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British artist

Nick Jordan
Jordan in 2017
Born (1967-07-28) 28 July 1967 (age 57)
Chigwell, Essex, England
Education
OccupationArtist
Websitenickjordan.info

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.

Jordan's documentaries feature practitioners working in life sciences, such as ecology and botany, as well as from the fields of anthropology and healthcare.

Work

Jordan's short films include The Atom Station, made in Iceland, featuring environmental activist Ómar Ragnarsson; Thought Broadcasting;The Entangled Forest, featuring ecologist Suzanne Simard; and Concrete Forms of Resistance.

Jordan's work has been shown at international galleries, museums and film festivals. International film festivals include CPH:DOX, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and Tampere Film Festival.

Jordan has also collaborated with artist Jacob Cartwright.

Jordan is the festival curator of Braziers International Film Festival, an annual three-day event held at Braziers Park.

Publications

The artist's publications include Alien Invaders, 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 chapbook and vinyl soundtrack album (British Textile Biennial/Folklore Tapes, 2023); Some Mild Peril (Castlefield Gallery, 2004);The Audubon Trilogy (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, a documentary on Emanuel Swedenborg, commissioned by The Swedenborg Society.

References

  1. "Nick Jordan: Natural Interaction exhibition review". Corridor8. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. "Natural Interaction at HOME exhibition review". Creative Tourist. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. "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.
  4. "Short and sharp: ten of the best at Encounters 2017 | Sight & Sound review". British Film Institute. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  5. "The Entangled Forest". Sinff2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  6. "True Stories: Spaces review". The Guardian. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  7. "MMU | Holden Gallery | Interruptions: Nick Jordan (16.01.20)". www.holdengallery.mmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  8. "Nick Jordan: Mental State Signs exhibition review". This Is Tomorrow. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  9. "Nick Jordan: Natural Interaction". HOME. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  10. "Innsbruck International Biennial of the Arts – Büchsenhausen". www.buchsenhausen.at. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  11. "Videonale Archive | VIDEONALE.10". archive.videonale.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  12. "Nick Jordan and Jacob Cartwright - Larksong". British Textile Biennial. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  13. "Jacob Cartwright & Nick Jordan". Headlands Center for the Arts. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  14. "Clermont ISFF | Lunch with Thought Broadcasting | Clermont ISFF". Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  15. "Forest 1: Forest Works". Tampere Film Festival. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  16. Brook, David (23 November 2011). "Between Two Rivers". Blueprint: Review. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  17. "Between Two Rivers | REIFF". www.riversedgefilmfestival.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  18. "Big Muddy Film Festival (2012)". IMDb. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  19. "Braziers International Film Festival | BIFF". Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  20. "Alien Invaders: A Guide to Non-Native Species of the Britisher Isles (Volume 1)". Book Works. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  21. Tapes, Folklore. "Larksong". Folklore Tapes. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  22. "'Some Mild Peril' Book Launch | Castlefield Gallery". 21 March 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  23. 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.
  24. "HEAVEN, HELL AND OTHER PLACES". Swedenborg Society. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

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