Nick Jordan (artist)
Nick Jordan | |
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 Jordan in 2017 | |
| Born | 28 July 1967 Chigwell, Essex, England |
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| Occupation | Artist |
| Website | nickjordan |
Nick Jordan (born 1967) is a British visual artist and experimental filmmaker based in Manchester, UK. Jordan works mostly with documentary film, but his practice also includes painting, drawing, prints, photography, sculptural objects and publications. The artist's work explores the interconnections between social, cultural and natural ecologies.[1]
Work[edit]
Jordan's hybrid documentaries are filmed and edited by the artist, utilising a direct, observational approach to subjects. The films often feature cooperative input from practitioners working in life sciences, such as ecology and botany, as well as from the fields of anthropology and healthcare.[2]
Jordan's work has been shown widely at international galleries, museums and film festivals.[3] Notable solo shows include Mental State Signs (Paradise Works, 2018)[4] and Natural Interaction (HOME, 2023).[5]The artist's work has been shown extensively in group exhibitions, including Innsbruck International Biennial,[6]Videonale, Kunstmuseum, Bonn,[7] Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco.[8] International film festivals include CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival,[9] and his films have been the subject of special focus programmes, including at Minimalen, Norway,[10] HOME, UK,[11] and London Short Film Festival, UK.[12]
Jordan also works in a collaborative practice with fellow artist Jacob Cartwright (see Jacob Cartwright and Nick Jordan). Their films include Between Two Rivers (2012),[13] a feature-length documentary about the town of Cairo, Illinois, which won best film awards at River's Edge Film Festival, Kentucky,[14] and Big Muddy Film Festival, Illinois.[citation needed]
Jordan has curated a number of group exhibitions and artist film screenings[15]. He is the curator of Braziers International Film Festival,[16] an annual three-day festival held at Braziers Park each summer.
Publications[edit]
The artist's publications include Alien Invaders,[17] published by Book Works, which takes the form of a guidebook to non-native species found in Britain, and the effects on native wildlife.
Other publications include Larksong[18] chapbook and vinyl soundtrack album (British Textile Biennial/Folklore Tapes, 2023); Some Mild Peril[19] (Castlefield Gallery, 2004);The Audubon Trilogy[20] (Dedecus, 2010), a chapbook and series of short films drawn from the writings of 19th-century artist and frontiersman John James Audubon, following his escapades along the Ohio River and Mississippi River; and Heaven, Hell and Other Places,[21] a documentary on Emanuel Swedenborg, commissioned by The Swedenborg Society.
References[edit]
- ^ "Nick Jordan: Natural Interaction". Corridor8. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Natural Interaction at HOME | Exhibitions". Creative Tourist. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Nick Jordan". Art Gene. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Nick Jordan: Mental State Signs at Paradise Works". Corridor8. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Nick Jordan: Natural Interaction". HOME. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Innsbruck International Biennial of the Arts – Büchsenhausen". www.buchsenhausen.at. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Videonale Archive | VIDEONALE.10". archive.videonale.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Jacob Cartwright & Nick Jordan". Headlands Center for the Arts. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Forest 1: Forest Works". Tampere Film Festival. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Minimalen Short Film Festival". www.minimalen.com. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Artist Focus / Nick Jordan: Short Films". HOME. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "New Shorts: Leftfield + Luscious". archive.ica.art. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Brook, David (23 November 2011). "Between Two Rivers". Blueprint: Review. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Between Two Rivers | REIFF". www.riversedgefilmfestival.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Braziers International Film Festival". Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Braziers International Film Festival | BIFF". Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Alien Invaders: A Guide to Non-Native Species of the Britisher Isles (Volume 1)". Book Works. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Tapes, Folklore. "Larksong". Folklore Tapes. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "'Some Mild Peril' Book Launch | Castlefield Gallery". 21 March 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Jordan, Nick; Cartwright, Jacob; Audubon, John James (2010). The Audubon trilogy: delineations of American scenery and manners: Cairo, New Madrid, West Point. London: Dedecus Press. ISBN 978-0-9555472-8-7.
- ^ "HEAVEN, HELL AND OTHER PLACES". Swedenborg Society. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
