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A Machine Responds to the Preoccupations of an Ageing Man (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2024, December). A Machine Responds to the Preoccupations of an Ageing Man. Paper presented at "Memory, Melancholy and Nostalgia" International Interdisciplinary Conference, Gdansk, Poland

Intermediality in Video Art Practice (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2023, October). Intermediality in Video Art Practice. Paper presented at Affective Intermediality: International Conference, Sapienta Hungarian University of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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

81 Steps by Paul Holmes (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2022, December). 81 Steps by Paul Holmes. Paper presented at 7th "MEMORY, MELANCHOLY AND NOSTALGIA" International Interdisciplinary Conference, Gdansk, Poland

Harnessing the Obsolete in Contemporary Art Practice (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2021, June). Harnessing the Obsolete in Contemporary Art Practice. Paper presented at Technology and Tradition: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Manchester, UK

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

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 (Unpublished)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.

Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2017, November). Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound. Presented at Cumulus Conference, Bangalore

In this installation, the artist manipulates the speed and duration of the sounds made by his digestive tract before, during, and after the consumption of a meal. Gordon (1993) discovered hidden performative meaning within moving images subjected to... Read More about Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound.

One and Three Discs (after Kosuth) (2018)
Physical Artefact
Holmes, P. One and Three Discs (after Kosuth). [Gallery exhibition]. Valletta, Malta

Super 8 film, DVD, audio recording, screen, speaker

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

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

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

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

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].