David Chapman is a filmmaker, sound artist and researcher based in London. Through film and audio installations he investigates the sonic mediation of the natural world, of historic buildings and the durational aspects of place. David’s practice includes Watermark (2012, York Guildhall), Octo: Sotto Voce (2009, York Minster) and Resounding Falkland (2010, Falkland Estate, Scotland), a series of works made in collaboration with Louise K Wilson. Other site-responsive projects are the video series Observances (2005, Café Gallery, London), the audio-visual installations Hark (2005, Gunpowder Park, UK) and Hark 2 (2007, Matrix East, London), made with photographer David Cottridge. David’s more recent work explores historical and cultural issues: Meanings of Failed Action: Insurrection 1946 (2017), a multi-media installation produced in collaboration with Indian artist Vivan Sundaram, Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Valentina Vitali (Mumbai 2017, New Delhi 2018), focuses on a politically charged moment of South Asian history; while the documentary video installation Art as Problematic Waste (2019), co-directed with Finnish artist Aimo Hyvärinen (Finland YEAR, USA YEAR, UK 2022) explores the overproduction and decommissioning of art. David was awarded a PhD for research on sound, place and perception. He teaches film and sound at the University of East London.
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