Ravi Deepres
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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.{{cite journal|last=Meddes|first=Robert|date=February 2003|title=He Shoots...He Scores|journal=The Crack|publisher=The Crack Ltd|location=UK|issue=177|pages=22–23}}{{cite web|url=http://www.forma.org.uk/programme/archive/2003/exhibitions/patriots.html|title=Ravi Deepres – Patriots|last=anonymous|date=n.d.|publisher=forma|accessdate=2008-04-15 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071110041335/http://www.forma.org.uk/programme/archive/2003/exhibitions/patriots.html |archivedate = 2007-11-10}}
Deepres works as a lecturer in photography and moving image at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, part of Birmingham City University.{{cite web |url=http://discoverdigital.bcu.ac.uk/expert.aspx?id=26 |title=Discover Digital @ Birmingham City University : Expert |accessdate=2010-11-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120709153820/http://discoverdigital.bcu.ac.uk/expert.aspx?id=26 |archivedate=2012-07-09 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.bcu.ac.uk/news-events/experts-directory/ravi-deepres |title=Birmingham City University : Ravi Deepres |accessdate=2010-11-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123033829/http://bcu.ac.uk/news-events/experts-directory/ravi-deepres |archivedate=2010-11-23 }}
Selected screen based works
- 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
- 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
External links
- [http://www.visualforbusiness.com/exhibitions_and_artworks/artists/name/ravi_deepres/ visualforbusiness.com] Profile
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070228171728/http://www.vivid.org.uk/projects.php?work=5 vivid.org.uk] Information about Runner
- [https://ravideepres.com/film https://ravideepres.com/film] Information about select screen works
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Category:Academics of Birmingham City University
Category:Photographers from Birmingham, West Midlands
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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