Nick Jordan (artist) explained

Nick Jordan
Birth Date:28 July 1967
Birth Place:Chigwell, Essex, England
Occupation:Artist

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

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, 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

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nick Jordan: Natural Interaction exhibition review . 2024-04-22 . Corridor8 . en-GB.
  2. Web site: 2023-03-10 . Natural Interaction at HOME exhibition review . 2024-04-22 . Creative Tourist . en-GB.
  3. Web site: 2015-10-21 . Strange crannies of the world: the best of British live action at Encounters 2015 Festivals Sight & Sound . 2024-06-10 . British Film Institute review . en.
  4. Web site: 2018-01-10 . Short and sharp: ten of the best at Encounters 2017 Sight & Sound review . 2024-06-10 . British Film Institute . en.
  5. Web site: The Entangled Forest . 2024-06-10 . Sinff2023 . en.
  6. Web site: 2022-02-09 . True Stories: Spaces review . 2024-06-10 . The Guardian . en-US.
  7. Web site: MMU Holden Gallery Interruptions: Nick Jordan (16.01.20) . 2024-06-10 . www.holdengallery.mmu.ac.uk.
  8. Web site: Nick Jordan: Mental State Signs exhibition review . 2024-04-22 . This Is Tomorrow . en-GB.
  9. Web site: Nick Jordan: Natural Interaction . 2024-04-22 . HOME . en-GB.
  10. Web site: Innsbruck International Biennial of the Arts – Büchsenhausen . 2024-05-14 . www.buchsenhausen.at.
  11. Web site: Videonale Archive VIDEONALE.10 . 2024-05-14 . archive.videonale.org.
  12. Web site: Nick Jordan and Jacob Cartwright - Larksong . 2024-06-10 . British Textile Biennial . en-GB.
  13. Web site: Jacob Cartwright & Nick Jordan . 2024-05-14 . Headlands Center for the Arts . en.
  14. Web site: Clermont ISFF Lunch with Thought Broadcasting Clermont ISFF . 2024-06-10 . en-US.
  15. Web site: 2024-02-07 . Forest 1: Forest Works . 2024-05-14 . Tampere Film Festival . en-US.
  16. Web site: Brook . David . 2011-11-23 . Between Two Rivers . 2024-04-22 . Blueprint: Review . en-US.
  17. Web site: Between Two Rivers REIFF . 2024-04-22 . www.riversedgefilmfestival.com.
  18. Web site: Big Muddy Film Festival (2012) . 2024-06-10 . IMDb . en.
  19. Web site: Braziers International Film Festival BIFF . 2024-04-22 . en.
  20. Web site: Alien Invaders: A Guide to Non-Native Species of the Britisher Isles (Volume 1) . 2024-04-22 . Book Works . en-US.
  21. Web site: Tapes . Folklore . Larksong . 2024-04-22 . Folklore Tapes . en.
  22. Web site: 2004-03-21 . 'Some Mild Peril' Book Launch Castlefield Gallery . 2024-04-22 . en-US.
  23. Book: Jordan . Nick . The Audubon trilogy: delineations of American scenery and manners: Cairo, New Madrid, West Point . Cartwright . Jacob . Audubon . John James . 2010 . Dedecus Press . 978-0-9555472-8-7 . London . English.
  24. Web site: HEAVEN, HELL AND OTHER PLACES . 2024-04-22 . Swedenborg Society . en-GB.

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