Alan Currall
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Alan Currall (born 1964) is a British artist.
Currall studied at the Glasgow School of Art and as of 2003 is based in Glasgow.
Much of Currall's work is video-based, shot cheaply with a tripod-mounted camera, and features Currall himself. Message to My Best Friend is Currall apparently praising his best friend to the skies ("You've got a great record collection. The way you dress is cool but funky"). Other video works have seen him asking his parents for their advice on how best to survive such disasters as a shipwreck, planecrash and nuclear war, and reading his own will out loud.
In 2000, Currall produced Encyclopaedia, a CD-ROM encyclopaedia with video clips by 'non-experts' who have influenced the artist in some way (such as his friends and family).
In 2003, Currall was shortlisted for the Beck's Futures prize.