Kevin Rowe |
Kevin Rowe works in a range of analogue and digital media exploring Machine Life; the condition distinct to our species. The worlds of history, now, and all possible futures, the global machine, environmental impact; the Anthropocene.
It’s said that it started with the cosmological BIG BANG, energy proceeding to matter, the primary elements/stars and galaxies/the higher elements/planets/geology/chemistry/ biology/botanical/animal/human/machine. This evolutionary anthropic, machinic membrane enveloping, penetrating and emitting from Planet Earth is, then, a biologically constructed trauma machine; an Animal Machine. This is the subject the art here investigates using GUMBO PROCESSING. Influences include: Expressionism, Science, Philosophy, Abstraction, Cartoons from William Hogarth to Robert Crumb, Physics, Biology, Genetics, Street Art, Manga, Fleisher Brothers, Anime, Game Art, Adverts, Cinema, 80s copy art and more. Out of these develops a personal visual expression of an unpredictable and changing world. The imagery emerging out of personal and shared histories. Dreaming in Public. Exhibitions, performances and screenings Short Film Programme, William English, London, 2020 The Last Soiree, The Annexe, London, 2020 Night Vision, Tate Modern, London, 2017 Baffle Dish, The Place Downstairs, London, 2015 War Rooms, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London, 2011 Allow me to Present, Gerd Rothmamm, Munich, 2010 Buitendoor, Andromeda, Ostend, 2009 Macunaima, Oval House, London, 2007 Closed Circuit, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London, 2006 Smog, The Fleapit, London, 2005 Smog, The Hospital Covent Garden, London, 2005 Bubonic Video, 291 Gallery, London, 2004 Bubonic Video, Raindance, London, 2004 Cartoon Method, PixelRaiders2, Sheffield, 2004 Sense and Nonsense, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London, 2003 20th Century Exhibitions, performances and screenings include: The LUX, Exploding Cinema, National Film Theatre, The Shaw Theatre, Barbican Centre, Channel 4, numerous raves, warehouse parties, alternative media events and performances. |
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