Born 1983; St Albans UK.
Nicholas Mortimer is interested in how reality, its representation and performance can be designed or deployed. The outcomes of his work consider how scenography can be used to interrogate emerging techno-political concerns.
His practise looks to mechanisms found in narratology to explore themes found within cultural studies of media and technology, historical research and theory in order to explore relations between perceptions of reality, systems of control and the blurred boundaries of fact and fiction.
Within this enquiry there is particular interest in how narratives can be formed to highlight the way in which technological advancements, both past and present have operated as catalysts of endeavour, expectation and failure.
Ongoing work explores the extent to which histories of technology can be used to reflect on the outcomes of an expanded computational world. Issues surrounding the notion of work, production, decision and change all combine in a search for new narrative spaces created between data and knowledge, speed and attention, spaces which are home to changing behaviours enabled by technology of all kinds.
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Since 2018 Nicholas has also made work with the collaborative practice of Post Workers Theatre investigating the future of politically engaged performance, reimagining historic forms of creative resistance for a contemporary context. More information can be found on www.postworkerstheatre.com
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Education:
MA Design Interactions, Royal College of Art, 2011-2013
BA (Hons) Fine Art Sculpture, University of Brighton, 2002-2005
Current Position:
Senior Lecturer in Design – Goldsmiths University London
Exhibitions:
Autohoodening – The Rise of Captain Swing (PWT) Lulea Craft and Art Bienalle – October 2022
Nearly Noo Noospheres – Repeater Radio – Ongoing Monthly radio show with Neural Net Host Poet
The Ballad of Goodwill (With Post Workers Theatre) – HDK Valand – April 2021
BLACK BOX EAST – AMLO A Decade of Socialist Success – March 2021
Montez Press Radio – WAPYAIONIY // Not the way this Cookie Crumbles – April 2020
AutoHoodening – [With PWT] – Goldsmiths & St James Church New Cross – December 2019
AND [Not Enough Silicone for a Seance]. – Northdown Studios Margate – September 2019
Protesteroo – [With PWT] – Tate Liverpool – May 2019
Tomorrow’s Great Pageant – [With PWT] – The Place Theatre – Februry – April 2019
4th Istanbul Design Biennial – Invisible Film program – Duty to Act – September 2018
VVFA – What Were You Expecting – Plus PWT Discussion with David Frayne – London Design Festival – Sept 2018
ZK/U Audio Guide – Featured Audio – Ballad of Ops Ruin Edit – ZK/U Berlin – June 2018
The Waste Land Salon – (Screening of 433 Lines….) – Crate Gallery Margate – March 2018
Journey’s With The Wasteland – (Artists Book) – Turner Contemporary Gallery – Margate – February 2018
Making Time (Screening) – TAG 2017 Cardiff – December 2017
Containers / Journey into the Noosphere (radio performance) – sub_ʇxǝʇ / 108FM (Berlin) 199radio (London) November 2017
Festival du Film Invisible – Geneva – September 2017
Work’s in need of work today (Readings) – Goldsmiths Design Festival / LDF – September 2017
Touching the Void – Crate Gallery Margate – July 2017
Corridor III : Valdemar Daar – Kunsthal Viborg Denamark – June 2017
Body is Circuit : ‘Celestial chat bots …………………..chat’ @ Diaspore Space London – June 2017
‘Come on Craig, get up, it doesn’t move at all, its frozen in space’ – Crate Gallery Margate – April 2017
Cybersyn (Readings) – Liverpool John Moores University – November 2016
The Enthusiast at the Steam Symposium – Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts / September 2016
Virtual Grammetry of MFC 360 at Virtual Fictions – School of Ma / Berlin / August 2016
Real Time Is Getting Realer All The Time: ICR [Instant City Reloaded] – Caberet Voltaire / ZHK / London May 2016
Mount Florida screenings 02 – Glasgow – April 2016
World Economic Forum / V&A (Exhibition Design Curated by Mariana Pestana) – January 2016
Community in Progress – Theatre Basel / Critical Media Lab / FHNW / HEK (Arts Acadamy Basel) – December 2015
395 London // Artlicks – London – September 2015
Unstitute: Screening Room – London – December 2014
Cynetart_Panorama – Dresden – November 2014
Folkestone Fringe Open – Folkestone – September 2014
Fact // Little White Lies – Science Fiction Home Movies – Liverpool – March / April 2014
Limbo Arts Open – Selected by Bob & Roberta Smith / Sarah Martin – Margate – March 2014
TenderFlix film festival – London – October 2013
Jay Mews Events / Kensington Gore Pavillion RCA – June 2013
Convocation Speech / Royal Albert Hall – June 2013
Show RCA / Royal College of Art – June 2013
‘W.I.P’ / Royal College of Art – March 2013
‘Information Centre / Deptford X – Hatch Space – September 2011
‘Pavilion / Open objects’ – Marine Studios – April 2011 –
Woodmill -Ending – May 2011 –
Apiary Projects (M M M) – June 2011
‘Pavilion / Circuit ‘ – Dreamland – March 2011
‘Hatch Space Presents’ – Hatch Space Studios – December 2010
‘RHIZOMATIC’ – Departure Gallery – October 2010
‘Buzz or Howl’ – The Woodmill- September 2010
‘Working Out’ – Woodmill Project Space – June 2010
‘Circuit’ -Pavilion Projects – August 2010
‘ The Devils Necktie’ – The Woodmill – London – Feb 2010
‘Paper work’ – Unit 6 – London – March 2009
‘A Line A Road Abridged’ – Hold & Freight – London – May 2009
‘Skinflint’ – Lewisham Art House – London – July 2009
‘For One Night Only Part 1’ – Unit 6 – London – September 2009
‘For One Night Only Part 2’ – Offerclass – London -June 2008
‘En Route’ – Sketchbook Gallery – St. Albans – October 2007
‘Arcade’ – Studio A Gallery – London – July 2006
‘Thought Starts In The Mouth’ – Permanent Gallery – Brighton – May 2005
‘Convenience’ – Freise Green Gallery – Brighton – September 2005
Talks // Workshops:
Request and Response: Conviviality and reflexiveness conversation series (With PWT) – IAPSIS Sweden – 2021
A Cyberfolk Twerk in the underground – University of the Underground – 2018
Feedback 2 The Future – ReFuturing TRansfocality – Goldsmiths University – 2018
Post-Work Imaginaries – Architectural Association – 2018/19
The School of Reality Design – Expanded Practice – MA – Goldsmiths University – 2018
Joy of Sets X Stanley Kubrick Archive -London College of Communication – 2016
Future Border Ctrl – Architectural Association / Media Lab -London -2016
Virtual Fictions – School of Machines, Making and Make Belief – Berlin – 2016
Rumour Generation – Coventry University – 2016
The Joy of Sets – Cosmic Banality – Kingston – 2015
Inspire! – Turner contemporary – Margate – 2014/15
Possible Pula’s : Pula – Croatia – 2014
Mr Lion’s Den – Turner contemporary – 2014
Sleight of Screen – Turner Contemporary – Margate – 2014
Pocket Hollywood – Resort Studios / Artswork – Margate – 2014
Technological Dreaming // Inductance III – Royal College of Art – May 2014
The Joy of Sets – Royal College of Art – February 2014
A Sculptural Experience – Camden Arts Centre – October 2013
Man and Nature – Camden Arts Centre – February 2012
Seeing Sounds – Serpentine Gallery – October 2011
Giant Chinese Whispers – Loud Tate – November 2007
Big Draw – Natural History Museuem London – August 2006
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Teaching:
Goldsmiths University / University of the Creative Arts Cantebury / Royal College of Art London / Kingston University London /City & Guilds Art College London /Coventry University / London College of Communication / University of Brighton
Publications:
Corridor III – Valdemar Daar- Danish Arts Foundation – 2017
Community In Progress – Critical Media Lab Catalogue – 2016
Sensory Conception – Thesis – 2013
The Enthusiast – Film Catalogue – 2013
Duty to Act – Film Catalogue – 2013
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Scene Everything : Art Direction / Consultancy / Production & Design: Website Link Here>
Individuals:
V&A Museum London / World Economic Forum / Film & Video Umbrella / Jane and Louise Wilson / Jonathan Wateridge / Phyllida Barlow / Onkar Kular / Noam toran /Inigo Minns / Joseph Popper / Harriman Steel – George Wu / Richard Hards / Matthew Mcquillan / Bryan Kneale / Jerszy Seymour / Fiona James / HKD / Bolshoi Ballet Moscow /
Galleries:
Turner Contemporary /Hauser & Wirth / Haunch of Venison / Architecture Association /David Risely / Poppy Sebire/ Serpentine / 176 / All Visual Arts / Up Down Gallery
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