Sculpture. Installation. Drawing. Text.
“Mapping, ornament and other languages of systematic representation are a focus of my practice. My sculptural language transposes between the graphical and the spatial using the tropes of cartography, ethnographic ornament and scientific illustration. The resulting work is as much a map or model of itself as of its referent.”
Simeon Nelson is a sculptor, new media and interdisciplinary artist interested in convergences between science, religion and art, complexity theory and relationships between art, architecture urban sites and the natural world.
SCULPTURE and INSTALLATION
Desiring Machine
Desiring Machine
laser-cut 16- 24mm galvanized steel plate, sections welded and bolted together
Permanent installation, Eastlink Motorway, Melbourne
38 x 10 x 10 meters
2008
Desiring Machine (side view)
laser-cut 16- 24mm galvanized steel plate, sections welded and bolted together
Permanent installation, Eastlink Motorway, Melbourne
38 x 10 x 10 meters
2008
Desiring Machine (detail)
laser-cut 16- 24mm galvanized steel plate, sections welded and bolted together
Permanent installation, Eastlink Motorway, Melbourne
38 x 10 x 10 meters
2008
Desiring Machine (detail)
laser-cut 16- 24mm galvanized steel plate, sections welded and bolted together
Permanent installation, Eastlink Motorway, Melbourne
38 x 10 x 10 meters
2008
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Relicario
Relicário
laser cut melamine coated MDF
Installation: Cairns Regional Gallery, Australia
400cm x 300cm x 200 cms
2011-12
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Plenum
Plenum
computer generated hi definition projection
St Oswalds Church, Durham
2010-14
PLENUM, Simeon Nelson, LUMIERE 2011, produced by Artichoke in Durham. Photo Matthew Andrews
Exploring the complementary accounts of creation found in science and religion, Simeon Nelson’s projection begins with a perfect grid of dots which slowly decays into chaos, accompanied by a soundtrack by Rob Godman, with coding by Nick Rothwell.
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All Our Ancestors
All Our Ancestors
Cardboard, bolts, thread, bottles 260 x 260 x 200 cms
collaborative sculpture installed at Commune 1 Gallery Cape Town
2014
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Paratekton Tower
Paratekton Tower
Laser cut plywood, paint
320 x 180 x 180 cms
2010-15
Paratekton Tower (detail)
Laser cut plywood, paint
320 x 180 x 180 cms
2010-15
Paratekton Box
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Horns of the Dilemma
Horns of the Dilemma
Cor-ten steel
326 x 90 x 100 cms
2015
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DRAWINGS and TEXTS
Infinitesimal (Vibrant Crystal Pulsing Atom)
Infinitesimal (Vibrant Crystal Pulsing Atom)
self adhesive vinyl wall drawing
250 cm x 250 cms
2007
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Matter Pattern
Matter-Pattern
self adhesive vinyl wall text
2011
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Yocto/Yotta
Yocto/Yotta
self adhesive vinyl wall text
2011
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Oncopolis
Oncopolis
Ink on paper
297 x 420cm
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All images copyright and courtesy of Simeon Nelson
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