GAIR DUNLOP
Gair Dunlop was one of the key contributors to the art and science panel discussion. He opened his talk with a critical overview of the designer aesthetics when applied to the human body and then contextulised his recent artistic research in the area of genetics by focusing on the work featured in the Designer Bodies exhibition. Century 21 Calling, 2003-04 (Artists’ digital films, an artist’s book and mixed media installation. Running time of video loops: 7 and 4 min).

Century 21 Calling. Dunlop’s installation, created specifically for Stills ScreenLab, re-mixes events, concerns and media stories with biographical fragments relating to Maurice Wilkins – one of the three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA in 1953.

Dunlop’s presentation echoes his views that "Even the discovery of the DNA structure became a political football, seen as part of a generalized triumph of the West in the same way as Abstract Expressionism and the Cadillac". (In Four Plus: Writing DNA Catalogue, 2003).

Gair Dunlop's work varies in both form and content but enquiry into the relationships between identity, place, and the body is at the core of his practice. His work ranges from the Internet to large-scale photographic pieces, environmental art to short films. He has exhibited in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia.

Recent and current projects include Bitparts, a digital commission for the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT), Liverpool and A Town for Tomorrow [again], research on New Town image and reality in Cumbernauld – both in collaboration with Dan Norton; Revisiting the Picturesque - an environmental art commission, Ludlow, Shropshire. For further details please CLICK HERE.

 

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