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. The artist's work explores connections between social, cultural, and natural ecologies.[1]
Jordan's documentaries feature practitioners working in life sciences, such as ecology and botany, as well as from the fields of anthropology and healthcare.[2]
Work
[edit]Jordan's short films include The Atom Station, made in Iceland, featuring environmental activist Ómar Ragnarsson;[3] Thought Broadcasting;[4]The Entangled Forest, featuring ecologist Suzanne Simard;[5] and Concrete Forms of Resistance.[6]
Jordan's work has been shown at international galleries, museums and film festivals.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] International film festivals include CPH:DOX, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival,[14] and Tampere Film Festival.[15]
Jordan has also collaborated with artist Jacob Cartwright.[16][17][18]
Jordan is the festival curator of Braziers International Film Festival,[19] an annual three-day event held at Braziers Park.
Publications
[edit]The artist's publications include Alien Invaders,[20] 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[21] chapbook and vinyl soundtrack album (British Textile Biennial/Folklore Tapes, 2023); Some Mild Peril[22] (Castlefield Gallery, 2004);The Audubon Trilogy[23] (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,[24] a documentary on Emanuel Swedenborg, commissioned by The Swedenborg Society.
References
[edit]- ^ "Nick Jordan: Natural Interaction exhibition review". Corridor8. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Natural Interaction at HOME exhibition review". Creative Tourist. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Strange crannies of the world: the best of British live action at Encounters 2015 | Festivals | Sight & Sound". British Film Institute review. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Short and sharp: ten of the best at Encounters 2017 | Sight & Sound review". British Film Institute. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "The Entangled Forest". Sinff2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "True Stories: Spaces review". The Guardian. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "MMU | Holden Gallery | Interruptions: Nick Jordan (16.01.20)". www.holdengallery.mmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Nick Jordan: Mental State Signs exhibition review". This Is Tomorrow. 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.
- ^ "Nick Jordan and Jacob Cartwright - Larksong". British Textile Biennial. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Jacob Cartwright & Nick Jordan". Headlands Center for the Arts. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Clermont ISFF | Lunch with Thought Broadcasting | Clermont ISFF". Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Forest 1: Forest Works". Tampere Film Festival. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 14 May 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.
- ^ "Big Muddy Film Festival (2012)". IMDb. Retrieved 10 June 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.
