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Andy Lock is interested in art practice as a tool for research and in research as art practice; in the locality and situatedness of an artist’s knowing and knowledge and in how this manifests in artistic practice. Between 2016 and 2020 Andy’s work took him to Norway, where he was a Research Fellow at the University of Bergen’s Institutt for samtidskunst Recent artistic research has focused on the themes of silence: the unspoken and the unheard, exploring this constellation of phenomena in multiple settings, including The Museum and familial relationships, as well as in literature and cinema. Andy has worked in collaboration with the Bergen Natural History Museum and in conjunction with the Creative Centre for Fluid territories amongst others. His work has been staged at sites in the UK, Norway, Cyprus and Berlin.
In recent years Andy’s artistic practice has expanded to encompass diverse forms of creative response, including performance, installation, networked online collaborations and various adventures in creative writing and broadcasting (including autofiction, site-writing, verbatim theatre and situated writing). Andy’s practice also includes photography. He has exhibited at the V&A, London and at Eastman House, Rochester, NY. He holds an MA in Photographic Studies from Westminster University. (www.andylock.org.uk) Recent CollaborationsInformation about Word Weathers collaborative online performance, 2022, and the World Weather Network https://tetuhi.art/world-weather-network/word-weathers/ Excerpts From and Documentation of recent artistic research: The Museum of SilencesExcerpt from The Museum of Silences (2020) (The Father and The Son) 7 minutes https://soundcloud.com/user-730580718/the-collector-of-silences-father-and-son-only-010522 Excerpt from The Museum of Silences (2020) (Berlin 1955), 2 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/user-730580718/murke-only-040821 Excerpts from The Museum of Silences (2020) (The Wrong Bodies), 8 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/user-730580718/the-wrong-bodies-museum-parts-1-to-5-020522-a Presentation published in the proceedings of Carpa 7, The seventh Colloquium on Artistic Research, Elastic Writing in Artistic Research, 2021, https://nivel.teak.fi/carpa7/writing-sites-of-silence/ Documentation of lecture: The Museum’s Wrong Bodies, October 2019, Bergen Natural History Museum, https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/851610/867115 Documentation of installation, ‘The Wrong Bodies’, Bergen Natural History Museum, 2019 https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/851610/867113 Artist’s book: The Wrong Bodies, 2020 https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/851610/1010017 Documentation of performance, ‘Foreign Bodies, Empty Rooms’, Bergen Natural History Museum, 2019. https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/851610/867107 Documentation of installation, ‘It’s only when I rest that I sense your presence’, HKS, Bergen, April – May 2019 https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/851610/867110 Documentation of performance, In Silence, Lausitzer Platz, Berlin, July 2018 https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/851610/867093Various works Various works appearing online at Site Writing, curated by Jane Rendell: https://site-writing.co.uk/between-our-words-i-will-trace-your-presence-february-2020/ Excerpts from The Museum of Silences (2020) (The Wrong Bodies), 8 minutes. https://soundcloud.com/user-730580718/the-wrong-bodies-museum-parts-1-to-5-020522-a Presentation published in the proceedings of Carpa 7, The seventh Colloquium on Artistic Research, Elastic Writing in Artistic Research, 2021, https://nivel.teak.fi/carpa7/writing-sites-of-silence/ Documentation of lecture: The Museum’s Wrong Bodies, October 2019, Bergen Natural History Museum, https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/851610/867115 Documentation of installation, ‘The Wrong Bodies’, Bergen Natural History Museum, 2019 https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/851610/867113 Artist’s book: The Wrong Bodies, 2020 https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/851610/1010017 Documentation of performance, ‘Foreign Bodies, Empty Rooms’, Bergen Natural History Museum, 2019. https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/851610/867107 Documentation of installation, ‘It’s only when I rest that I sense your presence’, HKS, Bergen, April – May 2019 https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/851610/867110 Documentation of performance, In Silence, Lausitzer Platz, Berlin, July 2018 https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/851610/867093 Various works appearing online at Site Writing, curated by Jane Rendell: https://site-writing.co.uk/between-our-words-i-will-trace-your-presence-february-2020/ |
