Joseph DeLappe Artist’s Talk & Exhibition Preview

To mark the launch of our new exhibition Killbox – created by American artists and activist Joseph DeLappe – Joseph will give a talk about his work, introducing the concept and creation of the piece. This will be followed by a preview of the exhibition in the cube gallery. Complimentary refreshments will be provided. Event timings:

6.30pm – Arrival and drinks
7.00pm – Artist’s talk
7.45pm – Exhibition preview

If you’d like to join this event please RSVP to Chris at [email protected]

Joseph DeLappe is an artist/activist with a substantial body of work on the subject of geopolitics and drones and is considered a pioneer in the nascent field of computer games and art. He is a Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Nevada where he directs the Digital Media program. Joseph is lead artist on Kill Box UAV; dealing with concept/content development, theoretical and historical research into drone warfare and primary lead on installation, development of publicity materials and archiving surrounding the project. Working with electronic and new media since 1983, his work in online gaming performance and electromechanical installation have been shown throughout the United States and abroad. In 2006 he began dead-in-iraq, typing consecutively all the names of America’s military casualties from the war in Iraq into the America’s Army first person shooter online recruiting game. DeLappe also created and directs the crowdsourced memorial project, iraqimemorial.org.