Jamie Cooper
Jamie Cooper's studio practice involves using creative writing to draw from a blend of source material such as science fiction films, socio-political concerns and philosophical ideas to construct theoretical “other places” from which new artworks can be generated. He draws conceptual inspiration from Writers Kodwo Eshun and Mark Fisher, who reference Afro Futurism's Science fictional re-imagining and reclaiming of the future. Writers Timothy Morton and Eugene Thacker talk about the end of the Anthropocene, this is the primary concern driving his theoretical practice. Jamie Work's across a variety of mediums to create immersive environments that mix sculptural objects with light using humour and language as mechanisms to provoke deeper critical engagement. Artificial lights are often used to create uncanny objects that resemble cultural artefacts from the real world, invoking an alternative “art” reality.
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Jamie Cooper has shown public art works as part of the British Council interdisciplinary ‘Cityscapers’ project in 2008, this project was installed beside the Glasgow and Edinburgh trainline and toured by British Council to London, Sydney and Singapore. He has also contributed public artwork to Glasgow International in 2010. Several of his video works have been shown in Glasgow and Berlin as part of the Solid State cinema, Youthitude DIY festival and at Mojito Kino. In 2013 Jamie was the recipient of both Creative Scotland and Arts trust Scotland professional Development funding. Jamie has collaborated on several DIY projects in Glasgow including Atypicalroot, Modern World, Zerode and Vomit Apocalypse group shows and is the editor of the art and theory publication Zerozine. Highlights: In 2019 Jamie Cooper exhibited works alongside Tom Sachs & Michal Lexier.