Ellie Harrison & Jordan McKenzie - Mixing it Up
Channel: NewWorkNetwork
Date: 2012-04-23

'Mixing It Up: An Intergenerational Perspective' is a series of 5 short filmed dialogues between two artists / artist groups across different generations exploring how they sustain their practices. For more details on the project visit: http://www.newworknetwork.info/learning/mixing-it-up-an-intergenerational-perspective

The films consider similarities and differences between the contexts, modes and conditions of respective artistic practices from the late 60's to the present day, while also looking at approaches to sustaining practice over the years both from a practical and critical perspective. The films will be released weekly.

The first film of the series is a dialogue between Ellie Harrison (http://www.ellieharrison.com/) and Jordan McKenzie (http://www.jordanmckenzie.co.uk/).

Filmed by Fiona Melville.

Ellie Harrison (b.1979 London) is an artist based in Glasgow who was shortlisted for the Converse/Dazed 2011 Emerging Artists Award. She studied Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University, Goldsmiths College and Glasgow School of Art.  In 2011 she was artist in residence at Wunderbar festival in Newcastle and at Artsadmin's Two Degrees festival in London -- a week exploring art and activism, climate and cuts. In 2009 she founded the 'Bring Back British Rail' campaign and in 2010 became the first individual artist to openly publicise an Environmental Policy on her website.

Jordan Mckenzie is a performance artist who also works with drawing, sculpture and installation. He has exhibited extensively both in the UK and internationally including The National Review of Live Art, Glasgow, The Courtauld Institute, London, Museu Serralves, Portugal and DOLL Exhibition Space, Switzerland. He has received research bursaries from both Artsadmin and The Live Art Development Agency and has had residencies in Oxford, Nepal and the USA. Currently he is a senior lecturer in Drawing at Camberwell College of Art and in FIne Art Practice at Kingston University. He co-curates a performance space LUPA (Lock Up Performance Art) located in Bethnal Green, London.

Filmed by Fiona Melville. Music by Robbie Lockwood.

Created in partnership with New Work Network and Art Quest.

Special thanks to Lock Up Performance Art (LUPA) for hosting the dialogue

Supported by Arts Council England, University of the Arts London and Student Enterprise & Employability