© 2003 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
Hydroponic installation made for Cash Crop, a series of week long public presentations by invited guests on the theme of shopping and consumption. Fabrica, Brighton. Brought up on a co-operative of market gardens in Sussex, I migrated to the city … Continue reading
© 2001 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
A theatrical celebration of the Paris Commune, March 1871 and Trauberg and Kosintsev’s feature film, the passionate love story ‘New Babylon’ (1929).
John Deakin archive
© 1996 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
sand,wood, emulsion paint. part of Sandblast, Fabrica, Brighton
Marq Bailey
A tribute to the failed soviet moon missions and the rediculous expenditure on space travel in general. A twenty minute ballet projected simultaneously from two robotic arms installed on the floor of the gallery. The twin projections took the dancers … Continue reading
Sean Halligan
A Visual Stress large scale event involving LCC street cleaning dept, mountaineers, Shakespearian actors, dancers, penitents, pirate radio, pyrotecnicians, drummers, motor cyclists, nurses. commissioned by Liverpool City Council.
© 1992 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
installation views A two week pop-up exhibition in the St Johns shopping centre. Liverpool.
© 1991 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
2’ video commissioned by FACT, Liverpool distributed by LUX and a copy held in the European Media Art Festival Archive at the mediaartbase in Kassel. POW interview
© 1988 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
© 1980 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
Not a Magritte