Jessica MacCormack

Working with animation, video, painting, drawing, installation and intervention, my interdisciplinary practice examines the complex position of culture within neoliberal capitalism and critiques modes of social control, while exploring the potential for art to function as a site of resistance. I am specifically interested in how modes of violence are perpetuated collectively through popular narratives, concepts of justice and denial of accountability.

Frequently engaging with communities and collectives, my practice eschews individual authorship in favour of collaboration. This has included an ongoing commitment to working with women and youth who are in conflict with the law, through the creation of art projects in prisons as well as at numerous centres that support marginalized people.

In 2008, I completed an MFA through the Public Art and New Artistic Strategies program at the Bauhaus University (Weimar, Germany). My work has been shown nationally and internationally in festivals, screenings, artist run centres and museums. I am currently employed as an Assistant Professor of Studio Arts at Concordia University.

The MacMeyer P_______ Project in Calgary 2008

Interventions on fundraiser’s and charity t-shirts.

… for RENT COTROLE

LEGALIZE SLEEPING ON PUBLIC BENCHES

THE MAD DASH FOR CROHN’S & COLITIS

FREE MENTAL HEALTH CARE RUN AND WALK

I HAVE THE POWER TO PREVENT DEATH

… for ABORIGINAL YOUTH INITIATIVES

REINTRODUCING SMOKING IN PRISONS

BLOOD DRIVE FOR THE CRIMINALIZATION OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY

I HAVE THE POWER TO PREVENT DEATH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJTCDgPLdDs

— 3 months ago