Martin John Callanan Explained

Martin John Callanan
Birth Place:Solihull, West Midlands, England
Field:Digital art, installation art, Conceptual art, Performance art, Photography
Training:Slade School of Fine Art
Works:Departure of All, The Fundamental Units
Awards:Philip Leverhulme Prize[1]

Martin John Callanan, (born 1982 in Solihull, West Midlands)[2] is a British conceptual artist working in Scotland.[3] He taught at the Slade School of Fine Art from 2008-2019.[4] [5] Key exhibitions include White Cube Mason's Yard,[6] Or Gallery, Berlin,[7] Casal Solleric, Spain, Whitechapel Gallery, London, Imperial War Museum,[8] International Film Festival Rotterdam[9] and Whitstable Biennale.[10] In 2013 Callanan was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize, an award for young academic researchers.[1] [11] [12] Callanan worked with the Bank of England for 12 months from July 2015,[13] and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Artworks

Well known artworks include, "The Fundamental Units", a collaboration with the National Physical Laboratory imaging the world's lowest domination coins to massive scale using the latest microscopes.[14] [15] [16]

I Wanted to See All of the News From Today, a web based program collecting front covers of newspapers from around the world, won an Honorary mention (best online project) at Live 2011 Grand Prix (Finland),[17] and a finalist for both File Prix Lux (Brazil),[18] and Screengrab 2010 Award, (Australia)[19]

Callanan legally changed his name by deed poll from Martin John Callanan to Martin John Callanan in 2008 and again in 2012.[20] The latter performance, which involved a magistrate visiting the gallery, took place at the London Open at the Whitechapel Gallery, London: curator Kirsty Ogg said "It highlights the fact that there is a particular bureaucratic process that we're all subject to but are not necessarily aware of".[21]

The 2012 Whitstable Biennale commissioned Wars During my Lifetime, about which New Statesman wrote: "A simple idea with high impact is Wars During my Lifetime by Martin John Callanan, which lists on newsprint all the wars that have taken place during his lifetime.". A town crier proclaimed the list along the seafront.[22] [23]

For another artwork, published by Book Works he sent letters to several world leaders saying "I respect your authority" and published replies by figures including Hosni Mubarak; critic Jonathan Jones (journalist) found the work humorous but struggled to find any point to it: "He sent out a letter to various presidents saying, "I respect your authority." Amazingly, he got loads of replies. Hosni Mubarak seemed genuinely flattered. You laugh. Then you laugh again, but not so loud. Then you stop laughing and wonder what the point is. That world leaders are rather polite?"[24]

He has also produced an artwork out of his social media status where every update since 2007 has read "Martin John Callanan is okay".[25] [26]

"Location of I" published Callanan's precise physical location every second for two years from 2007. The artwork was commissioned during a six-month residency at RIXC in Latvia. It was presented at "9th international festival Art+Communication held in Liepaja.[27] [28] [29]

Other works

While working at UCL Environment Institute he collaborated with science writer Richard Hamblyn[30] on a number of projects, documented in their book Data Soliloquies (Slade Press, 2009,).[31] A Planetary Order (2009) combines satellite images into an advanced sculpture made using high-end 3D Printing, to show the planet earth covered in clouds.[32] Text Trends was based on Google searches for terms related to climate change over a five years.[31]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2013 . ... to recognise researchers at an early stage of their career, whose work has already had a significant international impact, and whose future research career is exceptionally promising. . The Leverhulme Trust . 7 November 2013 .
  2. Web site: Global, Casal Solleric, Martin John Callanan. Casal Solleric. 14 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812015203/http://www.solleric.org/?p=3350. 12 August 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: London Open, Whitechapel Gallery. Whitechapel Gallery.
  4. Web site: Martin John Callanan, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL. University College London.
  5. Web site: ERROR - the Slade School of Fine Art.
  6. http://whitecube.com/exhibitions/open_cube_masons_yard_2013/
  7. Web site: Or Gallery: Along Some Sympathetic Lines . 11 April 2013 . 3 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130803232654/http://www.orgallery.org/along-some-sympathetic-lines . dead .
  8. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130924081624/http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-north/catalyst-contemporary-art-and-war . 24 Sep 2013 . Catalyst: Contemporary Art and War .
  9. Web site: Signals: 24/7 - List 24/7 by location - IFFR.COM - International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015 - IFFR . 2015-01-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115319/https://www.iffr.com/en/iffr-2015/sections/signals-24-7/signals-24-7-list-24-7-by-location/ . 28 January 2015 . dmy-all .
  10. Web site: Wars During My Lifetime, Whitstable Biennale. https://archive.today/20130209050148/http://www.whitstablebiennale.com/biennale-programme/section/weekend-three/projects/MartinJohnCallananWeekend3.html. dead. 2013-02-09. Whitstable Biennale.
  11. Web site: Awards and appointments. 12 October 2017.
  12. Web site: Martin John Callanan awarded Philip Leverhulme Prize 2013 . 2013-11-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140102005512/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/news/slade-news/leverhulme-prize-callanan . 2 January 2014 . dmy-all .
  13. Web site: News Release - the Bank of England focuses on the visual arts | Bank of England . 9 July 2015 . 10 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150710165929/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Pages/news/2015/057.aspx . dead .
  14. Web site: Short Sharp Science: Back-to-basics money shot shows a cent's battle scars . 4 September 2017 . 10 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150910011141/https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/12/euro-cent-money-shot.html . dead .
  15. Web site: The Fundamental Units — Martin John Callanan — greyisgood.eu.
  16. Web site: News.
  17. Web site: Turku 2011. 18 April 2017.
  18. Web site: File Festival.
  19. Web site: Screengrab 2010 award winners - JCU . 2012-10-07 . dead . https://archive.today/20121128200720/http://www.jcu.edu.au/soca/JCU_085131.html . 28 November 2012 . dmy-all .
  20. Web site: Deed Poll, London Open, Whitechapel Gallery. Whitechapel Gallery. 12 September 2012. https://archive.today/20130416074041/http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/shop/product/category_id/1/product_id/1229. 16 April 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  21. News: Collett-White. Mike. UK art show paints dark picture of London today. 8 October 2012. Reuters. 5 July 2012.
  22. Web site: A peculiar kind of biennial. New Statesman . Blogs: Cultural Capital. 4 September 2012 . Louise . Dany. 17 September 2012.
  23. Book: Callanan, Martin John. Wars During My Lifetime. 2012. greyisgood. London. 978-1907829123.
  24. News: Jones. Jonathan. Why has The London Open got its eyes wide shut to the capital's creatives?. Guardian (UK). 4 July 2012.
  25. Web site: Broken Dimanche. 8 October 2012.
  26. Web site: Martin John Callanan is Okay.
  27. Web site: ART + COMMUNICATION 2007 : Spectral Ecology.
  28. Web site: Waves: Scanning.
  29. http://www.isisarts.org.uk/listing/residency+programme/at+home+in+europe/33
  30. Web site: Richard Hamblyn. Amazon UK.
  31. Web site: Waelder. Pau. Data Soliloquies (Review). Furtherfield. 8 October 2012. 3 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120529181111/http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews/data-soliloquies. 29 May 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  32. A Planetary Order (Terrestrial Cloud Globe). Leonardo. August 2012. 45. 4. 380–381. 10.1162/LEON_a_00417. Callanan. Martin John. 57564241. (Subscription required)

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