(deviant)Artists: Charlie Tweed

Charlie Tweed works with a variety of alter egos to explore the mechanisms of power and control and the potential of the irrational. In the Man From Below project his alter ego - heads to the Thames Gateway in order to build a new safer world below the surface. The Man From Below is currently tunneling his way towards the town of Trollhattan in order to search for the entrance to the hollow earth where he hopes to find safety. He will also present his plans for the future of Trollhattan - for further information visit the Man From Below’s blog which he is attempting to write in Swedish. www.manfrombelow.co.uk Charlie Tweed also has a musical alter ego known as the Man From the Woods. The MFW lives in some woods somewhere and writes songs about living in the woods somewhere. The MFW will be playing a live set at the Deviant Art Festival on July 20th at the Pump House Gallery in Trollhattan. www.myspace.com/manfromthewoods Charlie Tweed lives and works in London and is currently currently studying his MFA Fine Art at Goldsmiths College. Recently he was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007 which will tour the UK beginning at the New Art Gallery Walsall on July 12th, then traveling to London and Manchester. He has exhibited his video works internationally at galleries and film festival including Artsway, New Forest, Alma Enterprises, London, Santa Fe Film Festival, New Mexico Hi/Lo Film Festival, San Francisco and Stadtgalerie, Schwaz, Austria.