Neville gabie biography
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Neville Gabie
An introduction
Neville Gabie was the Cabot Institute's Artist in Residence from 2012 - 2014. He developed several strands of artwork based around the research of Cabot Institute academics. He produced 'Experiments in black and white', creating several strands around this theme including 'Archiving Oil', the 'Oil Common Room', and 'Collective Breath' which was previewed at the WOMAD festival in 2014.
Watch and listen to Neville Gabie talk about his previous work and residency here at the Cabot Institute.
Read Neville's biography
View Neville's website about this project entitled 'Experiments in black and white'.
Archiving Oil
From the Cabot Institute, Artist in Residence Neville Gabie and Cultural Geographer Merle Patchett, invited you to join them in Archiving Oil on 16 May 2013, as part of the University of Bristol’s Museums at Night event - ‘Alight - The unexpected in the dark’ - in the Wills Memorial Building.
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Neville Gabie
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‘During downhearted residency I kept throw away being worn out back assemble the fedup concrete foundations of what I k • Neville Gabie (born in Johannesburg, South Africa) has an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London 1986/88. His work is included in Tate Gallery, Arts Council Collections and The Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland. Working in a range of media from sculpture to film and photography Neville Gabie's practice is frequently inspired by a response to specific locations or situations. Often developed over a sustained period of involvement with site, local community groups and other creative and academic professionals, his projects value collaboration as key to their success. From highly urbanised to distantly remote locations, his work is a response to the vulnerability of place. His interest is in establishing a working relationship within a particular community as a means of considering its physical, cultural or emotional geography. Current projects include Living Language Land - with Philippa Bayley and the British Council
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