Dr Anne Robinson
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Studio: G8, Limehouse Arts Foundation, Towcester Rd, London E3 3ND
Exhibitions
Recent Solo:
2024: Coming Soon.. The Charmers, Five Years, London.
2022: Arch space at Beaconsfield, ’Air and Grace Notes’ residency show. 2021: Hurriers: Poor on the Roll, APT Gallery, London, new, five screen
installation work: The Hurrier and Broadside Ballad publication. Also co-curator
2021: Hurriers: Poor on the Roll, Five Years Gallery, London, as above: The Hurrier and Broadside Ballad publication. Also co-curator.
2020: Feb: Wakeful, CCA, Glasgow screening. 2020: Wakeful, Whitechapel Gallery screening. 2018: Wakeful, LV21, Kent
2018: Wakeful: If I Sleep I May Be Caught, APT Gallery, London.
Recent Group:
2024: Queer Materialities Live! Glasgow School of Art.
2024: Women in Revolt! Scottish Gallery of Modern Art: Modern 2.
2023-24: Women in Revolt! Tate Britain, Se Red Women’s Workshop and BFI screening of short films: Sunday School, Four Minute Cut, and Real Woman,
2023: Queereal Secretions, Glasgow School of Art.
2023: ‘Sisters! Question Every Aspect of Our Lives’ with See Red Women’s Workshop: La Contemporaine, Paris, Nanterre, Exhibition/Symposium.
2022: Beaconsfield Contemporary Art, London: Artist in residence at Arch Gallery: ‘Air and Grace Notes’ plus workshops.
2021: Hurriers: Poor on the Roll, at Five Years and APT Galleries, London as above. Also co-curator and collaborations with: Lou Barnell, Kathleen
Mullaniff, Shaheeda Sinckler, Ana Bennloch, Feminist Library, Charlotte Squire.
2022: ICA, London, and AEMI, Dublin: screening of Corridors for launch of Experimental Film- making and Punk.
2022: Lux: Corridors (1986) online streaming.
2021: Hurriers: Poor on the Roll, APT Gallery, London, featuring new, five screen installation work: The Hurrier and Broadside Ballad publication. Also co-curator. Collaboration with Feminist Library/podcast on art/ class/bodies.
2021: Hurriers: Poor on the Roll, Five Years Gallery, London, featuring new, five screen installation work: The Hurrier and Broadside Ballad publication. Also co-curator.
2021: Hydracity, Thamesside Studios, London: with Inspiral London. 2021: Rebel Dykes, Group show at Space Station Sixty-Five, London. 2021: Rebel Dykes, various films featured in documentary, ongoing global distribution.
2020: Come Hell or High Water, online and Thames foreshore, curated by Anne Bean. Short film: Over Time Over Time, 2020.
2020: March: Darks, screening at Five Years gallery, London.
2020: See Red Women’s Workshop featured in Unfinished Business, show at British Library, London and Fac Au Mur, Musee de Bretagne, France.
2019: Forces, Fields, film event at Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle. 2019: Wakeful screening with live performance at Supernormal Festival.
2018-19: See Red Women’s Workshop,’Still I Rise’ Notts Contemporary, Nottingham and De la Warr Pavillion, Bexhill.
2018: Alf, ‘Ghost Tide’ Thamesside Studios, London.
2018: ‘Temporalities’ CSM Gallery, UAL, London.
2018: Darks, text and imaage, small publication commissioned by Inspiral London.
2017:Common Birds – new work showing in ‘Common and Garden’ at CGP London, August 2017
2018-2020: Wakeful screenings include: Whitechapel Gallery, London, CCA, Glasgow, Estonian Maritime Museum, Tallinn, APT, London, Cafe Oto, Supernormal Festival
2018: ‘Booted’ new commissioned work for Queer Times at Glasgow Museum of Modern Art, now in GoMA Collection.
Workshop on Time Passing with Breathing Space at St Augustine’s Tower, Hackney, April 2017
See Red, Feminist Posters 1974-1990, book publ. by Four Corners Press, London, 2016
‘Through the air with the greatest of ease: phonogenie’, Seismograf/DMT peer-reviewed journal (Fluid Sounds – special issue), Denmark, publ.2016
Ghost on the Wire 2, exhibition at Objectif, Singapore, Aug. 2016
Supernormal SuperSensorySummerSchool, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire, Aug. 2016
Inspiral London, ongoing, collaborative urban walking art project, Kings Cross to Gravesend. Talk on Over Time at Swedenborg House for Inspiral Festival September, 2016.
Curating/Collaboration:
2012-2016: Supernormal Arts Festival, Braziers Park, curator/organiser Co-authored book:
Baines, J. Mackie, S. Robinson, A. Stevenson, P. ; 2016; See Red: Feminist Posters 1974-90; Four Corners Books; London; 184 pp; ISBN: 978-1-909829- 07-7http://www.fourcornersbooks.co.uk/#/books/see_red_womens_workshop/
Writings on Anne Robinson art works:
Featured artist in: Experimental Filmmaking and Punk by Rachel Garfield, London: Routledge, 2022
Essay by Frances Hatherley for ‘The Hurrier, published as broadside poster, by APT, 2021.
Wakeful: if I Sleep I May Be Caught: texts by Anne Robinson and Rachel Garfield, 2018.
Catalogue essays and small publications:
Tucker, J. ‘An encounter with the opaque: Notes to the exhibition’ Essay for Vital Excess, LMU, 2014
Robinson, A. Over Time, London, LMU, 2014
Robinson, A. Re-Turning, RePossessed Catalogue, LMU, 2006
Robinson, A. ‘Purchasing Holy Mount Zion’, White Collar magazine, 2nd and 3rd editions, 2004 – 2005
2001: Fragile, by Carol Rhodes
2007: ‘Surfacing: Questions of Memory in Anne Robinson’s Installation ‘Hold’’, Land 2, 2007
Evans, G . ‘Heretical Grace’, essay, Maybe in the Sky, Liverpool Museums, 2008
Earlier Publications
‘Traveling Eye: the elusive digital frame and the elasticity of time in art’, Journal of Media Practice, Vol. 11 Issue 3, 2010, pp215-229
‘Underwriting: an experiment in charting studio practice’, Journal of Visual Art Practice, Vol. 8 Issue 1/2, 2009, p59-74
‘Variable Shutter/Dark Frame’, Knights Move journal, fifth edition, 2010, p6
‘All At Sea: Johanna Billing and Dias & Riedweg at Documenta 12’, Filmwaves/Artinsight, issue 21 (FW34), 2007, pp 8-11
‘Agency: Viva Viva’, Vertigo, Vol. 4, No. 9, Winter/Spring, 2009,
‘Re-Turning’ essay in Repossessed exhibition catalogue
Drawing Series in White Collar magazine, 2nd & 3rd editions, 2004/2005
‘Sex on Film – Lesbians’, in Hilary Robinson (ed.) Visibly Female: Feminism and Art Today, London, Camden Press, pp13-18
Catalogue essays:
2001: ‘Fragile’, by Carol Rhodes, artist
2007: ‘Slip Frame’ by Dr Judith Tucker, University of Leeds
2008: ‘Maybe in the Sky’, by Gareth Evans, editor Vertigo magazine
2014: ‘An Encounter With the Opaque’, by Judith Tucker
Earlier Solo Shows:
2014: Vital Excess, Bank Gallery, London
2012: Fine Art PhD show: ‘Is It You?’ & ‘Que Sera’ at Commercial Road Gallery, London E1
2009: ‘Slow’, Unit 2 Gallery, London
2008: ‘Maybe in the Sky’, The Planetarium, World Museum, Liverpool
2007: ‘Slip Frame’, APT Gallery, London
2003: ‘Sound Disturbance’, Seven Seven Gallery, London
2002: ‘Seconds Away’, Century Gallery, London:
2000: ‘Fragile’, Manchester Metropolitan University
1999: ‘Life of Crime’, APT Gallery, London
Earlier Selected Curating:
2014: ‘Over Time’ project in Greenwich
2012-16: Supernormal Festival
2011: ‘One More Time’, symposium and group show at London Met, essay for ‘One More Time’ booklet: ‘Notes on Temporality in Art’
2008: ‘Slip Frame’, symposium and exhibition at APT Gallery, London
2007: ‘Time, Flesh & Nerve’ Artists’ Film event at Lounge Gallery., London
Earlier Selected Group Shows:
2016: ‘Bermondsey Artists’ Group’ atCGP, London
2015: ‘POOL’ atCGP, London
2015: ‘Fluid States’, University of Copenhagen/PSI
2015: ‘Fall of the Rebel Angels’, Venice
2014: ‘SeAfar’, Deptford X and Folkestone
2014: ‘Ghost on the Wire’, Bermondsey Art Space
2014 (two person show with Michael Evans): ‘Vital Excess’ at Bank Gallery, Cass, London
2014: ‘Chinese Open’, Soho: Riders, film work
2014: GHost Hostings 13, University of the Arts, CSM
2013: ‘Lumen’, Shuffle, London
2013: ‘DeTours’ at CGP, London
2013: CounterProductions Residency in Marseilles
2013: Artists’ committee screening at Psi, Stanford University, Ca.
2013: Exploding Cinema screening/performance on MS Stubniz
2012: GHost at St Johns, London
2012: ‘Common-all Games’ in collaboration with Communist Gallery and Eastside Arts, Leeds
2012: Anniversary group show at Space Station 65
2011-13: ‘Protest Your Love’ for ‘Feminist Disco’, Camberwell School of Art and ‘Manual’ by Frisk at The Others, London
2011: ‘Song of the Skiver’ video installation, Toilet Gallery, Kingston
2011: ‘Mountain’ for CGTV 2011:
2010: ‘Correspondence’, Libeskind Centre, London Met, incl. Video installation, Que Sera
2009: ‘Open Book’, Pages, London
2006: ‘Repossessed’, Leeds Met University and Waterman’s Arts Centre, London
2006: ‘Talkshow’, Lounge Gallery, London
2004: ‘Ignition’, Art Dept Digital Symposium, Penzance
2003: ‘Disco’, Quay Arts, Newport
2001: ‘New Work’, Mappin Gallery, Sheffield
2001: ‘Reality Interventions’, Gallery Westland Place, London
2000: ‘Medicine! Medicine! Medicine!’ Stroud
1999: ‘Daddy’s Razor’, The Lux
1992: ‘Exposing Ourselves’, The Worx, London
1987: ‘Last Requests’, Brixton Gallery
1986: ‘Corridors’, Royal Festival Hall
1986: ‘London Filmmakers’ Co-op Summer Show
1986:‘Against the Odds’, Brixton Gallery
Education:
1987: BA (Hons) Fine Art (Film & Video) St Martins School of Art
1989: PGDip Film & TV Studies: University of Westminster
19992: PGCE: University of Greenwich
2012: PhD Fine Art: ‘The Elusive Digial Frame and the Elasticity of Time in Painting’, Sir John Cass School of Art, London Metropolitan University
(1978-80: Foundation, Glasgow School of Art (completed 2 years painitng and mixed media, left to work in community arts)
Earlier Film Practice/Commissions:
2003: ‘In the Bubble’ video commissions for the GLA
2003: ‘Sound Disturbance/Looks Like Jazz’ film & video live mix, funded by ACE – touring, incl. Royal Festival Hall, Cargo, Colchester Arts Centre
2002: ‘Cinema Bizarre’ video with Stacey Makishi, various incl. Soho Square London, Walker Arts Centre, Minneapolis
2000: ‘Curiosities’ video commission for ‘The Victorians’ Exhibition at The V&A
1996: ‘Citymen Persuasion’, video
1987: Four Minute Cut’, 16mm
1987: ‘Boot Monkeys’ Super-8
1985: ‘Real Woman’, video (co-director C. Sheldon)
1984: ‘17 Rooms’, 16mm (co-director C. Sheldon)
1984: ‘Royal Fellowship’ Super-8
1987-1989: Management committee WAVES
1983-1985: Wildtrax Video Collective
1981-1983: See Red Collective
1983-1996: screenings incl. BBC2, Channel 4 & festivals
Earlier: Academic:
2017: The Viscosity of Duration, article for Journal of Contemporary Painting.
2015 – 2016Associate Lecturer, UAL/Camberwell
2005-2015: 0.6 Senior Lecturer Film Studies, London Metropolitan University
2009 – 2015: Steering Group/Curator for Creative Practice as Research Centre, The Facility at LMU
2014: Contributor to Feminism and Subjectivities Research Group at UAL/Chelsea
2010-present: on steering group for The Facility, Practice as Research Centre at London Met
2005-2009: on steering group for Repossessed research group at London Met
2001-07: Visiting Lecturer, Digital Media and Film, London Metropolitan University
Papers:
2015: ‘Phonogenie’ collaborative sound project and audio paper for ‘Fluid States’ at University of Copenhagen
2014: ‘Enlarger Than Life: Song-Films and Irrational Gestures’, paper at psi20, Theatre Academy of Shanghai
2014:‘Dance a cleaner dream: a meeting of artistic mysteries’, performative lecture, Subjectivity & Feminisms Research Group, number six ‘Tender Buttons’
2014: ‘Que Sera: Time Travel and Physical Thinking Part Two’, GHost 13, Central St Martins/UAL
2014: ‘Long Away and Far Ago’, paper for Haunted Landscapes Conference at t University of Falmouth
2013: ‘Que Sera: Time Travel and Physical Thinking Part One’, paper for for Psi at Stanford University, USA
2009: ‘Traveling Eye’ conference paper at: ‘Journal of Media Practice, 10th Anniversary Symposium’, University of Sussex
2006: ‘Slivers of Crystal’ conference paper at: ‘Historia, Memoria, Amnesia’ Conference, University of Leeds
2005-2010: Visiting Lecturer at University of Leeds, University of the Arts London, University of Glamorgan
1989-2000: FE and community teaching incl, Department head and course leader roles at Hackney Community College and Lewisham College, Southend College, Morley College and LOCN
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