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Patrick Stratton - Artist Statement

My work combines weaving with mechanics to document micro social systems. Using systematized observation, I make pieces that try to highlight small human moments from a playful, existentialist viewpoint. Inspired by writers like Samuel Beckett, I try to do my best with what I have, reducing my experience in a time of overwhelming saturation.

 

I do this through my recent series: “Things I do Sometimes”. I start with listing in a scientific-like approach, moving left to right in a regularly occupied space, listing every action to do with an object; scroll through phone, charge phone, lock phone, forget password. I then pick an item, and convert it into a moving tapestry, often weaving it, then using motors to animate the piece.

 

The result varies, sometimes they work consistently, other times they only work for a few seconds. This results in the art being stable; in the form of a mechanical tapestry, or unstable; in the form of a short video and the tapestry pieces archived.

Education 

2019-2021

Ma, Fine Art, City and Guilds of London School of Art

2015-2018

Ba, Mathematics and Philosophy, University of Leeds

Awards 

2021

VoC Open Call, Longlisted, London

2021

Cordis Tapestry Prize, Shortlisted, Edinburgh

2021

Ashurst Emerging Art Prize, Shortlisted, London

Exhibitions 

Group

2023

Yes. Baby Summer Party, Essen, Germany 

2023

Just A Bunch Of String, London

2023

Wobble Gob, London

2023

Fibres, Air Gallery, Altricham

2022

Hypha Studios and Mason and Fifth Artist’s Residency, London

2022

Morning In The Burned House, The Lot Projects, London

2022

Bad Art Presents: Touch Me Baby, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London

2022

StART Martin Miller's Gin Emerging Art Prize, Saartchi Gallery, London

2022

Your Safety, Our Concern, Morley Gallery, London

2021

Cordis Tapestry Prize, Edinburgh

2021

Permanent Temporary, The Bottle Factory, London

2021

Ashurst Emerging Art Prize, London

2021

Aura, Holy Art, London

2021

REA Emerging Art Fair, REA, Milan

2020

Bare Necessities ,Haus Gallery, London

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