Drivers – Art by CAS Committee Members
Drivers Exhibition Catalogue - read now
September 2025 - 2026
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, London
Exhibition - visitors need to book, see below
Curator: Stephen Bell
Artists: Anna Dumitriu, Catherine Mason, David Upton, Ernest Edmonds, Geoff Davis, Graham Diprose, Paul Brown, Sean Clark, Stephen Bell and Sue Gollifer
Location: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 25 Copthall Avenue, London, EC2R 7BP, UK
Directions: https://www.bcs.org/about-us/our-london-office-and-event-venue/
Visit the Moorgate London exhibitions: please book by emailing bcs_london@bcs.uk or info@computer-arts-society.com.
Introduction by Stephen Bell, Exhibition Curator, August 2025
It has been a privilege to organise this group exhibition of very different types of work by committee members of the Computer Arts Society (CAS).
In a committee meeting some months ago we realised that we did not have an exhibition scheduled immediately after Sue Gollifer's. We did not want the walls of the BCS Moorgate to be empty for any length of time so solving the problem was urgent. There seemed to be no quick and easy solution. Then I remembered how when I taught Fine Art at Reading University, every few years there would be an exhibition of art by the staff. Based on this idea, I suggested that as most of us should be able to find artwork in our collections of our own or others’ works, we could swiftly put together an exhibition. The show would reflect our positions on art and provide an insight into our aesthetics and/or practices.
To my surprise rather than taking work off the shelf, so to speak, it seemed most colleagues choosing to take part proposed exhibiting new or very recent work. So that we now have a show that largely consists of current output and has a more contemporary feel than anticipated. It was not what I had expected, but way better than its initial conception.
Drivers (September 2025 - 2026) is an exhibition of print, generative video art, and sound work by Computer Arts Society (CAS) committee members, providing an insight into the range of practices of the people who coordinate the society's activities. The title alludes to the computer term "driver" which refers to a software interface that enables communication between hardware and operating system, and the ways in which the CAS committee are drivers of engagement in computer arts. Stephen Bell, the exhibition's curator, will give a brief overview of the show and exhibitors will be available to discuss their work.
Stephen Bell is an artist, educator and a member of the CAS Management Committee.
The Drivers catalogue is here.
To visit the exhibitions at BCS Moorgate London, please email bcs_london@bcs.uk or info@computer-arts-society.com
Link image 'Transformation' from Pattern City AI generative animation by Geoff Davis