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SELECTED Curriculum Vitae

Glenn Davidson

Born Birmingham UK - 4th December 1957
North Bromsgrove High School

1974-6 STOURBRIDGE ART COLLEGE
1976-9 CARDIFF COLLEGE OF ART

1988-9 UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
Fellowship in Cybernetics and Social Systems(OOC and CICT programs)

Glenn is Co Director of Artstation a multi-disciplinary art and technology partnership with Anne Hayes.
who are known for their architectural paper installations / films / interactive media projects /
architectural design / social interactions and learning workshops .

Glenn is also a social entrepreneur, member of the Royal Society for Arts, and consultant.
Over many years he has lectured in universities and presented at conferences on art,
media and environment and recently works with collaborators drawn from academia
and interdisciplinary practice.



Last 3 years: Potted .

2009

PORTUGAL / Porto School of Architecture / lecture on Artstation and Prof. Pask.

LONDON / AHRC / beyond text workshop symposium attendee

CARDIFF / UNI. of Cardiff / EUROPEAN STUDIES WORKSHOP

LONDON / PROBOSCIS / sandpit / Invited attendee / IRO status

CARDIFF / NUTOPIA Symposium / TXT2  projection – Vulcan Pub

LIVERPOOL / FACT / COMISSION / projection installation ON OFF

LLANDUDNO / BLOC / symposium / Invited participant.

NOTTINGHAM / Radiator Festival / ON OFF commission / performance – lecture

CARDIFF / CITY HALL / Green Economic Futures / conference presentation

CARDIFF/ RESEARCH SANDPIT/ European History / Creolisation and Moire





2008

LONDON / TIPPINGPOINT WELCOMTRUST / Science event atendee

CARDIFF / AHRC application in sound architecture / Collaboration

CARDIFF / National Museum of Wales / Climate Change Exhibition / Design
Cardiff / Philosophy Café / MC

BERLIN / Potsdam Institute/ British Council / TippingPoint / invited participant.

Partnership - Uni. of Glamorgan development on ArtMap.

CARDFF / Design / Uni of Glamorgan / dev - Whole System Design Tool

CARDIFF/ Uni of Cardiff Business School / Lecture on the Art of Strategy

CARDIFF / Uni.of C. School of Architecture / Eco Design / Whole System Workshops

CARDIFF/  Uni. of Cardiff / Computer Science / est. dev for TXT2. software

CARDIFF / Artstation & Uni of Glamorgan / Cwmaman / The Shepherds Treasure

VIENNA / PAPER PUBLISHED and PRESENTED / European Meeting on
Cybernetics and System Research – EMCSR 2008 /
Artstation’s Practice and a Cybernetic Cannon (Davidson G., Hayes A,. edited: Tresilian N.)



2007

WALES / ARTMAP / Ynyslas / ArtMap Interactive in service

WALES / Cwmaman / installation and research dev./ www.artstation.org.uk/cwmaman/cwmaman.htm

NEW YORK / MOMA / Ceramic / Ligament vase

CANADA / Montreal / The ISST (International Society for the [interdisciplinary]
Study of Time) Waterfall time film made in collaboration and presented by Nicholas Tresilian.

Art Book Published by Fabrica: BRIGHTON / Fabrica: The First Ten years /
Artstation / Pulp / Polyphone 2001 - p50-52: ISBN 978-0-9-543380-2-2

Café Scientifique 2007 in Brussels took place early February.

British Council international campaign “ZeroCarbonCity, reacting to climate change”,
and focused on “sustainable transport”. The speaker, Miles Tight leading transport faculty in Europe,
University of Leeds was moderated by Artist Glenn Davidson of Artstation.

2006

University of Glamorgan / seminar / www.artstation.org.uk/paperwork.htm

WALES / Coed Hills Rural Art Space/ Installation & sustainable development forum  / Bollinger & Shark

WALES / Porth / Installation/ The Bridge

Published: Film making and the Cybernetic Method, Journal of Media Practice Vol 8 issue II /
Intellect Publishing
(DAVIDSON G., MASON W.)

2006 fuller detail

Current University of Cardiff - Architecture school – Awaiting AHRC bid / SoundScape project

CARDIFF / MBA lecture - Cardiff Business School / small business strategy from art practice.

University of Glamorgan / Art and Media / Research on Artstations Paperwork Film

http://www.artstation.org.uk/paperwork.htm:  currently under distribution to festivals /
Article for media journal
INTELLECT publication -

Wales / Coed Hills Rural Art Project / installation BOLLINGER and SHARK / workshop sustainable forum for
policy makers in education / health / SD sustainable development.

WALES / PORTH / Y- BONT – THE BRIDGE / funded by Costains Engineering and Heritage Lottery
commissioned by Rhondda Cynon Taff / advanced public workshop and Installation /
opened by the Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taff  and regional head of planning and environmental services.

GD : External review board member of Prof. Barbara Adams -
In Pursuit of the Future http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/futures/index.html

GD and AH Board members of Cultural Enterprise. http://www.cultural-enterprise.com/ 

INDIA / Bangalore / consultancy

SWANSEA / Margam Park / Equus / Blodeuwedd 3 min film .

Brussels / Moderation / Café Scientifique / ZEDBED carbon neutral housing /

University Van Amsterdam / Presentation / Education & Technology Conference – ArtMAp and reflections on GIS

BBC Wales / CCW / Historian Richard Keen “My Special Place” featured on the BBC website ,
for Carmarthen / exhibition of local work including interviews DVD.

Director of ArtMap Interactive Installation Ynyslas /working with Dr M. Palmer - UWE 



2005

WALES Digital Festival Chapter “You May live in Interesting times  – ArtMAp Residency

WALES ARTMAP Phase Il Interactive commission - Countryside Council for Wales

CARDIFF : MBA lecture - Cardiff Business School

Continuing Project Management on ArtMap

ArtMap Presentations: National Trust, BBC, WDA, WTB, Museums and Galleries of Wales,
CCW, Sustainable Development Network Brussels / Assembly Government Cardiff, Cynnal Cymru.

2004

WALES / Wales Arts International / contributor - Mapping 001 Publication

WALES / ARTMAP Phase II  development and Regeneration” movie

POLAND / WALES / Artstation, Gardzienice, Earthfall collaboration

CARDIFF / Earthfall Dance / Film commission “Running away with the Hairdresser”

BRUSSELS / Parliament / Agora research

Design Commissions in collaboration with Keith Munro

NEW YORK / MOMA / Ceramic design – “Propeller Vase”

SAN FRANSISCO / De Young Museum / Herzog & De Meuron – Ceramic Commission



2003

WALES / Penderyn / film with the Morgan Family / “Blodeuwedd” / ARTMAP

BRUSSELS / European Parliament / Development of Paperwork / AGORA

CARDIFF / European Landscape Conference / ARTMAP presentation

WALES / Cardiff and Brecon / CCW (Countryside Council for Wales) WDA, C2008 /
ARTMAP concept development



2002

HOLLAND / Amersfoort / Centre for Modern Art / Installation / BEYONDLESS

BRUSSELS / CARDIFF / PAPERWORK Installation (Cardiff European City of Culture bid)

PORTUGAL / Lisbon / Centre for Modern Art – Research and development

BBC 2 / SCIENCE SHACK / designing paper balloon to lift Adam Hart-Davis



2001

IRELAND / Belfast Festival  / Installation / DARING LEAP

BRIGHTON / Fabrica Gallery / Installation / POLYPHON (Architectural scan by Uni. of Salford)



2000

WALES / Bryncynon Revival Strategy / CD digital media project / presentation

BRUSSELS / Musée de Beaux Arts / Installation / SOUNDTREE

GLASGOW / Kelvin Art Gallery / Installation / SOUNDTREE

LONDON / Royal Festival Hall / Commission / IMMATERIAL

LEEDS/ BIG BANG / Yorkshire TV programme create a torus.



1999

MANCHESTER / Museum of Science and Industry / Commission /TORI

WALES / Atlantic College / Installation / Y PERSPECTIVE

LONDON / Greenwich Sch. of Arch./ Digital  Attitudes Conference

CARDIFF / UWIC / Art and Aesthetics / visiting lecturer

BRUSSELS / Collaboration with Des Airs/ British Council/ Brussels 2000



1998

CARDIFF / CBAT / Celtic Gateway Project / " Memory Project " multimedia project with Jim Noble

LONDON / Islington Festival / Tamarind Shell

Rhondda Cynon Taff/ Art & Architecture workshops

BBC / BLUE PETER studio guests

 

1997

JAPAN / Tokyo Cardiff exchange  / "Simultaneous Life" project development with Reiko Aoyagi

CARDIFF/ National Museum of Wales/ commission / PARADISE FRUIT

JAPAN / Tokyo / Spiral Gallery - Arcus residency programme / KAKI / NaCl



1996

IKON GALLERY BIRMINGHAM  / Architecture season

SWALEC / light tower / collaboration John Gingell

S4C / Title sequence Animation / Euchid Da

Featured on ZIG ZAG / BBC





1995

IKON GALLERY / Architecture + Art / Residency

CAERPHILLY / Design team ARTIST/ Town Centre Development.

WALES / WDA/ / Creative category winner / INNOVATION AWARD

Cardiff / CIHE / staff advisor & Lecturing / MA studies

CARDIFF / Llanover Hall Computer Arts Studio - Glenn Davidson – Designer & Course Director



1994

FORMATION OF OLA /Old Library Artists Association /chairmanship

WELSH WATER / design / ZIGGURAT proposal



1993

CARDIFF INSTITUTE / lecturing in 3D

CARDIFF / SWALEC/ "Power Box + Meshchip " in association with John Gingell

USA / PHILADELPHIA / American Cybernetics Society - Technology Panel

GERMANY / Stuttgart - Cardiff Cultural Exchange Commission / ROSE GARDEN

 

1992

Cardiff / OLD LIBRARY GALLERY / workshop & installation / "THE GARDEN PROJECT"

USA / Philadelphia UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS / SCULPTURE INTERNATIONAL Sculpture & Computers



1991

CARDIFF/ ARTWORKS WALES GALLERY / Filotaxia prints & "TALL PINE"

C I C T / AMSTERDAM & Welsh Arts Council grants for HARE / development of drawing turtle

 

1990

CANADA / Montreal / ARTS, SOCIETY & CYBERNETICS / "THISTLE" GLAMORGAN CENTRE
FOR ART, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY / Part - time lecturers

GWENT COLLEGE OF H.E. /School of Visual Studies / part-time lecturers

OXFORD / RUSKIN SCHOOL OF ART / Introducing Computers / Visiting lecturer



1989

1992 GARDEN FESTIVAL WALES / EBBW VALE / Artists - Design Team 4

Development concepts for interactive computer installations "CYBERCOOMB" /"VIDEAUFALL" / "VIDEOTREK".



1988

U of AMSTERDAM / O.O.C. (Support, Survival & Culture) / FELLOWSHIP "SPLICER"

Conversation Theory models - collaboration with Prof. G. PASK , computer software



1987

U of AMSTERDAM / "Problems of Impossible Worlds" / LOCOMOTION + lecture

BIRMINGHAM CITY GALLERY / LOCOMOTION + Degas sculpture

RHYL LIBRARY ARTS CENTRE / N.Wales / LOCOMOTION + workshops

ARNOLFINI / Bristol / LOCOMOTION + workshops + BBC Radio 4 'Kaleidoscope'



1985 – 1986

LOCOMOTION + workshops / UK



1984 - 5

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE / LLANOVER HALL ART CENTRE / Cardiff



1983

LIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM 

SPECTRO ARTS WORKSHOP / Newcastle / Residency

ARNOLFINI / Residency workshops

FRANCE / RENNES  /"ARS + MACHINA" /



1981 - 1982

LIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM- TOUR

MELKWEG /Amsterdam / CHAPTER / MIDLAND GROUP / GLYNN VIVIAN MUSEUM
AND ART GALLERY / ST DONATS ARTS CENTRE

WYESIDE / FERENS ART GALLERY / USHER GALLERY /



1980

PERFORMANCE PLATFORM / Midland Group Nottingham /performance

BASEMENT GROUP / Newcastle /"All We Are Is" / performance

BRITAIN / HOLLAND /"Body Politic" by Moving Being / multimedia performance TOUR



1979

LONDON / ICA/ "New Contemporaries” Body action painting