Rob Brading Profile
Biography
"His
work proposes a dichotomy that urges us to
question the boundaries between technology and
art. Inert components are made redundant from
their original communicative function and forced
to communicate with us on a new level."
Rob
Brading, born in South Africa in 1959, celebrates
the fundamental differences (and surprising
similarities) between art and technology by
fusing them together, often quite brutally.
Bradings' obsession with technology is perhaps
unsurprising given that he spent the majority of
his working life in the communications industry
after completing an Engineering Diploma with the
South African Post Office. On moving to England
in 1989, he co-founded a hi-tech software company
and won a DTI Smart Award in 1992 for creative
technology. With a recent shift in focus, he now
strives to create technological art rather than
creative technology. He has two studios- a winter
studio in Glasgow and another in the Algarve,
Portugal, for the summer. We look forward to
showcasing examples of his work at forthcoming
exhibitions and events.
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