Foundation for Contemporary Arts

Luke Fowler

Lives in Glasgow, Scotland

Born 1978, Glasgow, Scotland

Filmmaker, Composer

My multi-room 16mm film installations explore the historical complexities of location, sound and film, questioning if it is possible to create a meaningful dialogue between looking and listening. My past work has often explored the limits of documentary filmmaking, combining new and archival footage, interviews and photography, yet paying close attention to sound and its social significance.

I am currently working on a film series entitled A Grammar For Listening, made in collaboration with several acclaimed international sound artists. I am a member of the groups Rude Pravo and Lied Music, where I investigate the use of analogue electronics and obsolete technologies, often in pursuit of the limits of what could constitute Songs. I run the Glasgow based record label Shadazz.

2000 B.A., Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland

SELECTED WORKS

2008 What You See Is Where You're At

2008 Bogman Palmjaguar

2006 Pilgrimage From Scattered Points

2003 The Way Out, in collaboration with Kostan Koper and Jacob Kolding

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Warriors: Four Films by Luke Fowler, X-Initiative, New York, NY

2009 A Grammar For Listening (Parts 1-3), The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland

2009 Luke Fowler, Serpentine Gallery, London, England

2008 Luke Fowler, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Germany

2007 The Nine Monads of David Bell, Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium

2007 Luke Fowler, The Rec. Space, Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany

2006 The Nine Monads Of David Bell, Villa Concordia, Bamberg, Germany

2006 Pilgrimage From Scattered Points, White Columns, New York, NY and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Cornelius Cardew, CAC, Bretigny, France

2009 Radical Nature: Art & Architecture for a Changing Planet, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England

2009 Running Time: Artists Films in Scotland 1960 to Now, Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

2009 Younger Than Jesus, New Museum, New York, NY

2008 Open Field, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland

2008 Expanded Cinema for Rothko, The Room, Tate Modern, London, England