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| ABM (right) and Jon Sanders (sound recordist, left) on location with Sid Vicious; production still from The Great Rock ’n Roll Swindle, 1978. |
ABM with Space Light |
| Education and Early Work | |||
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| 1940 | Born near Wells, Somerset, England | ||
| 1953 | Winchester College | ||
| 1957 | School Prize for Photography | ||
| 1959 | Magdalen College Oxford. BA Modern Languages (French/German) | ||
| 1962 | Studies painting; experiments with colour animation on 8mm film (lost) | ||
| 1963 | London School of Film Technique, Brixton | ||
| 1965 | Assistant film editor "CHINA!", documentary , dir. Felix Greene | ||
| 1967 | Lecturer on film, Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, Wilts | ||
| Directs "Regal", short film (16mm B/W) about a Saturday morning children's show at the local cinema | |||
| 1968 | Works on films for the Arts Council: Ron Kitaj, Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg | ||
| Principal Films as Lighting Cameraman (* available on DVD) | |||
| 1967 | Love's Presentation,dir. James Scott * | ||
| 1969 | Bronco Bullfrog, dir. Barney Platts-Mills * | ||
| The Great Ice-Cream Robbery, dir. JS | |||
| 1970 | Private Road, dir. BP-M | ||
| 1971 | Transformation, dir. JS | ||
| 1975 | Coilin & Platonida, dir. JS | ||
| 1976 | Down the Corner, dir. Joe Comerford | ||
| 1978 | The Great Rock n' Roll Swindle, dir. Julien Temple | ||
| 1979 | Chance, History, Art, dir. JS | ||
| 1983 | Hero, dir. BP-M * | ||
| A Shocking Accident, dir. JS, Oscar for Best Short Film of 1983 | |||
| 1984 | Every Picture Tells a Story, dir. JS * | ||
| Exhibitions, etc | |||
| 1985 | Arnolfini, Bristol | Who's afraid of red, yellow & blue? | |
| 1986 | Paul Steen Gallery, Edinburgh | Chromats 2, 3 | |
| 1988 | ANTA, Spitalfields, London | SpaceLight 1 | solo show |
| Corridor Gallery, Reykjavik | SpaceLight Mk 1 | solo show | |
| 1989 | Issey Miyake Men, London | SpaceLight Mk2 | |
| 1990 | Curwen Gallery, London | Between Dimensions | |
| Leeuwarden, Holland | 11 Cities, 11 Nations | ||
| 1991 | |||
| Ikon Corp, London | Light Works | solo show | |
| Peter Fiell, London | Chromat 3 | ||
| 1992 | Seville, Spain | Alternative Expo - B.U.Y. | |
| Victoria Miro Gallery, London | Three Columns | solo show | |
| 1993 | ANTA Leuchten GmbH, Germany | ZERO (SpaceLight) in production | |
| Riverside One, London | light installations | ||
| 1994 | Ocean Village, Southampton | GIven Space | |
| Docklands, London | London B.U.Y. | ||
| visiting tutor: Bartlett School of Architecture UCL | |||
| 1996 | Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh | Northern Lights | |
| 1997 | Inverleith House, Edinburgh | PHOTOsynthesis | solo show |
| Chelsea & Westminster Hospital | |||
| 3-month Gallery, Liverpool | |||
| Trade Apartment, Brixton, London | humdrum | ||
| 1998 | Sainsbury Centre, Norwich | Light: an exhibition | |
| Cambridge Festival of Digital Arts | |||
| 2000 | Nutopia, Covent Garden, London | ColourTherapy | |
| 2002 | sleeper, Edinburgh | Colours | solo show |
| 2003 | SAFN, Reykjavik | Litir | |
| Private house, London | Journey | installation | |
| 2004 | Louisa Guinness Gallery | Colourbox | |
| 2005 | Inverleith House, Edinburgh | Evergreen | |
| MOMA Osaka | Kaleidoscope | ||
| Cairn Gallery | Pittenweem | solo show | |
| 2006 | Private House, Turleigh, Avon | installation | |
| 2007 | i8 Reykjavik | Chromat on the web | |
| Pier Arts Centre, Orkney | cynosure - a northern light | ||
| 2009 | Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen | Colour Play | |
| Slewe, Amsterdam | Japan | ||
| 2010 | 2010, Pier Arts Centre, Stromness. | Colour Play | |
| Public Art Commissions | |||
| 1999 | Whiteinch Cross, Glasgow | Light Tower | |
| Alexander Graham Bell House (BT Building) Edinburgh | Ambient Light | (2001 Saltire Award, Scotland) | |
