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Sam Skinner
About
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Torque 2
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The New Observatory
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Opticon
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Typemotion
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Torque 1
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Furtherfield
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Brighton Greenway
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The Grundy
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Thamesmead Festival 2015
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Algorithmic Condition
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Publishing
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Moorings Underpass
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RTM.fm
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Branch Lines
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Bruchstückes
Between 2006 and 2010 I produced a number hand-drawn animations for music videos for bands including The Coral and The Go! Team. This shifted to more esoteric work with sound artists between 2011 - 2015, and some of those later experiments are presented here.
Rotate - Video combining hand-drawn and digital animations, live action and found footage in response to themes of 'torque' and 'torsion'. Original score (cello and electronics) by Oliver Coates . Presented at Rich Mix with a live performance by Oliver Coates and as video installation at Furtherfield Gallery in 2015.
Bruchstüch - Short animation sketch with sound by Ben Morris – produced as part of EVP Think-Tank session, Liverpool Biennial 2012.
Shadow Fountain - Animation produced in collaboration with poet Nathan Jones . Presented at Camaradefest October 2013 @ Richmix, London – programmed by SJ Fowler .
Drawing from Shadow Fountain .
Anaemic Cinema 2.0 - Hand-drawn animations and photos from V&A, The British Museum, London, Tesco, Evening Standard, and the South Downs for Threshold Festival, Liverpool, 2013.
Hello!
I'm an artist and curator – my practice is focused on relations between technology, media, and community. I employ a range of processes from historical research to printmaking, curation to mural making, publishing to workshops.
I recently relocated to Oxford where I'm working on a number of new projects including: exploring the realtionship between the senses and books for a forthcoming exhibition at the Bodleian Library; researching the long term impact of social distancing and how the arts may be used as part of a restorative process; curating a library themed exhibition at Exhibition Research Lab, Liverpool School of Art; and a project investigating AI, decentralisation, and publishing.
I co-direct Torque , an experimental digital literacy and publishing project. Our most recent book was Artists Re:Thinking the Blockchain produced in collaboration with Furtherfield . I was co-chair of Working Group 1 of the COST Action on New Materialism , between 2014-18, and co-edited the project almanac , which I'm developing for the new Matter journal, based at the University of Barcelona. My most recent paper entitled 'Community' co-written with mirko nikolić was published in Philosophy Today . I was research associate at Kingston School of Art for the Algorithmic Condition project, and have taught at Ravensbourne and Lancaster Universities.
In 2019 I completed a PhD based between Manchester School of Art and FACT , Liverpool, which investigated the history of the old Liverpool Observatory. My research translated into a group exhibition entitled The New Observatory at FACT, co-curated with Hannah Redler of the Open Data Institute, and an artist book, Obs, published by Broken Dimanche .
I previously lived and worked in Thamesmead, South East London, where I collaborated with TACO! to develop RTM , a new community radio station in the area. I also produced a number of projects with Peabody locally, including a culture guide, arts participation survey, arts festivals in 2015 and 2016, and a tile and lighting installation.
I have a BA (LJMU) and MA (Sussex) in Art History.
For further details and up-to-date info please get in touch.
mail@samskinner.net
@samwskinner
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