Nostalgia - Diary
Michele Marcoux
Creative Reactions exhibition at TENT gallery, ECA
Objects give form to our desires and when no longer useful become ‘unseen’ “…objects are important not because they are evident and physically constrain or enable but often precisely because we do not ‘see’ them. The less we are aware of them the more powerfully they can determine our expectations by setting the scene and […]
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NEW WORK: Creative Reactions: Liminal State, Glasgow Trades Hall
A great night last night at the Creative Reactions: Liminal State pop up exhibition at the Trades Hall in Glasgow. This was the final event of the PINT OF SCIENCE international science festival which took place in Glasgow last week. Creative Reactions: Liminal State featured 7 artists including myself (Michele Marcoux) Marta Fuster De Barutell, Jodi Le […]
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“DEEP SPACE” – Exhibition Opens March 2nd, Studio 1.1, London
Deep Space 3 – 26 March Studio 1.1, 57a Redchurch St London E2 7DJ Private View Thursday 2 March 6 – 9pm “We must be shown only enough to know that there is more, and to want that ‘more’ not to be disclosed. A prime agency of disclosure is the cut, which divides one shot […]
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GSA Degree Show 2016 – Phantasmagoria, non-place of desire
“Ambiguity is the appearance of dialectic in images, the law of dialectic at a standstill. This standstill is utopia and the dialectical image … dream image” – Walter Benjamin, The Arcades Project, 1927-1940 Passage des jumelles Phantasmagoria, non-place of desire explores the irreversible dynamic of time – and our attempts to find fixity. Where does […]
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Fan of Memory @Hidden Door Arts festival
Fan of Memory/Profane Illuminations May 22 – 30 Hidden Door Art Festival, Edinburgh Michele Marcoux – visual art Haftor Medbøe/Graham Coe – sound Reclaimed glass, projected light and sound create a labyrinth that transforms and fragments “He who has once begun to open the fan of memory never comes to the end of its segments; […]
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Exhibition – Hagridden, Summerhall Lower Church Gallery, Edinburgh June-July 2014
Hag-ridden ˈhaɡ-rɪd(ə)n Tormented or worried, as if by a witch 1680’s “afflicted by nightmares”. An old term for sleep paralysis, the sensation of being held immobile in bed by a heavy weight and accompanied by a sense of an alien presence. Also: Succubus, Mære (Old English), The Old Hag (Newfoundland), Witch riding your back (USA) […]
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Artwork
Portfolio of Recent Work
Below is a portfolio of recent work 2013-2017. For information on the individual exhibitions please use the links below. Creative Response: Liminal State, Glasgow Trades Hall 2017 Master of Letters Fine Art Practice Degree Show Glasgow School of Art 2016 Fan of Memory/Profane Illuminations, Hidden Door Festival 2015 H…
Exhibitions
Creative Reactions exhibition at TENT gallery, ECA
Objects give form to our desires and when no longer useful become ‘unseen’ “…objects are important not because they are evident and physically constrain or enable but often precisely because we do not ‘see’ them. The less we are aware of them the more powerfully they can determine our expectations by setting the…
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INTERVIEW with Redbird Review – Fan of Memory, Hidden Door Festival
Redbird Review – interview with Eileen Budd, May 2015 Nostalgia is a powerful thing. It used to be thought of as a sickness but social psychologists now believe it has a positive impact on us, that it makes us happier and even makes us feel warmer. Is it an emotion? Hundreds of products are sold [&he…
