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Dust

16 Sunday Aug 2015

Posted by jacscottstudio in ART, ARTWORKS BY JAC SCOTT, death, DRAWINGS and PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, exhibition

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art, being human, buildings, death, decay, dust, exhibition, time

The new work for the Post Mortem exhibition in Ghent is emerging as an antique clock evokes a mausoleum  – a departure lounge?

clock oblique web

The dust may settle in the wake, but the decaying of the flesh does not reveal the ticket for the spirit.

All Pumped Up

14 Thursday Mar 2013

Posted by jacscottstudio in ARTWORKS BY JAC SCOTT, CONSUMPTION, DRAWINGS and PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, HIDDEN IMPACTS, RESEARCH

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art, consumption, decay, erosion, found, inspiration, petrol, photography, rust, sheds

2 pumps web copy

We are all different.  I have been taking photographs of dead trees, disused petrol pumps and tumbled-down sheds for some years. I get very excited on finding a new specimen to document and have been known to travel many miles to capture a wonderful example. I can only provide a rationale answer for the pumps. The other two collections have as yet a more hazy role – a more innate ‘knowing’ that I need them for my work. Over the years the collections are building with little exposure to strangers eyes – but here’s a glimpse inside…

sheds and gate brandon web

I came across Dick’s website by accident – he collects old petrol pumps.  http://www.pumaperiodpumps.com/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/puma?opendocument&part=2

 

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Hello! I am a visual artist focusing on issue-based work that investigates the environmental issues behind fractured realities. Exploring the enigma of our existence, revealed in our ways of being, our relationship with our environs and the marks we leave behind is my preoccupation. My predilection for collaborations with scientists and geographers has led to an informed body of work that reflects a world without a sense of equilibrium. The work aims to have an oblique potency that acknowledges the world’s dark underbelly, whilst acting as a catalyst for igniting debate. I am an innate researcher who has not lost the infantile curiosity and wonder about the world - the questions and answers are in flux - I appreciate other people's viewpoints so please comment on posts that interest you - I am always happy to hear constructive criticism about my artworks and hear more information about and/or debate issues I raise. Both as metaphor and in material selection, my artistic responses focus on brooding degradation: peeling layers inviting a meditation on the narrative exposed. I try not to create more stuff – our world is already over-stuffed – so I reuse and transform objects whenever possible to satisfy my environmental conscience. This blog was initially started to complement my residency at University of Central Lancashire in Britain where I was working with scientists in the School of Built and Natural Environment examining the hidden impacts of our way of life. The residency has now ended but due to the public response I aim to continue it as long as people are interested in my art practice. Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. Visit www.jacscott.com for more information about my contemporary practice.

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