© 2022 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
‘POW Interview’ is a short hostage tape produced for a video diary call-out by FACT in Liverpool. It’s my personal response to life on the dole and the history of European resistance movements. Also there is a nod to pop … Continue reading
© 2022 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
Exhibition view. Twelve cash machine photographs. Grey Area. Brighton Photo Fringe. I have been taking photographs of redundant ATMs for the past six years. Initially I was intrigued by the inept way the builders were attempting to prise new blocks of (false) marble … Continue reading
© 2011 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
This year I have spent too much time sorting out exhibitions and being frustrated by (still) dormant landlords, agents and owners of empty shops. When the Photofringe asked if I was doing another exhibition I decided that it would be … Continue reading
© 2011 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
© 2010 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
An intervention as part of ‘A Journey through U’ curated by Same Sky at Phoenix Gallery, Brighton. 20th Feb -28th March 2010. The corridor is visible through large, street facing windows along its length. Lit at night, it could be … Continue reading
© 2007 Jonathan Swain. All rights reserved.
A sound piece made to express my disgust with the tyrannical and megalomaniacal behaviour of the Albanian Socialist leader Enver Hoxha during the 1970’s. Part of Signal, an exhibition curated by Finetuned at the Friese-Green gallery, Brighton and broadcast on … Continue reading
xelis de Toro
Three mystery persons in a bag in a short performance at an evening preview at the Phoenix gallery in Brighton, April 2005. All I remember is that it was blooming hot inside, and that we didn’t let on at the … Continue reading
© 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
© 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