apartment, King’s Cross Maiden Lane Estate, London
- SOLD, group show Hanbury Gallery, London
- “Advice Commission”, South-Bank Arts Trail, Bristol
Curatorial and Consultancies
- 2013-2015 #hack4good London, hackathon coach for disruptive digital product development for social good (e.g. Fauna and Flora International, Department for Energy and Climate Change, Friends of the Earth, DEC)
- 2009-2010 Project Manager, “Freeasabird – peer support and media project for women in prison”. Peer support network for ex-offenders, Exec producer of 12 short documentaries, Media For Development and London Probation Trust
- 2006-2008 Project Manager “Testimony – oral history of mental health care 1930s-1980s”. Facilitator of oral history archive. Producer of topical documentaries and co-curator of touring art exhibition on the history of mental health care, Mental Health Media
- 2007 “Slice of Evidence”, sound art event, curated by Caspar Below and Bruce McClure, RampArt Social Centre, London
- 2006 “Concrete Mass”, sound art event, curated by Caspar Below, RampArt Social Centre, London
- 2005 “PopularArt – locating collective space”, curated by Caspar Below and Parvathi Nayar, Nehru Centre and Indian High Commission, London
Awards
- 2013 Winner of Camberwell Open/Public Art installation, with the “Payday Loan Cenotaph”
- 2013 London Sinfonietta, Special Commendation for “Commuter Audio Algorithm”
- 2005 a2arts Ephemeral Cities Award for “Black Park”, London
- 2003 Rebecca Smith Trust Award, Printmaking and Interdisciplinary Work, Bristol
2013
*London Sinfonietta, #RSVP Postal Pieces (London)
*Payday Loan Cenotaph, Camberwell Arts Festival (London)
*Noise Intercepted (www)
2012
*Disposable Film Festival, exploding Cinema @ Cinema Museum (London)
*Liquid Memorials, Camberwell Arts Festival (London)
2011
*Electric Palace cinema, Beyond Surveillance (Hastings)
*Aspex Gallery, Beyond Surveillance -panel discussion and screening (Portsmouth)
*South Hill Park arts centre, Beyond Surveillance (Bracknell)
2010
*Rooftop Cinema, screening, Camberwell Arts Festival 2010 (London)
*Beyond Surveillance, panel discussion and screening, video club (Brighton)
*Surveillance & Society Conference, screening (London)
2009
*Open Studios, drawing and live art project, Old Police Station (London)
*I Told You So, online and live art project, Camberwell Arts Festival 2009 (London)
2008
* 21st Century Anxiety, Nottingham University (Nottingham)
* Time, artist’s time talk (London)
2007
* Trampoline (Nottingham)
* Underground/Overground Madame Lillies (London)
* Pirate Radio Cushendall, Residency at the Curfew Tower,
(Cushendall, Co Antrim, NI)
* The 2007 Almanac of Political Art Publication, Reunion Projects
* SMS Oracle @ The Way I see it Residency at the Way I See ii, live
art festival. (London)
* Saison Video 2007 École regionale superieure d?expression
plastique (Tourcoing, France)
* Concrete Mass (ongoing noise art project) on UBUweb online gallery
UBUweb (www.ubu.com/sound/concretemass.html )
* Slice of Evidence, sound art event, curated by Caspar Below and
Bruce McClure RampArt Social Centre (London)
2006
* Clerkenwell Film and Video Festival- London Special Crypt on the
Green (London)
* Anominal 2, improvised noise collaboration between artists and
musicians Flea Pit Gallery (London)
* Made in Video Chamber of Public Secrets (Copenhagen)
* Anominal, improvised noise collaboration between artists and
musicians Flea Pit Gallery (London)
* Concrete Mass, sound art event, curated by Caspar Below and Kevin
Quigley RampArt Social Centre (London)
2005
* Video London, Espai Ubu (Barcelona)
* Black Park, www.blackpark.org <http://www.blackpark.org/> online
collaboration with Errol Francis for a2arts/DeptfordX (www/London)
* Coagulation, curated by Kim Fielding and Simon Mitchell
tactileBOSCH, House, Chapter, More Front Studios and the www (Cardiff)
* The Flag Project, 254 Bethnal Green Road (London)
* Mobile, Arena Gallery (Liverpool)
* Counter Measure Time: Florence Arts Trust (London)
* Re.Sound, Sounds like Trouble, SVA (Stroud)
* Popularart, curated by Caspar Below and Parvathi Nayar, Nehru
Centre, (London)
2004
* MA Fine Art Degree Show: Central Saint Martins (London)
* 60 seconds: 291 Gallery (London) & Darklight Film Festival (Dublin)
* Counter Measure: Florence Arts Trust (London)
* Peregrinations of a Ferret: Space Place (London)
2003
* Post Postal: Euroart Studios (London)
* Show Apartment: King?s Cross (London)
* SOLD: Hanbury Gallery (London)
* BA Degree Show, UWE (Bristol)
* Advice and Scheduling Commission: South-Bank Arts Trail (Bristol)
2002
* The Cave of Primal Matter: Spike Island (Bristol)
2001
* Photographien Wuppertal Stadthalle (Wuppertal)
Awards:
*2013 especially commended composition, Postal Pieces #RSVP, London Sinfonietta
* 2013 Camberwell Arts Festival, site specific work award
* 2005 a2arts Ephemeral Cities Award for Black Park (London)
* 2003 Rebecca Smith Trust Award, Printmaking and Interdisciplinary
Work (Bristol)