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![]() SURFACE PAINTING / WHITE SANDS (TRF), 2019 - 2024 PLYWOOD, HARDWARE STUDIO VIEW. PART OF ONGOING SERIES (SINCE 2019) ![]() SURFACE PAINTING / WHITE SANDS, 2019 - 2024 PLYWOOD, HARDWARE STUDIO VIEW. PART OF ONGOING SERIES (SINCE 2019) ![]() IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES, 2023 CARBON TRANSFER, PENCIL AND GESSO ON LINEN; ARTIST FRAME (STUDIO VIEW) PAINTING/BREATHING (2023) SINGLE CHANNEL HD VIDEO, ENDLESS LOOP ![]() BLACKPOOL STANDS BETWEEN US AND REVOLUTION, 2022 ALUMINIUM, LED NEON AND HARDWARE / DIMS: 5M x 3M APPROX; INSTALLATION VIEW GRUNDY ART GALLERY AS PART OF NEW THINGS (2023). PHOTO: BRENDAN MACGREGOR. ![]() SURFACE PAINTING / WHITE SANDS (2019 - 2022) PLYWOOD, HARDWARE STUDIO VIEW. PART OF ONGOING SERIES (SINCE 2019) ![]() UNTITLED (COST) (2022) OIL PASTEL ON RECLAIMED DECORATORS COTTON TWILL DUST SHEET 560MM x 960MM STUDIO VIEW. PART OF ONGOING SERIES ![]() (THRESHOLD) WATER, EXTRACTED FROM THE AIR INSIDE THE GALLERY, USED TO WASH THE STEPS OF THE GALLERY (ONGOING SINCE 12.01.21) INTERMITTENT PERFORMANCE/ACTION (TO NO AUDIENCE). WATER IS EXTRACTED FROM THE AIR INSIDE THE INSTITUTION AND USED TO WASH TH STEPS OF THE INSTITUTION. ACKNOWLEGEMENT SHARED THROUGH ARTIST/INSTITUTION'S SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS DE-HUMIDIFIERS, WATER / DIMS: VARIABLE NEW HORIZON_AN INDIGESTIBLE OBJECT (2022) SINGLE CHANNEL HD VIDEO, ENDLESS LOOP ![]() BLACKPOOL STANDS BETWEEN US AND REVOLUTION, 2022 A PUBLIC ARTWORK FOR BLACKPOOL'S CIVIC SPACE. INSTALLED ON THE ROOF OF GRUNDY ART GALLERY (09/05 - TBC) ALUMINIUM, LED NEON AND HARDWARE / DIMS: 5M x 3M APPROX; HG_RAPTURE.DEEPFIELD (2022) SINGLE CHANNEL HD/4K VIDEO, 05.20 RAPTURE.DEEPFIELD IS PART OF ONGOING VIDEO ARTWORK HEAVEN'S GATE CLICK HERE TO ADJUST VIDEO PLAYBACK SETTINGS IN THAT BLACK WET NOTHINGNESS THE PERIMETER BECAME JUST A MEMORY. ONLY IMAGINATION GAVE IT FORM (A METEORITE IS PLACED), 2021 FREEZER, METEORITE (CAMPO DEL CIELO, 116g), RATCHET STRAPS INSTALLED AT THE MANCHESTER CONTEMPORARY (2021) w/ ABINGDON STUDIOS, BLACKPOOL. PHOTO: MATT WILKINSON ![]() THE TRIUMPH OF FREEDOM / FREEDOM TO PARTY (2014 - ONGOING) INSTALLATION VIEW AS PART OF ECSTATIC RITUALS (2019) AT HUMBER ST GALLERY (HULL, UK), CURATED BY LAUREN VELVICK PHOTOGRAPH BY JULES LISTER / COURTESY HUMBER STREET GALLERY. ![]() THE TRIUMPH OF FREEDOM / FREEDOM TO PARTY (2014 - ONGOING) POSTERS INSTALLED AS PART OF ECSTATIC RITUALS (2019) AT HUMBER ST GALLERY (HULL,UK) CURATED BY LAUREN VELVICK PHOTOGRAPH BY JULES LISTER / COURTESY HUMBER ST GALLERY. ![]() THE TRIUMPH OF FREEDOM / FREEDOM TO PARTY (2014 - ONGOING) MONITORS INSTALLED AS PART OF ECSTATIC RITUALS (2019) AT HUMBER ST GALLERY (HULL,UK) CURATED BY LAUREN VELVICK PHOTOGRAPH BY JULES LISTER / COURTESY HUMBER STREET GALLERY. LONG DISTANCE YEARNING (2019) SOLO PRESENTATION OF WORKS ACQUIRED BY FRAC CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNES INSTALLATION VIEW AT FRAC CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNES, RIEMS; 21-22 SEPTEMBER 2019. ![]() WORK INSTALLED AT ARS ELECTRONICA (LINZ, AUSTRIA), SEPTEMBER 2018 FOR AREBYTE'S HOTEL GENERATION 2017 CLASS REUNION DETAILS AND INSTALLATION SHOTS HERE. ![]() UNTITLED_WHEN ALGORITHMS BECOME FORM (2018) DIGITAL IMAGE DIMENSIONS VARIABLE ![]() ![]() NEW EQUIVALENTS; OR WHY THE DARK MATTERS (2016-17) CAST CONCRETE BRICK; CEMENT, BLACK DYE AND METEORITE AGGREGATE (METEORCRETE) DIMENSIONS: 22.9 (L) x 11.4 (W) x 6.4CM (H) EACH (ONGOING SERIES) TH_HVNS_RAPTURE (2017) SINGLE CHANNEL HD VIDEO, 05.28 CLICK HERE TO ADJUST VIDEO PLAYBACK SETTINGS ![]() THE HEAVENS_DEPTFORD OBSERVATORY (2017) INSTALLATION VIEW OF SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION COMMISSIONED FOR DEPTFORD X FESTIVAL 2017 ![]() THE HEAVENS_DEPTFORD OBSERVATORY (2017) INSTALLATION VIEW OF SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION COMMISSIONED FOR DEPTFORD X FESTIVAL 2017 ![]() THE HEAVENS_DEPTFORD OBSERVATORY (2017) INSTALLATION VIEW OF SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION COMMISSIONED FOR DEPTFORD X FESTIVAL 2017 ![]() THE HEAVENS_DEPTFORD OBSERVATORY (2017) INSTALLATION VIEW OF SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION COMMISSIONED FOR DEPTFORD X FESTIVAL 2017 ![]() THE HEAVENS_DEPTFORD OBSERVATORY_(2017) INSTALLATION VIEW OF SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION COMMISSIONED FOR DEPTFORD X FESTIVAL 2017 ![]() AN INDIGESTIBLE OBJECT (2017) SINGLE CHANNEL HD VIDEO, ENDLESS LOOP ACTUALITY PICTURE / THE MAGIC LANTERN (2009 - 2016/17) SINGLE CHANNEL HD VIDEO, 03.53.25 (2 MINUTE SAMPLE VERSION) ACTUALITY PICTURE / THE MAGIC LANTERN IS A LARGE SCALE HD VIDEO PRESENTATION. THE VIDEO COLLATES OVER 395,297 INDIVIDUAL IMAGES TAKEN BY NASA'S CASSINI PROBE INTO ONE SINGLE 4 HOUR PRESENTATION. ACTUALITY PICTURE / THE MAGIC LANTERN IS A PROJECTED HD VIDEO ABOUT FILM, SPACE, TIME AND DISTANCE. THE WORK WAS MADE BETWEEN 2009 - 2016 AND UPDATED IN 2017 AS THE CASSINI MISSION ENDED. ALL IMAGES WITHIN THIS VIDEO; COURTESY NASA/JPL-CALTECH ![]() ACTUALITY PICTURE / THE MAGIC LANTERN (2009 - 2017) INSTALLATION VIEW (WITH BESPOKE PROJECTION SCREEN) AT TITLEDATEDURATION, MANCHESTER UK. IMAGE COURTESY: SIMON PANTLING @ PANTLING STUDIO ![]() ACTUALITY PICTURE / THE MAGIC LANTERN (2009 - 2017) INSTALLATION VIEW (WITH BESPOKE PROJECTION SCREEN) AT TITLEDATEDURATION, MANCHESTER UK. IMAGE COURTESY: SIMON PANTLING @ PANTLING STUDIO ![]() ACTUALITY PICTURE / THE MAGIC LANTERN (2009 - 2017) INSTALLATION VIEW (WITH BESPOKE PROJECTION SCREEN) AT TITLEDATEDURATION, MANCHESTER UK. IMAGE COURTESY: SIMON PANTLING @ PANTLING STUDIO ![]() ACTUALITY PICTURE / THE MAGIC LANTERN (2009 - 2017) INSTALLATION VIEW (WITH BESPOKE PROJECTION SCREEN) AT TITLEDATEDURATION, MANCHESTER UK. IMAGE COURTESY: SIMON PANTLING @ PANTLING STUDIO ACTUALITY PICTURE / THE MAGIC LANTERN (2009 - 2017) INSTALLATION VIEW (WITH BESPOKE PROJECTION SCREEN) AT TITLEDATEDURATION, MANCHESTER UK. INSTALLATION FOOTAGE COURTESY: SIMON PANTLING @ PANTLING STUDIO THE HEAVENS_EYE-NEBULAE-2560x1440 (2015 - ONGOING) SINGLE CHANNEL HD VIDEO, 3.20 ![]() NIKES (2017) DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH DIMENSIONS VARIABLE AND YOU HAVE FELT THE HORIZON (2017) 30 SECOND SAMPLE VERSION OF 1 HOUR VIDEO. FOUND FOOTAGE OF A JOURNEY ACROSS THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IS RE-SOUNDTRACKED WITH THE SOUND OF COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION; THE AUDIBLE REMENANT OF THE BIG BANG. HEAVENS_TRAILER_ROAD2UTOPIA (2017) SINGLE CHANNEL VIDEO, 03:41 ![]() THE HEAVENS (2017) INSTALLATION VIEW AT AREBYTE LASER, LONDON, UK. FEATURING WORK; ACTUALITY REEL_THEHEAVENS (2017); 5 SINGLE CHANNEL HD VIDEOS, HD FLATSCREEN MONITOR, SPEAKER STAND UNTITLED_STARS(2014/17); DIGITAL PRINT IN ARTISTS FRAME CALIFORNIA LIGHT AND SPACE, INDUSTRIAL LIGHTS AND MAGIC (2017); COLOURED LIGHTING GELS (PRIMARY BLUE) ![]() THE HEAVENS (2017) INSTALLATION VIEW AT AREBYTE LASER, LONDON, UK. FEATURING WORK; ACTUALITY REEL_THEHEAVENS (2017); 5 SINGLE CHANNEL HD VIDEOS, HD FLATSCREEN MONITOR, SPEAKER STAND UNTITLED_STARS(2014/17); DIGITAL PRINT IN ARTIST FRAME CALIFORNIA LIGHT AND SPACE, INDUSTRIAL LIGHTS AND MAGIC (2017); COLOURED LIGHTING GELS (PRIMARY BLUE) ![]() AND YOU'VE FELT THE HORIZON HAVN'T YOU?, 2014 ARTISTS CUSTOM LEVI'S 501 JEANS; HAND-DYED THE COLOUR OF THE OCEAN AND STONEWASHED WITH METEORITES INSTALLED AT AREBYTE LASER AS PART OF THE HEAVENS ![]() OBJECT/A BOOTH, MANCHESTER CONTEMPORARY 2016 w/MATTHEW DENNISS WORK FEATURED; THE HEAVENS, 2015 (ONGOING), 3 SINGLE CHANNEL HD VIDEOS, HD FLATSCREEN MONITOR, SPEAKER STAND ![]() UNTITLED (2013-2016) ARTISTS SWEATSHIRT EATEN BY RATS INSTALLED AS PART OF MEANS, CURATED BY UNIT THE HEAVENS_INTERMISSION, 2016 SINGLE CHANNEL VIDEO, 01.37 CLICK HERE TO ADJUST VIDEO PLAYBACK SETTINGS AN INDIGESTIBLE OBJECT(YUTU_THE_HEAVENS), 2015-16 (ONGOING) SINGLE CHANNEL VIDEO, 1:52 CLICK HERE TO ADJUST VIDEO PLAYBACK SETTINGS UNIVERSAL, 2015-16 SINGLE CHANNEL VIDEO, 00.17 CLICK HERE TO ADJUST VIDEO PLAYBACK SETTINGS ![]() THE KARMAN LINE, 2016 (INSTALLATION VIEW) GROUP EXHIBITION W/ MICHAEL MULVIHILL AND MATTHEW DENNISS AT OBJECT / A, MANCHESTER, UK. MORE INFORMATION THE HEAVENS_TRAILER, 2014-15 SINGLE CHANNEL VIDEO, 01.07 CLICK HERE TO ADJUST VIDEO PLAYBACK SETTINGS 1972; 2 EXPLOSIONS. A CURTAIN FALLS, 2015 2 CHANNEL VIDEO, 01:53 CLICK HERE TO ADJUST VIDEO PLAYBACK SETTINGS ![]() 31/08/97 (PILE UP), 2011-15 ONGOING SERIES OF WORKS REPEATING A PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF A WRECKED CAR. THE SERIES BEGINS WITH A SINGLE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE AND IS REPEATED AND OVERLAID UNTIL IT BECOMES ABSTRACT. ![]() DEEP_COLOUR_EXPANDING, 2015 ANIMATED GIF PRESENTED ACROSS VARIOUS PLATFORMS ![]() BLACK ON GREY_ (MAGNIFICENT_DESOLATION_12), 2014 1/6 DIGITAL IMAGES SOURCED FROM MARK ROTHKO'S BLACK ON GREY PAINTINGS (1969/70): THE FINAL SERIES OF PAINTINGS COMPLETED BEFORE THE ARTIST DEATH. DIGITAL IMAGE ACROSS VARIOUS PRESENTATION PLATFORMS ![]() THEY USED TO CALL IT THE MOON, 2014 (INSTALLATION VIEW) EXPANDED VERSION OF THE EXHIBITION ORIGINALLY PRESENTED AT BALTIC 39. INSTALLED AT BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, GATESHEAD (MORE INFORMATION) ![]() ECHO (JEFF), 2014 DIGITAL IMAGE ACROSS VARIOUS PRESENTATION PLATFORMS ![]() YUTU (JEFF), 2014 DIGITAL IMAGE ACROSS VARIOUS PRESENTATION PLATFORMS ![]() UNTITLED (IF IT FLIES IT DIES), 2014 1/6 POSTERS DIMENSIONS VARIABLE ![]() BLACKPOOL STANDS BETWEEN USE AND REVOLUTION (2014) POSTER / DIGITAL IMAGE DIMENSIONS VARIABLE PRODUCED FOR SUPERCOLLIDER, BLACKPOOL AS PART OF THE EXHIBITION TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER (2014). THE QUOTE IS ATTRIBUTED TO AN ANONYMOUS LOCAL BUSINESS MAN OFFERING INSIGHT TO THE BRITISH GARDEN DESIGNER, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND TOWN PLANNER THOMAS HAYTON MAWSON (1861-1933), WHO OVERSAW THE DESIGN OF BLACKPOOL'S STANLEY PARK. ![]() AN INDIGESTABLE OBJECT, 2014 DIGITAL IMAGE ACROSS VARIOUS PRESENTATION PLATFORMS ![]() THEY USED TO CALL IT THE MOON, 2014 (INSTALLATION VIEW) A GROUP SHOW EXPLORING THE ENDURING PRESENCE OF THE MOON AND THE RICH ICONOGRAPHY OF SPACE ON THE POPULAR IMAGINATION OF ARTISTS. INSTALLED AT AT BALTIC 39, NEWCASTLE (MORE INFO) ![]() AN OCEAN OF STORMS, 2014 (INSTALLATION VIEW) GROUP SHOW AT UNTITLED GALLERY, MANCHESTER (W/ LEE MACHELL AND RICK COPSEY) ![]() AND YOU'VE FELT THE HORIZON HAVN'T YOU?, 2014 ARTISTS CUSTOM LEVI'S 501 JEANS; HAND-DYED THE COLOUR OF THE OCEAN AND STONEWASHED WITH METEORITES ![]() DISTANCE AND LEAPING (PROMO), 2014 ANIMATED GIF ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() BUT IT COULD BE A LEVI'S ADVERT, 2013 (W/ MATHEW PARKIN) CUSTOM JEANS; HAND-DYED AND STONEWASHED WITH METEORITES, COPPER AND DIGITAL PRINTS ON PAPER AND BEACH TOWELS INSTALLATION AS PART OF FLATFILE - A PLAN CHEST PERMANENTLY SITED AT EASTSIDE PROJECTS, BIRMINGHAM, UK. ![]() LUNA PARK (THAT EVER INCREASING DISTANCE), 2013 UNREALISED PROJECT DEVELOPED FOR BLACKPOOL PROMENADE; INFLATABLE MOON, HARDWARE, FLOURESCENT LIGHTS DIMENSIONS VARIABLE ![]() HYPERFLIGHT (AFTER VOYAGER), 2013 DIGITAL IMAGE ACROSS VARIOUS PRESENTATION PLATFORMS ![]() DISTANCE AND LEAPING (VANDAL), 2013 NIKE TRAINERS, METEORITES FROM A 16TH CENTURY WITNESSED FALL ![]() UNTITLED (GIANT), 2013 SHOEBOX, DIGITAL PRINT ![]() LEAP (JORDAN), 2013 DIGITAL IMAGE PRESENTED ACROSS VARIOUS PLATFORMS ![]() AN OCEAN OF STORMS, 2013 PHRASE DEPLOYED ACROSS VARIOUS MEDIA INCLUDING; POSTER, COCKTAIL, EXHIBITION TITLE / GUIDE / DOCUMENTATION, SPOKEN WORD ![]() RO-rp02_2013/YK, 2013 DIGITAL IMAGE ACROSS VARIOUS PRESENTATION PLATFORMS RO-rp02_2013/YK IS PART OF AN ONGOING SERIES OF RE-PURPOSED YVES KLEIN PAINTINGS ![]() FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE (AMERICAN MEN), 2013 DIGITAL IMAGES ACROSS VARIOUS PRESENTATION PLATFORMS DIMENSIONS VARIABLE ![]() CALIFORNIA (1961), 2013 DIGITAL IMAGE SCALED TO 16:9 FORMAT DIMENSIONS VARIABLE ![]() THE GOLDEN COAST, 2013 INSTALLATION AT UNTITLED GALLERY, MANCHESTER, UK ![]() THE GOLDEN COAST, 2013 DIGITAL IMAGE SCALED TO 16:9 DIMENSIONS VARIABLE ![]() NOTES ON WESTWARD EXPANSION, 2012 INSTALLATION VIEW AT BLOC PROJECTS, SHEFFIELD, UK ![]() UNTITLED (BLACK ON GREY_02), 2012 DIGITAL COLLAGE (1/6) 2:36:41 (EVERYDAY WE ARE APART, I MISS YOU MORE THAN EVER (SAMPLE), 2011 SAMPLE VERSION OF A LARGER ARTWORK IN WHICH BEETHOVEN'S MOONLIGHT SONATA, SLOWED DOWN TO THE EQUIVALENT LENGTH OF TIME NEIL ARMSTRONG WALKED ON THE MOON UNTITLED (KEPLAR_4), 2011 - ONGOING ACRYLIC ON PLASTIC PLATE UNTITLED (KEPLAR_10), 2011 - ONGOING ACRYLIC ON PLASTIC UNTITLED, 2011 POSTER / OR WALL TEXT DIMENSIONS VARIABLE ![]() ![]() UNTITLED, 2011 COLLAGED IMAGES (2/6) / FOUND DIGITAL IMAGES ![]() ![]() UNTITLED (1969), 2011 DIGITAL IMAGES (2/12) / VARIOUS PRESENTATION MEDIA ![]() UNTITLED (MOOR), 2011 INKJET PRINTS ON WATER COLOUR PAPER (1 / 12) EXHIBITIED AS PART OF EVERYDAY WE ARE APART ( I MISS YOU MORE THAN EVER), SOUTH SQUARE GALLERY, UK UNTITLED (14), 2011 ALUMINIUM FOIL UNTITLED (15), 2011 ALUMINIUM FOIL ![]() FIGURES (LEAPS), 2011 - ONCOING DIGITAL COLLAGE ![]() FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE (SIERRA BLANCA), 2011 FOUND AND PROCESSED DIGITAL IMAGES (1/19) / VARIOUS PRESENTATION METHODS ![]() ![]() FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE (LUNAR), 2011 - ONGOING FOUND AND PRESENTATION IMAGES / VARIOUS PRESENTATION METHODS |