Jim Brouwer
Artwork, AV Installations, and Creative Technologyst
Jim Brouwer DYCP application - “Bot Feeders”
Selected example of Jim Brouwer Collaborations
a-n Assembly talk with Sahjan Kooner in February 2023, made during “To and Fro” residency at Primary in Q1 2023
This conversational review/debrief will be on working with Chat GPT and other AI tools for one day in February 2023. with examples of an audio play made with AI.
Bot Feeders Proposed Podcast
/imagine - Bot Feeders --v1 with Jim Brouwer (Working Title)
Overview:
A first-of-its-kind podcast exploring how AI tools can empower neurodivergent artists and expand creative possibilities
Featuring interviews with trailblazing artists, deep dives into specific techniques, and insights for building an inclusive creative community
Why Now?
AI art is gaining mainstream popularity, but neurodivergent perspectives are underrepresented
There's a need for authentic voices guiding ethical, accessible integration of AI for artists
My perjourney and dyslexic experience give you a unique point of view
Episode Format:
Guest artist interviews diving into their process, challenges, and AI tool usage
Solo episodes chronicling your own AI art journey and lessons learned
Recurring segments:
AI Tool of the Week tutorials
Prompt Engineering breakdowns
Accessibility in Art discussions
Content Pillars:
Sustainability: Leveraging AI to diversify income streams and future-proof artistic practices
The Dyslexic Edge: Exploring dyslexic visual thinking styles and how AI can assist
Community Building: Fostering connection and collaboration among neurodivergent creatives
Audience:
Primary: Neurodivergent artists of all levels interested in AI art tools
Secondary: Broader AI art community looking to increase accessibility
Tertiary: Casual art/tech fans intrigued by the neurodivergent creative process
Monetisation:
Sponsorships from relevant AI companies and art supply brands
Listener support (Patreon, etc.) for bonus episodes and resources
Speaking engagements and workshops for organizations
Next Steps:
Build initial listener base by engaging existing neurodivergent artist communities
Identify and approach potential brand sponsors aligned with the mission
Continue honing your own personal AI art skills to invest authenticity in the content
Additional Considerations
Partner with a Co-Host: Someone who complements your skills, like a dyslexia coach or an established artist with strong AI experience.
Website/Blog: Supplement the podcast with written resources, transcripts, and artwork examples.
Cross-Promotion: Collaborate with existing neurodivergent communities or disability rights groups in the art world.
Proposal images For AI image Tapersy about the Luddites for Nottingham Castle Commission,
Inspired by The Rebellion Gallery at the castle
Today we are at year zero of Generative AI, a pivotal moment in history Employing AI, my artwork will juxtapose the Luddite movement with today's AI revolution, inviting viewers to traverse eras and reflect on technology's societal impact. Harnessing AI to craft a digital image/ lace pattern. The artwork captures 19th-century Luddite rioters with a mechanical loom, intertwining the rebellious resistance in Nottingham's history with modern digital creativity.
Examples of OpenAI Sora. Videos by Artists and creatives, not my work!
ABOUT ME
I am Jim Brouwer, an audio-visual creative technologist + “AV wizard”. (Yes, I get introduced as this regularly) I am dyslexic, driven, and damn good at what I do.
"Empowering curiosity through art and technology, I navigate the unasked questions to illuminate the unseen and redefine the boundaries of creative expression.”
I transform artists' great ideas into reality with remarkable technical achievement, creating unforgettable experiences.
I've ignited my creative passions, demonstrating the transformative power of sharing knowledge and innovation.
My recent approach leverages digital tools & AI, amplifying my creative output and idea generation.
Driven by a passion for lifelong learning, curiosity, and the application of creativity, I'm committed to exploring the cutting-edge. I aim to make a meaningful impact, leveraging my unique perspective as a neurodivergent thinker to see potential where others might not, both for myself and the wider community.
Over 20+ years, I have collaborated with artists like Mark Leckey and Jarvis Cocker at venues, including the Liverpool Biennial, to create unforgettable experiences, turning visions into reality.
Commissions from Junction Arts, Primary, Nottingham Contemporary, Lovebytes Festival, Leeds City Art Gallery, Sonar Festival, HTBA Nottingham Light Night & Winning Nottingham Castle open.
My engagement with technology, especially in creative problem-solving, extends to diverse projects. A notable collaboration with Sahjan Kooner on the "To and Fro" project at Primary introduced me to the wonders of AI, sparking a journey into Generative AI workshops that brought fresh perspectives to participants in March 2023.
This brings us to the proposed: Bot Feeders Podcast
An audacious podcast melding interviews with a live, AI-fueled art showing, Bot Feeders challenged guests to create absurdist artworks through real-time prompting of generative AI tools. It's art as entertainment, education as instigator.
Amidst the humour and artistry, audiences gain privileged access to the future of human/machine co-creation. Jim and his cohorts don't just rebel against the mundane - they instigate a revolution in perceiving the creative process.
Career highlights
Jim Brouwer is an audiovisual producer and Technician who works with artists, dancers, curators, musicians, and art galleys.
He is an artist and AV consultant based in Nottingham and a member of Primary. He specialises in digital and live sound, Lighting, interactive art programming, video, Live Streaming, Events, AI and creative technology.
Jim is a versatile artist who has developed projects in collaboration with artists, musicians, and producers in contemporary arts, music, heritage, and offsite public presentations. He is also the Senior AV technician at the Nottingham Contemporary Art Gallery.
Jim's installation work is a perfect example of how artists can use their creativity to make the world more aware. He collaborates with various artists, learning teams and other creatives for them all to share ideas about what they want out of this project; then, he brings those visions to fruition by implementing requirements during events like installations & performances, to which Jim also contributes technical elements too across exhibitions public programs music & performances
2023-24 This Girl Codes Junction Artist Workshop Facilitator and Artist, Bolsover Castle + Cresswell Craggs. Creative technologist / Co Workshop Producer
2023 Ai Workshop at Primary with Sahjan Kooner
2022-23 To And Fro | Artist residency Primary with Sahjan Kooner
2023 A-N online talk for Primary with Sahjan Kooner |“To and Fro Ai workshop.”
2023 To and Fro 2022 Summer /Autumn - Collaboration with Tom Harris and Maybell Peters, Primary Gallery, Nottingham UK
Past Work
2021 Creative technologist / Co-artist to provide data sonification ‘Hot spells’, an audio installing Installation at Nottingham Contemporary Show, our sliver city
2022 Employed as a creative technologist at 3 Screen 6 speaker AV Sync install Primary, October for Rebecca Lennon
2019 Be Kinder -National Trust, Jarvis Cocker Art Walk Peak District. Derbyshire Av Consultant and Technical Consultant.
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané at Nottingham Contemporary programmed “_C_A_N_O_P_Y_ “ (2019) Modified ceiling and LED lighting system, A series of shapes cut into the gallery ceiling allows light into the otherwise dark space. These shapes imitate the gaps between trees where sunlight penetrates the forest canopy.
Programmed by Jim Brouwer at Nottingham Contemporary, the skylights respond in real-time to weather data from the Brazilian rainforest, reproducing its changing conditions in the gallery and continuously transforming the experience of the space.
2018 Jim Brouwer also made a public interactive installation with cameras Max and 51 LED’s moving lights for Light Night in Nottingham Contemporary's space,
Prizes
Jim was awarded the a-n Bursaries 2022: Time-Space Money Bursaries to support my professional practice.
Jim Brouwer won the Nottingham Castle Open in 2014 in collaboration with artist Simon Raven for the video ‘Human Freak - Queue Here’, 2014
He works closely with many artists to develop multi-media aspects to their work, including Turner Prize Winner Mark Leckey Turner Prize-nominated Artist Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Jane and Louise Wilson, Mika Rottenberg .
As a freelance technical producer and consultant, Jim has also worked with Liverpool Biennial, Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Dance4, Red Earth, The National Trust Yelena Popova Rebecca Lee William Hunt Candice Jacobs, Be Kinder with Jarvis Cocker in 2019, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh, 2022 and Baltic Gateshead 2022. and also The Tate, Spike Island, Carroll Fletcher, Liverpool Biennial, Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Fabrick, Red Earth, The National Trust Be Kinder project with Jarvis Cocker in the Peak District, Primary, Larry Achiampong and Marvin Gaye (Monster) Chetwynd alongside developing diverse projects.
Selected Artwork by Jim Brouwer
Jim Brouwer Past AV at Nottingham Contemporary
WORKING WITH ARTISTS
As an artist, technician and artist assistant, I have over 22 years of experience working with Art Galleries, Artists, and art.
I am also a Videographer, Sound Engineer, Lighting Engineer, filmmaker, photographer, video editor, and live web streaming specialist, Using OBS and Zoom and generative AI early adopter.
Artist commissions and Technical / Producer roles include:
Climate Change Live AV set, at Primary Uncanny Xmas Party with Simon Raven 2023
Maybelle Peters | Attention, Absorption | Primary, Nottingham Sound composed in collaboration with Tom Harris 2022
a-n Time-Space Money Bursary to support professional practice 2022
Creative technologist / Co-artist to provide data sonification (using Max/MSP Programming) Hot spells, an audio installing Installation at Nottingham Contemporary Show, our sliver city 2021
Rebecca Lennon Liquid i 3 Screen 6 speaker AV Sync install Primary, October 2020
Making Place exhibition AV install Primary, September 2020
Nottingham Light Night 2020 Commission "MacroWave~" Laser, Light and sound, interactive Installation Nottingham Contemporary 7 / 8 February 2020
Jennifer Martin TEETH AV install Primary October 2019
Be Kinder -National Trust, Jarvis Cocker Art Walk Peak District. Derbyshire 2019 AV Consultant and Technical Consultant.
Larry Achiampong AV install Primary April 2019
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané at Nottingham Contemporary Commison “C_A_N_O_P_Y “ (2019) Modified ceiling and LED lighting system, A series of shapes cut into the gallery ceiling allows light into the otherwise dark space. These shapes imitate the gaps between trees where sunlight penetrates the forest canopy. Programmed by Jim Brouwer at Nottingham Contemporary, the skylights respond in real-time to weather data from the Brazilian rainforest, reproducing it’s changing conditions in the gallery and continuously transforming the experience of the space. 2019
Interactive installation Nottingham Light Night Nottingham Contemporary 2018
Nottingham Castle Open in collaboration with artist Simon Raven for the video ‘Human Freak - Queue Here’, 2014
Jim Brouwer also makes public interactive installations with cameras Max/MSP and Jitter to make a moving portrait for children's activities Over the summer of 2017 and 2018
Video short screening Sonar Festival, Barcelona 2003
Group show at Leeds City Art Gallery 2002
Performance at International Review of Live Arts, Glasgow 2001
Commissions at Lovebytes festival curated by Mark Fell in Sheffield 2001
Residency at HTBA in 2001
I was awarded the Hull Time Based Art award for my degree show “Please Remain Seated” interactive video installation in 2000
Qualifications and experience
BA (Hons) First. Fine Art (time-based media) 1999 - 2002 Hull School of Art (University of Lincolnshire and Humberside Hull campus)
18 years of Live AV Experience
20 Video Editing/Camera Experience (VHS Video, DV, 16mm, HDV, Digital Video, DSLR)
22 Years of Apple Mac Experience
17 Years of Live Sound, Mixing, DJing, Engineering, Sound Making Experience
13 Years Independent Technical Consultant
10 Years of Art handling Experience
9 Years of Professional Lighting Experience
11 Years of IT systems administration Experience
8 Years of Live Video Streaming Experience
4 Years of Management Experience
3 Years of Teaching Experience
1 year of AI Prompt engineering
1 year of AI image Prompt engineering
Live Music Gig Tech / Sound /Lighting Engineer: I have managed and worked on 100’s of Live events.
A few highlights
Wigflex City Festival 2019
Square one October 2018
Lovezoo Nov 2018
June 2018 Wigflex presents Craig Richards
May 2017 Hockley Hustle
April 2017 Nathan Fake
Mar 2017 London Sinfonietta
Feb 2017 Josefin Öhrn and The Liberation
Oct 2016 Melt Yourself Down
Oct 2016 Stars Of The Lid
March 2016 London Sinfonietta
Dec 2015 Bamalamasingsong
Nov 2015 Nordic Giants
Oct 2015 Sun Ra Arkestra
Oct 2015 Alien Radio Detroit Techno, Afrofuturist Funk Keith Tucker, DJ Stingray
May 2015 The Bill Laurance Project
May 2015 Scratch Electric special guest Adrian Utley (Portishead)
Nov 2014 Natalie Duncan
Oct 2014 Hockley Hustle BBC Introducing at The Hockley Hustle
Jun 2014 tindersticks
May 2014 Antonio Forcione
March 2014 Polar Bear
March 2014 Chrome Hoof
Nov 2013 Suli Breaks & Soweto Kinch
Nov 2013 Ex-Easter Island Head
Oct 2013 Harleighblu
Sept 2013 Richard Dawson
April 2013 George The Poet
March 2013 Invisible Orchestra
Mar 2012 Grouper
April 2013 THePETEBOX
Oct 2010 Hockley Hustle
Artist facilitation/AV Consultant Work 2012 - 2019
February 2021
Phantom (Kingdom of all the animals and all the beasts is my name) (2015)
16mm (2010–13) Colour film, synchronized 4-channel digital sound
January 2021
Hardeep Pandhal AV Install Install Primary Nottingham UK
December 2020
Tai Shani: Dark Continent Performance
November 2020
Emma Smith AV Install Primary Nottingham UK
September 2020
Parker Ito Pii AV install Primary Nottingham
July 2020
Akram Zaatari Dance to the End of Love (2011) New Art Exchange Nottingham
Weirderland at Nottingham Contemporary programming digital Interactive Family activities
June 2020
Beth Collar cloaked output vol 2: spirals of focus AV install Primary Nottingham
May 2020
Samson Young, We We Are The World, as performed by the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Union Chorus (2017) Multi Channel AV install, Part of Mountain of Tongues, BACKLIT, Nottingham.
April 2020
Alia Pathan Fire Rooster Av installation Primary Nottingham
March 2020
Live Web Video Streaming thisistomorrow.info Nottingham Contemporary
January 2020
The Real DMZ New Art Exchange Nottingham AV Technician
October 2019
William Hunt, A Vessel Performance Documentation, Primary Nottingham
‘Sounds Like Her’ New Art Exchange, AV Technician
September 2019
‘Learning from the Future’, Colette Sadler (UK) Dance4, AV installation and operator, Nottingham Contemporary
‘Picture us’ Real-time interactive video installation as part of the family activities at Nottingham Contemporary.
June 2019
CRT Projection /AV Tech for Mark Leckey Dream You English Kid, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, Liverpool Biennial Touring.
May 2019
New Henge Heritage, Arianne Churchman and Chloe Langlois performance Documentation, Metal, Peterborough
March 2019
CRT Projection/AV Tech for Mark Leckey Dream You English Kid Bury Art Museum, Liverpool Biennial Touring.
Yelena Popova, This Certifies That Max/MSP Programmer 4 channel audio installation
October 2018
Recording and editing of sweet-talk.me podcast for Artist Candice Jacobs
July 2018
CRT Projection Tech for Mark Leckey Dream You English Kid Liverpool Biennial 2018
Technical Consultant for Marvin Gaye Chetwynd for “Dogsy Ma Bone” Video Liverpool Biennial
June 2018
Max /MSP Technical Consultant for Rebecca Lee and Yelena Popova “This Certifies That” 4-channel sound and animation installation.
March 2018
AV Technician for Red Earth, Genius loci: Berrington Hall, Herefordshire.
September 2017
AV tech For Bloomberg New Contemporaries Nottingham for The New Midland Group at Primary, Backlit and One Thoresby Street.
July 2017
AV Tech for Artist Rebecca Lee ‘Song Sung When’ 2017. Four outdoor sound installations, Biddulph Grange, National Trust Gardens, Staffordshire, UK.
June 2017
Live Web Video Streaming, Dance4 / thisistomorrow.info Nottingham UK.
May 2017
Video Maker The Grand tour.co.uk 2017 Nottingham UK, Promotional Web Videos.
Marvin Gaye Chetwynd ‘Hermitos Children 2’ Filming and editing on Location Malta, London and Glasgow
Prizes
Grand Prize winner and The Peoples Panel winner at Nottingham Castle Open 2016 ‘Jim Brouwer and Simon Raven’ ‘Human free. please queue here’ Video Installation
Shortlist winner for Grand Prize at Nottingham Castle Open 2014 with Alia Pathan for Video ‘Petit Roque’.
Hull Time Based Art, ‘HTBA Prize for Best Fine Art Degree show’, Hull School of Art, 2002
PERFORMANCES/SHOWS
2016 ‘Jim Brouwer and Simon Raven’ ‘Human Freak. please queue here’ Video Installation
2016 Grand Prize Winner and The Peoples Panel Winner at Nottingham Castle Open
2014 Shortlisted for the Grand Prize at Nottingham Castle Open ‘Petit Roque’ Video with Alia Pathan
2014 Note on Gallery, Berlin ‘Petit Roque’ Video with Alia Pathan
2012 Live set at Shambhala festival - woods stage
2009 Glade Electronic Music Festival Berkshire UK Algorithm stage
2009 As ‘Mountebank’ play ‘Tintinnabulum’ St. Peters Church Nottingham
2009 Loom Presents: Broadway Electric Lounge
2009 Active Ingredient Presents Loom at Love City, Broadway Nottingham
2009 Active Ingredient Presents Loom at Love City, Bambu, Leicester
2008 Digital Arts Scarborough 5-Meo-DMT collaboration with Live musicians to reinterpret historical film footage of Scarborough. East Yorkshire, UK
2008 Intersection, Interactive video installation and workshop shown at Bonington Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2008 Video “Hypersensitive” Shown On Big LCD Screen in Bradford city centre, Yorkshire, UK
2008 Sonic Arts Network Expo Victoria Baths Laptop radio performance as The Cryptological Audio Sociality. Manchester UK
2008 Radio 0 At Hull Art Lab (HAL) Organised by The Cryptological Audio Sociality. Hull UK
2008 Vasulka Workshop. With video Artist Woody and Steina Vasulka. Vivid Birmingham UK
2008 April Fools Day Event, "Fist Sixth" Main Organiser and Artist, The Flee pit, Hackney. London, UK
2008 Loom Festival of electronic music, Main Organiser of four-day Music festival, Also performing Live 'Mijim' Audio and Visuals. Nottingham, UK
2008 Loom At Electric Lounge, Broadway Bar. Nottingham, UK
2007 AA2A Artist Access to Art Colleges, Hull School Of Art and Design DVD Video Commission, Hull, UK
2007 Video “Hypersensitive” Shown on Park TV Dutch Television Arts channel www.park.nl
2007 5-MEO-DMT (Performance with George Rogers & Joe Gilmore) Glitch Aesthetics, Dean Clough, Halifax, UK
2007 Visuals Lovebytes, Festival Sheffield, UK
2006 www.NAAN.org.uk (Nottingham Artist Area Network web radio and community-based website)
2006 Intersection (Video installation, with Leigh Robertson) Show Room Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
2006 You are the Water (technical assistant to artist Christina Della Giustina’s interactive audio/video installation) exStream Live Art Space, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK
2005 Beuys Lolly (Generative music for web radio) rand()%, Digital Research Unit, The Media Centre, Huddersfield, UK
2005 Hypersensitive (Video screening) Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain
2005 Artist in residence at Hull Time Based Arts, Hull, UK
2005 MerryGoRound (Video screened on A.T.P.T.V.) All Tomorrow's Parties, Camber Sands, UK
2004 Poulenc (Performance with Joe Gilmore, Alex Peverett, Tom Knapp, Paul Emery) Commissioned by Opera North & Lumen, The Crypt, Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, UK
2004 Hypersensitive (Installation/residency) Screenlab, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
2003 Carrot Chopping 2 (Video installation) Lovebytes, Sheffield, UK
2003 Sound Art Lecture (Performance/lecture, with Alex Peverett & Joe Gilmore) Leeds School of Art &Design, Leeds, UK
2003 Untitled (Performance/installation, with Alex Peverett & Joe Gilmore) International Review of Live Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
2003 Live audio-visual computer projected 3D synchronization Burning Bush, Live Art Festival, Dundee DCA, UK
2002 MerryGoRound (Video screening) Kyiv Ukraine International Film Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
2002 MerryGoRound(Video screening) Bucharest International Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
2002 Inserterlation (Interactive Installation) Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK
2002 Fellism (Performance) T.O.O.T Festival, Hull Time Based Arts, Hull, UK
2001 Up&Down (Video installation) Girl/BoyGallery, Hull, UK
COMMISSIONS
Hull Time Based Art, ‘HTBA Prize’ for Fine Arts Degree show, 2005
Lovebytes Festival Carrot Chopping 2 (Video installation) Lovebytes, Sheffield, UK, 2003
LIVE SETS - DJ/VJ
Climate Change Live AV set, at Primary Uncanny Xmas Party with Simon Raven 2023
Maniere Des Bohemiens DJ set Swing jazz set, 2017
Voguing in the attic One Thoresby Street DJ early House and disco set, 2016
Visuals New Year’s Eve Rock City, 2012
Visuals for Roots Manuva Rock City Nottingham, 2010
Visuals at Summer Sundae Festival Indoor stage De Montfort Hall Leicester, 2009
Ghostface Killah, Live, Rock City, Nottingham UK, 2009
Adverse Camber. TV or not TV Live TV signal A/V mash-up London, UK, 2008
Loom At Stealth, Main event organiser and Live 'Mijim' Audio Set, Nottingham, UK, 2008
US (Performance with Leigh Toro & Noel Murphy) Trampoline Electronic Arts Festival, Improved Live Laptop Music, Screen 2 Broadway Cinema, Nottingham, UK, 2008
Mijim Live at Blue Print Club, Nottingham, UK, 2008
Loom Festival of electronic music at Malt Cross 26th February, Nottingham, UK, 2008
Loom Festival of electronic music at Muse 25th February, Nottingham, UK, 2008
Loom Festival of electronic music at Edge 24th February, Nottingham, UK, 2008
Loom Festival of electronic music at Cabaret 23rd February, Nottingham, UK, 2008
Visuals at Lovebytes Festival Sheffield, UK, 2007
5-MEO-DMT (Performance with George Rogers, Chris Galdwin, Pete McPhatland) Termite Club, Leeds, UK, 2007
Table-1/Yoda-5(live improvised laptop audio performance) Leeds, UK, 2007
Fishing(live Improvised laptop audio performance) Weissensee, Berlin, Germany, 2007
SC(live Improvised laptop audio performance) STEIM Amsterdam, 2007
Sumeru (Performance, with Joe Gilmore, Alex Peverett, Ryoko Kuwajima, Chris Gladwin) Fuse Festival, Holy Trinity Church, Leeds, UK, 2006
Fist of the fourth (Solo performance) The Others, Stoke Newington, London, UK, 2006
Powerbooks for Peace (Performance, with Joe Gilmore) Placard Headphone Festival, London, UK, 2005
Powerbooks for Peace (Performance, with Joe Gilmore & Alex Peverett) Ultrasound Festival, The Media Centre, Huddersfield, UK, 2005
Powerbooks for Peace (Performance, with Joe Gilmore &Alex Peverett) Evolution Film Festival, Leeds, UK, 2005
Moog Fest (Visuals) Moog, Nottingham, UK, 2005
Powerbooks for Peace ( Live performance) Wrong Festival, Barcelona, 2004
The Rhombic Youth(Performance) ROOT Festival, Hull Time-Based Arts (Track Included on compilation TOOT PAC CD), 2002
Team Doyobi Visuals (Live visuals for Team Doyobi) Lovebytes, Festival Sheffield, UK, 2002
Releases / Records/CD’s
Mijim track ‘Linguistic Lisp’ compilation 12” Dole-scam Records London, UK, 2008
Mijim Split 7” Petrol Powered Series Melange records UK/Japan, 2005
Mijim ‘Total Care’ CD Alien Nation. Japan, 2005
Powerbooks for Peace ‘Your Brain is a crazy guy’ CD Alien Nation. Japan, 2005
Powerbooks for Peace ‘Everest’ 3” CD Alku. Barcelona, Spain, 2005