- Alan Currall
Alan Currall (born 1964) is a British
artist .Alan Currall was born in
Stoke-on-Trent ,Staffordshire ,England , and grew up in Staffordshire andAyrshire ,Scotland . Currall studied at theGlasgow School of Art and as of 2003 is based inGlasgow .Much of Currall's work is not
video -based, shot cheaply with a tripod-mounted camera, and features Currall himself. "Message to My Best Friend" is Currall apparently praising his best friend to the skies ("You've got a great record collection. The way you dress is cool but funky"). Other video works have seen him asking his parents for their advice on how best to survive such disasters as a shipwreck, planecrash and nuclear war, and reading his own will out loud.In 2000, Currall produced "Encyclopaedia" with the support of the film and video umbrella. "Encyclopaedia" is a
CD-ROM encyclopaedia with video clips by 'non-experts' who have influenced the artist in some way (such as his friends and family).In 1998, Currall won the
Richard Hough Bursary .In 2003, Currall was shortlisted for theBeck's Futures prize.In 2004, Currall was one of five selected artists for the Jerwood Artists Platform.External links
Film and Video Umbrella [http://www.fvumbrella.com/projectdetail/artist/C/31/Alan%20Currall] Jerwood Artist's Platform [http://www.jerwood.org/?lid=133]
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