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Alison Clifford is an artist working with new media based in Glasgow, Scotland. She is currently studying for a PhD (practice-based) at Glasgow School of Art. Prior to this she gained a Master in Digital Art from the Audiovisual Institute of the University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona and an MA(Hons) in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh.
Her artwork has been exhibited in various new media festivals including: GA2010, Generative Art Conference, Milan (2010), FILE Symposium Rio 2008 - Oi Futuro, Brazil (2008), VAD International Video and Digital Arts Festival, Girona (2006), Zebra Poetry Film Award, Berlin (2006), FILE - Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2004), ArtFutura, Barcelona, Spain (2001) and the 29th edition of the International Competition of Electroacoustic and Sonic Art, Bourges France (2002).
She has received a number of awards; in 1999 she received a Creative Scholarship from the PHONOS Foundation (Barcelona) for the production of "[citizen]" - an interactive multimedia artwork created in collaboration with the Japanese composer Teruyoshi Kamiya. In 2005 she was awarded an Alt-W Production Award for "The Sweet Old Etcetera" - an interactive web project based on the poetry of E.E Cummings. The project was later nominated for a Bafta Scotland Award for interactive media in 2006.
She lectures in Digital Art at the University of the West of Scotland.
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Festivals/ Exhibitions/ Screenings:
2011 "Palimpsest" screening at "Seeing Sound 2", Centre for Musical Research, Bath Spa University
2011 "Palimpsest" online commission for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art "Open Space"
2011 FILE - Electronic Language International Festival, 'SESI Cultural Centre, Sao Paulo: "Substratum"
2011 "Soledades 2.0 No Moderno Artificio", Centro de Arte Pepe Espaliú, Córdoba, Spain [Cibermuestra]
2011 "Sound Thought 2011", The Arches, Glasgow: "Substratum" selected work
2010 GA2010 XIII Generative Art International Conference, Milan, Italy: "Substratum" selected work
2010 "Half-knowledge/ Half...", Grace & Clark Fyfe Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
2008 "Alt-W: New Directions in Scottish Digital Culture", Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow
2008 FILE Symposium Rio 2008 - OI FUTURO Cultural Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007 FILE - Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil: "The Sweet Old Etcetera"
2006 VAD International Video Art Festival, Girona, Spain: "The Sweet Old Etcetera" selected work.
2006 Zebra Poetry Film Award, Berlin, Germany: "The Sweet Old Etcetera" selected work.
2004 FILE - Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil: [citizen] selected work.
2003 Computer Space, Sofia, Bulgaria: [citizen] selected work.
2003 Lancaster Film and New Media Festival, UK: [citizen] selected work.
2001 ArtFutura 2001, Barcelona, Spain: [citizen] selected work: Institut de l'Audiovisual.
2001 Concerts MOSART, Institut de l'Audiovisual, Barcelona, Spain. [citizen] diffused live.
Awards:
2006 BAFTA nomination for "The Sweet Old Etcetera" in the interactive media category.
2005 Alt-W / Scottish Digital Media Fund Production Award for "The Sweet Old Etcetera".
2002 Finalist in the International Competition of Electro-acoustic Music and Sonic Art, Bourges, France.
1999 Creative Scholarship, PHONOS Foundation, Barcelona for the creation of [citizen].
Reviews/ Publications:
2011 Stefans, Brain "Third Hand Plays: Palimpsest by Alison Clifford", SFMOMA Open Space (article)
2011 Rettberg, Scott "Letters in Space, At Play" (digital poetry article)
2011 Electronic Literature Collection vol. 2 (anthology of electronic literature)
2007 CIAC's Electronic Magazine, "The Sweet Old Etcetera" reviewed by Jean-Pierre Balpe
2007 Media_N: Journal of the New Media Caucus, "Bits, Bytes and the Rhetoric of Practice" - statement
2005 Trace Online Writing Centre, "State of the Art" by Chris Joseph (interview)
References:
Electronic Literature Collection
ELMCIP Knowledge Base
Hermenia - Digital Literature Anthology
Rhizome ArtBase
Born Magazine
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