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Figure Study in Light (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Figure Study in Light. [Light sculpture]. 22 September 2023 - 15 October 2023

Ballygunge Phari. In Fusion: Sino-British Intermedia Art and Design (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Ballygunge Phari. In Fusion: Sino-British Intermedia Art and Design. [Video art]. Exhibited at Songjiang Art Museum, Shanghai, China. 23 October 2019 - 3 November 2019. (Unpublished)

Holmes, P. Ballygunge Phari. In Fusion: Sino-British Intermedia Art and Design. [Video art]. Exhibited at Songjiang Art Museum, Shanghai, China. 23 October 2019 - 3 November 2019. (Unpublished)

Video Art as a Tool of Aesthetic Investigation (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2019, October). Video Art as a Tool of Aesthetic Investigation. Presented at International Forum on Cross Media Art and Design, Shanghai University of Engineering Science

Holmes, P. (2019, October). Video Art as a Tool of Aesthetic Investigation. Presented at International Forum on Cross Media Art and Design, Shanghai University of Engineering Science.

Figure Study in Light by Paul Holmes (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2019, July). Figure Study in Light by Paul Holmes. Presented at Progressive Connexions: Storytelling and the Body, Verona, Italy

To make this artwork, the artist was measured by a tailor as if for a suit of clothes. These dimensions were translated into an installation of LED tubes suspended in a darkened room, forming the same shape in light that the tailor’s measuring tape m... Read More about Figure Study in Light by Paul Holmes.

One and Three Discs (after Kosuth) (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2018, September). One and Three Discs (after Kosuth). Presented at Creative Legacies: Collaborative Practices for Digital Cultural Heritage

It is over 50 years since Joseph Kosuth’s conceptual work One and Three Chairs (1965) challenged its viewer to locate the “real” by choosing between an object & its visual or textual representations (Juzefovic, 2013). Replacing Kosuth’s chair with a... Read More about One and Three Discs (after Kosuth).

Time Machine. In Simply Beaming (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Time Machine. In Simply Beaming. Exhibited at HOPE, Engaru, Hokkaido, Japan. 14 June 2018 - 15 June 2018. (Unpublished)

This group exhibition of moving image works from members of the artist-run Edinburgh gallery, Embassy, toured venues across Japan and included video work "Time Machine".

Curated by Ed Compson and Oisín Gallagher.

Gastric Tones. In Response Installations and New Media (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Gastric Tones. In Response Installations and New Media. Exhibited at Gem Cinema, Entally, Kolkata, India. 28 January 2018 - 28 February 2018. (Unpublished)

A group show as part of CIMA Gallery's 25 year celebrations, featured sound installation "Gastric Tones".

Curated by Manas Acharya.

Various works. In Films by Paul Holmes (solo programme) (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Various works. In Films by Paul Holmes (solo programme). Exhibited at Theatre for Experiments in New Technologies, Kolkata, India. 10 December 2017. (Unpublished)

A retrospective programme of film works: "These Measures are for Your Protection", "The Persistence of Vision" and "Time Machine", screening as part of the Little Cinema International Film Festival.

Curator: Maduja Mukherjee

Gastric Tones [audio installation] (2017)
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2017). Gastric Tones [audio installation]. [Gallery exhibition]

Audio recording and acrylic speakers.

In his previous sound works, Paul Holmes has captured and transformed recordings of the human voice; this is the first piece that makes use of involuntary human noises. To create this installation, the artist... Read More about Gastric Tones [audio installation].

Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2017, November). Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound. Presented at Cumulus conference Bengaluru 2017 – Letters to the Future

In this sound installation, the artist plays back stomach noises recorded before and after a meal, at 1/100th of their normal speed. Douglas Gordon discovered hidden performative meaning in his extreme slow-motion “24 Hour Psycho” (1993). Similarly... Read More about Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound.

Storm Piece by Paul Holmes (solo show) (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Storm Piece by Paul Holmes (solo show). Exhibited at Galleria Wagner, Ericeira, Portugal. 24 July 2017 - 6 August 2017. (Unpublished)

A solo exhibition in Ericeira, Portuguese surf capital of Europe, featuring the wave and weather-themed sound installation, "Storm Piece"

Ballygunge Phari and Storm Piece. In Life and Time: The Changing Landscape (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Ballygunge Phari and Storm Piece. In Life and Time: The Changing Landscape. Exhibited at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India. 22 March 2017 - 29 March 2017. (Unpublished)

The annual show from the Chander Haat artists collective included a number of invited artists from around the world. The group exhibition featured the video "Ballygunge Phari" and sound work "Storm Piece".

Curated by Probir Gupta.

Storm Piece [audio installation] (2017)
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2017). Storm Piece [audio installation]. [Gallery exhibition]

20 channel voice recording. Audio speakers.

The huge oceanic swells that hit the western European coast bring visitors from all over the world to experience the surfing. These great breakers have their origins in the Atlantic storms that blast t... Read More about Storm Piece [audio installation].

Ballygunge Phari. In Shifting Narratives - a multidisciplinary art project (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Ballygunge Phari. In Shifting Narratives - a multidisciplinary art project. Exhibited at Gem Cinema, Entally, Kolkata, India. 4 February 2017 - 12 February 2017. (Unpublished)

An exhibition forming part of the Kolkata Art Festival, this group show of multimedia artists included video work "Ballygunge Phari".

Curated by Manas Acharya

Ballygunge Phari [HD video] (2017)
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2017). Ballygunge Phari [HD video]. [Gallery exhibition]

HD Video, black and white, silent.

Named after one of South Kolkata's busiest intersections, this work captures the roaming inhabitants of the city, and its relentless streams of traffic, and creates a shadowplay.

The men and women of Kolkata,... Read More about Ballygunge Phari [HD video].