Sovereign state United Kingdom Admin HQ Corby | Region East Midlands Constituent country England Name Corby Baily | |
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Tom Corby (born 1966) and Gavin Baily (1971) are two London based artists who work collaboratively using public domain data, climate models, satellite imagery and the Internet. Recent work has focused on climate change and its relationship to technology and has involved collaborations with scientists working at the British Antarctic Survey.
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Tom Corby is a Reader in Interdisciplinary Arts at the Centre for Research in Education, Art and Media (CREAM), at the University of Westminster. Gavin Baily is a freelance developer and software engineer.
Awards
Their work has won a number of awards including: nomination for the File Prix Lux and the File Electronic Language Festival 2010; the jury nominated award at the 10th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2007; honorary mentions at the Prix Ars Electronica 2006 and 2000; honorary mention: "The Post-Cagian Interactive", "Art on the Net" The Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo and the main festival prize COMTEC ART 1999. In 2000 they were nominated for the "International Media Art Award 2000", at Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) in Karlsruhe, Germany and were artists in residence at the ICA London 1998.
Exhibitions and Reviews
Corby and Baily's work has been exhibited and featured at the ICA in London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate Online, the Madrid Art Fair Arco 2001, Intercommunication Center Tokyo (ICC) and media art festivals including the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA), Transmediale, Urban Screens amongst others. Reviews include: Art Review 2009, 2000, La Republica 2010, The Guardian 2011, Neural IT 2009, Art Monthly 2007, Artist Newsletter 2006, De bug magazine 2002.