Selected Films 2004-Present — Alex Pearl

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Alex Pearl

Alex Pearl

Mothra vs Godzilla 2014

Pearlville 2010

Whitstable Biennial commission (2010).

The Pearlfisher a (vampire novel) and Call a three channel video of a bingo caller and his audience.

Pearlville – UnSpooling: Artists and Cinema (2010) Cornerhouse, Manchester

Pearlville was an 18 screen installation commissioned by Dave Griffiths and Andrew Bracey for UnSpooling: Artists and Cinema

Operation Pusscat (2011), installation shot, Exeter Phoenix.

A photographic record of an Arts Council Application to kill surplus artists.

Mothra vs Godzilla (2014) Canal Project Space, London

My father is a collector, my mother is constantly clearing things away. Recently my mother is gaining the upper hand as they have begun to discard more and more things. My grandfather's film reels and father’s baby reins are just two of the objects I saved from the bin and formed the material for this show.

Breakdown: Mechanical Dysfunction and Anthropomorphism (2015-18)

This was a practice-led research project examining the role of mechanical breakdown in the anthropomorphic process. Leading this research is Breakdown, the making, remaking, exhibition and re-exhibition of 36 breaking-machines. These breaking-machines; simple mechanical devices made from reconfigured found materials; approach breakdown and fail during their exhibition. They are then repaired or reconfigured by the artist ‘live’ while still on show.

Exhibitions included:

Denis ex Machina, Canal Project Space, London

Our Friends Electric, Quad, Derby

Love Machines, Minories Colchester

Breakdown, ELAN, Cambridge

Prototype for Mixed Reality project in Ipswich whereby the pigeons are co-opted into supporting educational and municipal infographics. (2022)

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Screenings

2018 Breakdown, ELAN, Cambridge

2017 Love Machines, The Minories, Colchester

2016 Denis ex Machina, Canal Project Space, London

2014 Mothra vs Godzilla, Canal Gallery, London

2012 Let’s Go!, Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton.

2010 Whitstable Biennale, Whitstable (commission)

2009 Goodbye to most of the Daydreams, BCA Gallery, Bedford (Touring)

Selected Group Exhibitions, Screenings & Film Festivals

2020, Moon Show, General Practice, Lincoln

2018, Sciomancy, Transition Two, London (Two person show with Katherine Tulloh)

2017, Our Friends Electric, QUAD, Derby

2017. Ghost Cinema, Transition Gallery, London

2016, Time is Love - 9, Berlin, Paris, Seydisfjordur, Yokohama, and touring, curated by Kisito Assagni

2015, Critical & Contemporary Culture - Play, Waterside Contemporary, London & Online

2014, Monomania, Cambridge Junction, Aid & Abet, Cambridge

2013, Playing with Space, Firstsite, Colchester, curated by Lawrence Bradby and Tim Phillips

2012, Now the Dream is over and the insect is awake, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London

S1 Salon, S1 Artspace, Sheffield

Bread & Roses, Motorcade/Flashparade, Bristol

2011, Eastern Pavilions, Norwich curated by Kaavous Clayton

The Count of Monte Cristo, Rogue Project Space, Manchester, Phoenix Gallery, Exeter & touring

Saison Video, Lille

Creative Machines Minimalist Sculpture, THE EVENT, Birmingham, Curated by Charlie Levine and Minnie Weisz. (touring)

Unspooling – artists and cinema, Cornerhouse, Manchester (curated by Andrew Bracey & Dave Griffiths)

Quiet Voices, Tate Britain, London

2009, For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn, g39, Cardiff, Curated by Michael Cousins

Trying to cope with things that aren’t human, DCP, San Francisco, Airspace, Stoke onTrent, & Cell project space, London. curated by Ian Brown, (Publication)

Animated, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, curated by Lotte Juul Petersen

Fragments, Geborgen Kamers The Hague

Perforation, UAMO, Munich

E32, 5C Cultural Center Lounge, New York

Studio Voltaire Members' Show, Studio Voltaire, London

Sizemology, BBC Big Screen, Liverpool

2007, Vane Shorts, Vane, Newcastle

RSVP, Contemporary Artists at the Foundling Museum, London (commission & exhibition)

Time Based Media Invitational, Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Joking Aside, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, curated by Craig Ashley

Cadavre Exquis, gif 2022