Alistair Gentry, Werewolves, 2002, Digital Video Still
Alistair Gentry
Alistair Gentry refers to himself as a “free range” writer and artist. His work has included the publication of two novels, Their Heads are Anonymous (1997) and Monkey Boys (1999). He recenly finished his third novel, Nobody Knows Anybody (2005). Alistair also works with digital animation, performances, installations, stage and radio plays. In 2001, Alistair and Joe Magee collaborated on a digital animation film called Hypnomart, which was broadcast on Channel 4 and subsequently displayed at Oslo central train station, as well as festivals and galleries all over the world. In 2003, Alistair was commissioned by Aldeburg Festival to make Sea House, which incorporated sound, text, installation and underwater performance. Alistair has also founded www.pulp.net, a registered charity funded by Arts Council England for the professional development and publication of writers from outside the mainstream.
During his residency at ArtSway in Autumn 2002, Alistair produced the digital sound and environmental exhibition Werewolves as an experiement in the direct responses of audiences to art work. Using spoken text, rhymes, video and the Feraliminal Lycanthropiser (a device reputed to promote feelings of openness, urgency and pure existence as well as a redirection or suppression of conscious thought) Gentry incorporated spoken text, rhymes and video to create an introspective, phychoactive environment for visitors.
Alistair Gentry created Werewolves during his Navvygate residency funded by the Regional Arts Lottery Programme through Southern & South East Arts.
Selected Previous Exhibitions
Art, Residency, Digital Animation:
| 2004 2002/3 2002 2001 2000 |
'Metempsychosis', International Centre for the Digital Content, John Moore's University, Liverpool 'Halcyon', Screen East/The Film Council/Edinburgh Film Festival 'Werewolves', ArtSway, New Forest 'Hyponomart' (with Joe Magee), Channel 4 Television and ACE (Animate!)/British Animation Awards Finalist 'NonAmbient', New Media Scotland and ACE Scotland, Changing Room Gallery, Stirling. |
| Radio, Plays, Fiction, Hypertext: |
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| 2004 1999 1997 1997 1995 |
Nobody Knows Anybody (novel) 2002 Founded www.pulp.net, funded by Arts Council England 'Monkey Boys' (novel) published by Pulp Books 'Spines' and 'Lucky Cows', Soho Theatre Company, London 'Their Heads are Anonymous', (novel), published by Pulp Books 'The Unclear Age', IRDP/LBC, Young Radio Playwright of the Year Award |
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