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Pterodactyl

23 Thursday May 2013

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art, exhibition, feathers, found, installation, sculpture

Today I am busy writing about extraordinary artist Kate MccGwire who I am featuring as one of the twenty-eight sculptors in my new book on mixed-media sculpture.  MccGwire creates haunting curvaceous sculptures that are truly breath taking, and all are made with feathers, yes feathers. Visit her website to see how wonderful her work is – you will be astounded!  http://www.katemccgwire.com

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Site specific installation by Kate MccGwire at Tatton Park, Cheshire 2011

And so in line with all good researchers I looked at which artists had worked with this material before. (Regular readers of this blog will know I love feathers too, but tend to use the odd one sparingly in my work – almost too precious to use). Now I am a fan of German sculptor Rebecca Horn’s upside down piano since I saw it at Tate Modern many years ago – it really does make you question “is it safe to go underneath it?”piano

Anyway, her work with feathers turned into performance in the 1970 – 80s as a way of animating her sculptures. The work is strangely beguiling as she cocoons herself with wings and fans. But, the work that captured my ‘you don’t have to be crazy but it helps’ badge is the work shown here and to be really honest, I love it. How about you?

umbrella upside down rebecca horn hospital bed reb horn corner

 

Away and Home Again

29 Monday Apr 2013

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art, birds, exhibition, found, home, installation, rust, sculpture

home-and-away--bird-cage home-and-away-all home-and-away-nest-detailMy new sculpture ‘Home and Away’ installed in PR1 Gallery, Preston.

Finally Bagged

28 Thursday Mar 2013

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art, consumption, found, installation, recycling, sculpture, up-cycle, waste

waste art with jac, rickshaws and volunteers (1)

‘Picture This… Gold in Your Hands’

Green Week at UCLAN was busy – art students worked really hard through freezing conditions to complete their installation on my frame (see below). Students collected hundreds of used plastic carrier bags and employing different textile techniques created a design with an environmental message.

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Bagged – ‘Picture this…’ part 2

12 Tuesday Feb 2013

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art, carbon, consumption, education, installation, photography, recycling, sustainability, waste

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http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/carrier-bags-material-matters-0

The issue of plastic carrier bag use is not as simple as it may seem. Information on this link clearly explains the impact of all shopping bags and that carbon footprinting isn’t just about end use, but also the resources of making the products and the distance from the producer.

The students at uclan chose to use plastic bags to make their picture inside the frame (see post 11 February 2013) as it is widely accepted they are a sign of our consumerist society – plus they are suitable material to work with in this particular project.

Picture this

11 Monday Feb 2013

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Today I installed a commission for University of Central Lancashire Green Week, entitled ‘Picture this… gold in their hands’. The work is a temporary, interactive public sculpture that harnesses the grandeur of the traditional gilt frame to highlight our consumption of plastics. Over the course of the week students will create a picture within the frame made from discarded plastic bags.

I was approached by the Green Team at uclan to design a sculpture that the students could not only work with on their own, to showcase their skills, but also to draw attention to environmental issues they were interested in.  

It will be interesting to see what they focus on.
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Do we need the tactile?

01 Monday Oct 2012

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art, installation, research, sculpture

Do we need the tactile?

Just read an article about the growth of digital art and the potential death of the physical in Culture Lab.
I am currently wrestling with the notion of creating art, but not adding more things to our mountain of stuff. As a sculptor you can appreciate, hopefully, this is difficult, especially when I enjoy the sense of touch so deeply. Current thinking is to satisfy the innate need with either developing artistic responses only with existing materials or projecting imagery onto a few selected forms. The second idea aims to create multiple readings of the same piece but touching would be limited.

Your thoughts?

More witnesses to our way of living

28 Friday Sep 2012

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art, found, hidden impacts, installation, recycling, science, sculpture, up-cycle

Do we know what toxins we are putting in our homes when we purchase the paraphernalia that we enjoy and consider essential to modern modes of living?

I will be investigating this subject, that effects most western homes, at UCLan.

If there are particular areas that concern you please let me know.

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Witness Collection

22 Saturday Sep 2012

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Witness Collection - group shot

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Beautiful Dystopias: Witness Collection

19 Wednesday Sep 2012

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This gallery contains 8 photos.

All photographs by acclaimed photographer Rob Fraser. Witness Statement The discarded figurines, stripped off the honour of witness on the …

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Water issues installation in Kirkham Building

11 Friday May 2012

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consumption, installation, research, water

March  – Jac Scott asked the university community, who frequent Kirkham Building, to respond to which issues concerning water would they like to raise at the first global water summitImage

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UCLAN installation – water issues

10 Thursday May 2012

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During April and May the foyer of UCLAN’s Harris Building plays host to an installation focusing on water issues: consumption, …

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Spector (sculpture)

07 Wednesday Mar 2012

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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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