Dr. David Chapman
Senior Lecturer in Media Production Moving Image Research Centre, Arts and Digital Industries (ADI) UEL David Chapman (born 1959) has worked as a musician, and produced and directed documentary films. He currently creates video and digital sound pieces for both gallery and site-specific exhibitions, such as Hark (2005), with photographer David Cottridge, Octo:Sotto Voce (2009) at York Minster, Re-sounding Falkland (2010) on the Falkland Estate in Fife, Scotland, with Louise K. Wilson, and Watermark (2012) at York Guildhall. Recent live performances include playable sound sculptures and music theatre work. Chapman’s doctoral thesis was on sound art and perception. He teaches film theory and production at the University of East London. |
latest workMeanings of Failed Action: Insurrection 1946 is a collaborative art project that revisits an episode of India’s struggle for self-rule: the 1946 insurrection of Royal Indian Navy sailors. The work was exhibited March 17-25, 2017, in Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai, India. Meanings of Failed Action: Insurrection 1946 is presented in the form of a monumental installation comprising Vivan Sundaram’s artwork, David Chapman’s 8-channel sound piece, a forty feet mural, and a library of historical documents sourced and curated by Valentina Vitali and Ashish Rajadhyaksha.
For more information and reviews please visit the project website: http://insurrection1946.in/ |
news2017 -Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Museum, Mumbai. A collaborative project on the 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny, with visual artist Vivan Sundaram and cultural historians Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Valentina Vitalii. I will be producing an 8-channel sound piece for the installation. |
aboutDavid Chapman is a senior lecturer in media production. He has background as a freelance producer and director. This includes work in television documentary and community and educational video and multimedia. He also is involved in the development of various arts projects, working with a number of artists in the area of video, new media and performance. David is also a practicing musician with a long history of recording and performance and an exhibiting sound artist. His current practice investigates the sonic mediation of the natural world and the durational exploration of place and environment through audio-visual installation. www.davidchapman.info
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