David Eric William Rogers

address:
2 folly square
Bridport
Dorset DT6 3PU
Mobile: 07971 726 906
e: david.ewr@btinternet.com

Director: LabCulture Ltd. [Dorset] July 2009 - date

Trustee: Digital Works [London] September 2008 - date

freelance - design for print & digital media

November 1995 - date
Freelance Design Studio Bridport, Dorset
Graphic Designer & Digital Media Artist - client list:
B-Side Festival, PVA MediaLab, Electric Palace Cinema, Trilith, Eggardon Kitchen,
Sinistre, Page to Screen, Lekan Babalola [musician], Kate Luxmoor [musician],
Trish Wylie [artist], Bridport Arts Centre, Artsreach, GustoMarket & Gustosecco,
Malabar Trading, Sunnyside Organic Farm, activate performing arts [Dorset],
ecosonic [Hastings], Contract Services, Soul Glo, English Bach Festival [London],
Art Connexion [Lille], Compaigne Alain Germain [Paris].

August 1990 - November 1995
Mer-Scan Graphics & Computer Services Bridport, Dorset
Partner in Graphic Design and Computer Communications Company.
Varied client base including Imperial College Alumni Office, PSAW Charity [London],
Eurotubes UK & USA [Dorset & New York], Weymouth College, Dorset Video,
Dorset Art Week, Dorset Dance Forum, Alma, Radius Art, Dorchester Arts Centre,
Beaminster Festival, Bridport Festival, Briport Museum, Dorchester Festival,
Theatre of the Heart, Kingcombe Centre, itre [Dorset],
Take Art!, Chard Womens Music Festival [Somerset].

October 1988 - April 1989
Image Data Design, Somerset
Computer Illustration on Nimbus system running Designer software, various clients,
predominantly in advertising and marketing.

employment - design for print

April 1977 - August 1987
Imperial College of Science & Technology London
Graphic Designer / Studio Manager
Supervision of typographic assistant. Responsible for budgeting, equipment, supplies
and staffing requirements. Involved in the organisation of, and publicity for, the
college Art Gallery situated within the South Kensington site.

Sept. 1976 - April 1977
W. Kenton Offset Litho Printers London
Paste-up artist.

exhibitions

November 2009
countertext09: curated and exhibited installations and interventions in
Bridport Arts Centre and local venues to complement The Bridport Literary Festival.
electricbackroom project.

October 2009
Siren: exhibited a multiple monitor and audio installation.
With James Price and Mark Yeats.
Pumping Station, Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth
South West Artwork project.

August 2009
Wireless: Performance developed with Nigel Slight using an audio recording
of Caryl Churchill’s 7 Jewish Children a 10 minute play for Gaza.
Commissioned by alias arts
electricbackroom project.

June 2009
7 Jewish Children: Produced Caryl Churchill’s 10 minute play for Gaza.
Bridport Arts Centre
electricbackroom+BACLate project.

March 2009
Pulse: video projection for dance piece.
Bridport Arts Centre.

January 2009
+connected: exhibited 'kristallnacht' an installation and curated an exhibition for
National Holocaust Day. Screened Claude Lanzmann's 'Shoah' by kind permission
from Eureka Video and premiered ‘Hannah's Story’ by Katherine Kinger
& Ruti Frensdorff by kind permission from The Wiener Library
Bridport Arts Centre
electricbackroom project.

December 2008
The Works: exhibited a mixed media installation and a digital video projection.
Pumping Station, Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth
South West Artwork project.

November 2008
countertext08: curated and exhibited installations and interventions in local venues
to complement The Bridport Literary Festival.
electricbackroom project.

September 2008
Soldier's Verse1 [Weymouth and Portland]: 52min audio
read by Richard Mabb and Sweetpea Slight installed in nothe fort [Weymouth]
part of the B-Side Festival of multimedia art

June/July 2008
recipefordisaster:
intervention ["if the bee disapeared..."] in collaboration with Nigel Slight,
7min DVD soundscape and cast sculpture, installed in Fruits of the Earth.
intervention [recipe for disaster] in collaboration with Nigel Slight,
digital text and cast sculpture, installed in Naturalife.
intervention [readings] in collaboration with Richard Mabb and Nigel Slight,
readings by Richard Mabb at The Chapel in the Garden.
electricbackroom.org.uk

March-May 2008
electricshorts: showing 'street beuys'
2min DVD, filmed in New York, shown as part of a new season of artists film.
The Electric Palace Cinema Bridport.
electricbackroom project.

March 2008
RELEASETHERHYTHM08: video projection for dance piece.
Bridport Arts Centre.

March 2008
Creative Footsteps: exhibited 'sounds of the ridgeway'
28min audio soundscape, part of a group exhibition of work produced for
the Wessex Ridgeway. The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, Corsham
An Artsreach project

October 2007
Creative Footsteps: exhibited 'sounds of the ridgeway'
28min audio soundscape, part of a group exhibition of work produced for
the Wessex Ridgeway.
Lyme Regis Town Mill Gallery, Ashmore, Ibberton Village Halls
and Beaminster Museum.
An Artsreach project

September 2005
European Citizenship and Communication: exhibited ‘Maisema’ [Landscape]
18min DVD, filmed in and about Karkkila [Finland]. A group exhibition in Meerssen [NL].

February 2002
Wallpaper, Nets and Handbags: exhibition of 3 installations on the theme of family.
A group exhibition, at the Literary and Scientific Institute Bridport.
A DNA / PVA project.

September 2001
Ground Farce: exhibited site specific installation looking at issues of popular culture.
A group exhibition, at Re.projects gallery Stroud Glos.
A PVA project.

November 2000
SWIPE2 @ PVA: exhibition of digital video work, with other members of PVA.
Second Media Festival showcasing new work by six artists working in digital technologies
at the Old Library Bridport. A PVA project

October 2000
Coastal Currents: exhibited video installation as part of a Year of the Artist film festival,
at St Mary’s, Hastings

August 2000
Quadrille: exhibition of video installation, on the theme of travel, in the carriages of
the East Cliff Funicular Railway - Hastings. Organisation of workshops in sound
and movement with groups of asylum seekers. A Year Of The Artist project.

July 1998
VIAS: exhibition of digital video installation with sound.
A group exhibition at the Old Library Bridport. A PVA project.

December 1997
Short Life 2: exhibition of digital video installation.
A group exibition at the Old Library Bridport and on the Internet. A PVA project.

October 1997
Still Working: exhibition of 3D multimedia installation in an exhibition of Weymouth College staff work.
The Allsop Gallery, Bridport Arts Centre.

November 1992
Window: group exhibition of computer generated images in foyer
and front display window of St. Martins School of Art [London].

April 1990
The Works: exhibition of computer generated images in an exhibition of Weymouth College
staff work, at Weymouth College.

April 1989
Of Mice and Menus: group exhibition of computer generated images
in the Lethaby Gallery London. Featured in ‘Creative Review’ & ‘Hot Shoe’ magazines.

June 1976
Degree Show: exhibition of 5 prototype designs, featured in ‘Design’ magazine.
The Building Centre, London.

projects

October 2009
LabCulture @ Burton Cliff Hotel: facilitation of workshops and access sessions
during a week long residency for 10 artists. A PVA project.

July/August 2008
refurb:BAC: audio and stills for a consultative document paperbased and DVD.
Working with groups of young people from local youth groups.
a Bridport Arts Centre project.

April/May 2008
Capturing local character: audio for a consultative document on DVD.
Working with Joe Stevens [stills photography] and groups of young people
from 5 different locations. a PVA + WDDC project.

April 2008
formed electricbackroom: electricbackroom.org.uk

March 2008
RELEASETHERHYTHM08: video projection for dance piece.
Bridport Arts Centre.

March 2008
electricshorts: curator and exhibitor, with Nigel Slight, a season of artists film.
The Electric Palace Cinema Bridport.

October 2006
Sandra Dawe: curation of silkscreen prints exhibition in Bridport Arts Centre.
a re:flex arts exhibition.

June 2006
‘in the heat of the moment’: digital video documentation of performance and exhiibition.
Browns Farm [Dorset] and Bridport Arts Centre

March – October 2006
‘So how come I got it then?’: mentor to Lorna Brunstein, towards an exhibition
at The Wallcott Gallery, Bath

March 2006
Samuel St. Leger: curation of painting and sculpture exhibition by the 04/05 holder of
the St. James Homes Fellowship. The Allsop Gallery, Bridport Arts Centre.
a re:flex arts exhibition.

December 2005
Christmas Fare: organisation and presentation of a seasonal offering of song, dance,
poetry and prose at the Banqueting House Whitehall London,
a re:flex arts performance.

November 2005
‘Poetry Reading’: digital video documentation and technical setup of a “New York style poetry happening”.
A new work by Artist and Performance Poet Sarah Rapson and the
New York based poet Geoffrey Cruickshank Hagenbuckle, Bridport Arts Centre.

June 2005
Sherborne Festival Polish Weekend: organisation of digital media workshops for visiting students from France, Poland and Finland, Lingua project in Sherborne [Dorset] - Language and Culture through Community Networks, [Socrates].

January 2005
Lumi Ja Jaa [Snow and ice]: participation in media workshops, Lingua project
in Karkkila [Finland] - Language and Culture through Community Networks, [Socrates].

December 2004
Christmas Presence: organisation and presentation of visions of Christmas past
with seasonal offerings of song, dance, poetry, prose at the Banqueting House Whitehall London,
a re:flex arts performance.

December 2004 - date
Formed re:flex arts: a creative arts organization working in the areas of dance, music,
visual arts, mixed media, poetry & prose.

October 2002 - July 2004
Artspace: curation of a physical and virtual exhibition space
for Weymouth College Art Students.

January 2002 - December 2004
Formed DNA: an artist lead group.

December 2001
SWIPE3 @ PVA: organisation and mentoring, with other members of PVA,
the third Media Festival showcasing new work by six artists working in digital technologies
at the Literary and Scientific Institute Bridport. A PVA project.

October 2001
LabCulture4 @ Artsway: facilitation of workshops and access sessions
during a week long residency for 10 artists at Artsway. A PVA project.

September 2001
Enhance @ PVA: mentoring of six Graphic Design, Video Production and Music Students
on a sound project with six visually impaired clients. A PVA project

July 2001
LabCulture3 @ Lighthouse [Brighton]: facilitation of workshops and access sessions
during a week long residency for 10 artists at The Lighthouse Brighton.
A PVA project.

June 2001
LabCulture2 @ PVA: facilitation of workshops and access sessions during a week long residency for 10 artists at the Literary and Scientific Institute Bridport.
A PVA project

November 2000
SWIPE2 @ PVA: organisation, mentoring and exhibited digital video work with other members of PVA.
A Second Media Festival showcasing new work by six artists working in digital technologies at the Old Library Bridport. A PVA project.

October 1999
SWIPE1 @ PVA NewNetworks’99: organisation, with other members of PVA, a Pilot Media Festival showcasing a new work by Joe Magee (The <99> Commission at PVA MediaLab) at the Old Library Bridport. A PVA project.

September 1999
USEIT: presentation, with other members of PVA, work by LabCulture artist as part of
Re:Search Digital Autumn programme at Watershed, Bristol

July 1999
LabCulture1 @ PVA NewNetworks’99: facilitation of workshops and access sessions during a week long residency for 13 artists at the Old Library Bridport. A PVA project.

April 1999 - January 2002
PVA NewNetworks’99: facilitation of workshops, open access and residencies
at the Old Library Bridport. A PVA project.

September 1998
PVA NewNetworks MediaLab: established, with other members of PVA, an open access facility for the creative use of new technology at the Old Library Bridport. A PVA project.

March 1997 - July 1998
‘Random Access’: established an experimental audio/video/digital lab at Weymouth College, working on 3D installations and projected multimedia pieces.

October 1996 - July 2001
Artswall: an exhibition space for Weymouth College Art Staff & Students,
exhibited an installation piece on the 1997 all woman Turner Prize shortlist.

April 1996 - August 1997
Chair of Visual Arts Panel Bridport Arts Centre.

May 1995 - July 1997
Produced Artscrawl: a four page monthly magazine for Weymouth College Art Students. Production of an interactive disk version in Director software.

October 1994
Founder member of Active Art Project: a project based in Bridport Arts Centre,
giving artists at all levels, including local college and school groups, access to regular life classes, culminating in a weeklong exhibition at the arts centre. Plus other arts related documentation and collections - ‘Fax of Life’, an exhibition of life drawings faxed to the arts centre [from different locations in the UK and France] exhibited in the foyer gallery, documented on interactive disk format. ‘Box of Life’, a boxed collection of original art works by local artists.

qualifications

Nov. 1985 - Oct. 1987
St. Martins School of Art
Part Time: Postgraduate Diploma in Graphic Design & Computers.

Sept. 1984 - July 1985
London College of Printing
Part Time: Book Design & Production College Certificate.

Sept. 1973 - July 1976
Middlesex Polytechnic
Full time: Three Dimensional Design July 1976 2:2 BA[Hons].

Sept. 1972 - July 1973
Hornsey College of Art
Full time: Foundation Studies in Art & Design.

teaching

January 2007 - March 2008
Arts Institute Bournemouth Dorset
Visiting practitioner/tutor: Foundation Degree in Visual Communications

July 2006 - date
Individual private tutor
MAC and PC

September 1988 - August 2006
Weymouth College Dorset
Curriculum Development [2006] Foundation Degree in Graphic Design and Multi-media [with Plymouth University].
Part Time Lecturer: in Graphic Design and Typography, Multi-media Design, Digital Photography and Video - HND Graphic Design and Multi-media [98 & 06 course leader], HND Fine Art [+ tutor to student with learner support], Foundation Art and Design,
Part Time Lecturer: in 3D design - HND 3D Design,
A Level 3D Design [course leader + tutor to student with learner support].
Part Time Lecturer: in Graphic Design and Typography - Visual Arts Diploma
and Visual Arts Certificate.

September 1993 - June 1996
Northbrook College Worthing
Part Time Lecturer: HND 3D Design and HND Graphic Design.

July 1989 - November 1991
Hooke Park College for Advanced Manufacturing Design Dorset
Visiting Lecturer: in Graphic Design & Typography.

January 1988 - July 1988
Southwark College London
Part Time Lecturer: in Computer Aided Design.

October 1987 - February 1988
St. Martins School of Art London
Part Time Lecturer: Postgraduate College Diploma, Graphic Design and Computers.

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