Louise Webb
Dover
Artist interested in miscommunication, ethics of AI learning, alternative education and social learning.
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Webb’s practice currently explores communication, miscommunication, misinterpretation and mistakes through the participation of narrative. Through the use of moving image, Webb has been investigating the intimacy of electronic devices and digital hospitality observing how new social histories and fictional realities are being created through shared technologies. Webb is interested in how these inevitable formats of communication can be used to share collective joy, resistance and hope while being faced with the difficulties of privacy, false news and hidden algorithms. This correlates with her involvement in facilitating workshops inspired by accessible and collective learning.
Influenced by work ethics, AI, digital communication, peripherals, language and myth through a multidisciplinary practice.
Webb's practice predominantly centers around the suspension of disbelief; the engagement that occurs consciously by the audience and the act of accepting fictional information that is presented temporarily as fact. She collages using the interaction between 2D, 3D and time-based languages -to challenge the boundaries of these forms. This develops a new narrative created by the viewer's interpretation, the initial source of information is now transformed and the idea of truth is altered. Using installation and accompanying interpretive material. Louise works in Public engagement, interested in how audiences participate with art orientated spaces and how shared spaces can utilise to access what public audiences actually want. Louise is interested in exploring these spaces (noting how certain entertainment spaces e.g cinemas can be more effective than civil spaces e.g council controlled environments in audience engagement) through shared documentation and exploring how these spaces can be adapted through public feedback.
Born in Carshalton. Currently residing in Dover, Kent.
EDUCATION
Open School East Associate -2018 - Open School East, Margate, Kent
BA (Hons) Fine Art First Class Hons - September 2014 - July 2017, Norwich University of the Arts
Foundation - UCA Canterbury 2014
Recent Events
Latest events and projects
?Antiuniversity 2019: No More Miserable Monday Mornings - 18/06/19 - Co-organised workshop with Katie Fiore - Well Projects, Margate
Gut Feelings, OSE End of Year Show, 2018 -Open School East 50 Athelstan Road, CT9 2BH Margate, Kenthttps://www.facebook.com/events/314983242427390/?active_tab=about
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The Parliament of Schools - Co-presenting a talk with Anna Colin on Alternative Education, being part of discussions with multiple participants from Alternative institutions -Bauhaus, Dessau 20-24/03/19
?Abstract phone films, storytelling & social media workshop- Pie Factory - Analogue Ensemble commission with Art Council Funding - 28/03/19
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?Strong Currents - OSE associates in collaboration with Marguritte Humeau21/04/18
Open School East at Guest Projects 26/05/18
Contemporary Exorcism - Whitstable Biennial 08/06/18
Threads Residency - Dover Art Local, 12 July 2018
Limbo Residency - Limbo studio, Margate 21st -30th July 2018
Organised Art- Writing Walk Workshop in Collaboration with Christ Poundwhite for Chalk up 21 - 5th August 2018
Park Bench Project- Kearsney Abbey, 2018
Kearsney Interpreted - Public Programming Artist Residency - 2018
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Folkestone Triennial Host - September 2017- November 2017
Quatre House - Creative Foundation
Folkestone
Gallery Assistant at East – September 2016 - July 2017
East Gallery -http://www.nua.ac.uk/thegallery/
Norwich
British Art Show Live Guide – June 2016 - September 2016
British Art Show - https://britishartshow8.com/
Norwich
Selected Exhibitions-
Contemporary Exorcism- Whitstable Biennial- 2018
Strong Currents - Botany Bay, Kent. April 2018
Reflections on the Landscape: Against the tide - River Garage Studios, Dover, Kent. March 2018. Co-Curator
We: You, Me, (Narrative Whispers) - Firstsite, Colchester, Essex. October to November 2017
Free Range - The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London - July 2017
Marmalade- Cyprus School of Art - May 2017
Norwich University of The Arts Degree Show- June - July 2017
Collaborations-
Open School East Associate - Working alongside 13 other associates to organize and create multiple public events.
CHA|rade - Collaboration between artists from Norwich and Camberwell, involving digital communication devices. One of the six.
Co|OP- A group of artists that have taken part previously in multiple separate collaborations. From this, I have taken part in multiple large group shows,,, One of 14.
Collaboration with Drew Burrett- Have worked on multiple occasions with artist Drew Burrett creating large installations and co-curating shows.
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