Brian Gibson

“I am an artist who thrives on ideas”

Brian Gibson is a visual artist who thrives on ideas. His work consists of photographic processes and conceptual thought, working in a diverse range of materials. His creations include framed prints, 3D work, interventions, projections, installations and collaborations.

Archetypes• The starting point for this work began as a way of making links

with the past and redefining that past. Working with the inheritance of old family photographs, and using digital software, I developed a method of reconstructing the identities of these people who are in some way connected to me (be it directly or indirectly). In re-presenting these individuals as archetypal characters they shift from their closed historical context to embody more universal characteristics and timeless identity.  

The Gardener

The Daughter

The Father

The Brother

The Rider

The Child

“I think the tree is an element of regeneration which in itself is a concept of time.”

Joseph Beuys

Codex

Semacodes

•  Semacode is a machine-readable two-dimensional code displaying information vertically and horizontally in a square format and increasingly found on billing items and advertising.

• Barcode readers are an application available to android and smart phone users , enabling data or information to be gathered and exchanged freely by the public, opening of a wealth of possibilities for creative and social interaction.

• Potential uses for such code tags are extensive: codes/tags on posters, for concerts and public performances that can be read to provide links directly to web sites.

• Tags across a city can be scanned and provide a body of text that is a fragment of a poem or story. Tags on trees and stones could provide clues and information on a nature trail . Tags can be presented in a multitude of ways: printed as flyers , tee shirts or badges, placed on trees and stones , incorporating traditional practices such as cross stitch and knitting and also as land art.

Land Art

I am interested in the marriage between new and old technologies. How new developments can connect us to the past in a meaningful and fruitful way.

Avebury

Avebury

Glastonbury Tor

Bath

Contactbriangibson908@hotmail.comTel 01225 335747