Scott MacLeay
| Scott MacLeay | |
|---|---|
 Scott MacLeay (photo: Eliana C. de Melo MacLeay) | |
| Born |
March 25, 1950 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Photography, musical composition and new media art |
| Website |
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Scott MacLeay (born March 25, 1950) is a Canadian photographer, composer and new media artist. His images, like his music, often deal with juxtapositions of fragmented elements in multilayered environments. He began his career in Vancouver, B.C. Canada in the later 1970s, moving to Paris in 1979. In 2010 he moved to Florianópolis, Brazil.
Education
Scott MacLeay earned an Honours B.A. degree with a major in economics from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario in 1972 and a Masters of Science degree in economic theory specializing in development economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1974. He left his doctoral studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada in 1975 to pursue a career in photography.
Work
He gained notoriety in the early 1980s for his color series Attitudes[1] incorporating detail-free, graphic figures in flat two-dimensional fields, first exhibited in 1980 at the Space Gallery[2] of Pete Turner, Ernst Haas, Jay Maisel in New York. In 1981 he began collaborating with the Fresson family for the printing of his work. The luminosity of the pigment-based, Fresson charcoal process[3] was ideally suited to the texture-free, color palette he was exploring.[4] In 1982 his work was included in the Life Library of Photography in the volume dedicated to the Art of Photography.[5][6]
His work has been exhibited widely in Europe, N. and S. America and Japan and was represented by the Galérie Ufficio dell’Arte / Créatis in Paris and the Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery in New York where he exhibited both quadrichrome and dichromatic work during the 1980s.[7][8][9] He participated in both solo and group exhibitions for the Biennale Mois de la Photo de la Ville de Paris in 1980,[10] 1982[11] and 1988.[12] His photographs are in included in private and museum collections worldwide.[13][14]
In 1980, he founded the Photography Department at the American Center for Artists in Paris becoming Director of its Center for Media Art and Photography in 1985 following in the footsteps of founder Don Foresta and Anne-Marie Stein.[15][16][17]
In 1982 he began composing experimental music for contemporary dance for American and French choreographers including Robert Kovich, Ruth Barnes, Marc Vincent and Jean-Marc Matos in collaboration with French choreographer François Raffinot. Musical composition became his principal activity by the end of the 1980s and in 1988, he formed Private Circus,[18] an informally structured musical research group, that made two CDs on the French independent label Sordide Sentimental: the contemporary cabaret opera Les Petites Foules (SSCD004, 1990)[19] and a compilation of music created for contemporary dance La Moitié de L’Histoire (SSFP99, 1994).[20]
In 2010 he settled in Florianópolis, Brazil where in addition to returning to photography and new media work,[21][22][23][24] he also curates exhibitions of young Brazilian new media artists[25][26] and writes on conceptual approaches to photography.[27] He has directed workshops / portfolio critiques at various events such as Floripa na Foto (2011 and 2013)[28] and the Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes (2013 and 2015)[29][30] as well as at institutions such as the SESC Santana, São Paulo (2014).[31] His book of essays on photography Pensar, Sentir, Ver: Percepção e Processo em Fotografia (Thinking, Feeling, Seeing: Perception and process in Photography) was published in 2015.
Honors / Awards
- Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship 1974/75
- New York Art Directors Club Award (1982) for the photographic work featured in the Stephen DeGange article « Cool Conceits, » Camera Arts (March/April 1981)
- Rockefeller Foundation Artist in Residence at the American Center in Paris for the project « Fragments Cycles Sons » : multi-media photographic exhibition for the 1982 Biennale Mois de la Photo de la Ville de Paris .
- 10th Tokyo Video Festival : Special Merit Award for the excellence in musical composition for the videodance « Josette Einstein » (co-production : Centre Georges Pompidou, Daikiri, AAA, American Center, Blizz’Art)
Selected Photography Exhibitions
- The Space Gallery : solo exhibition Attitudes, New York (1980)
- Galérie Ufficio dell’Arte / Créatis: group exhibition Avant-Garde, Paris (1980)[32]
- Gallery 3, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art: solo exhibition, New York (1981)
- Mido Gallery : solo exhibition, Vancouver (1981)[33]
- Deja Vu Gallery : solo exhibition, Toronto (1981)
- Equivalents Gallery : solo exhibition, Seattle (1982)
- AO Gallery : solo Exhibition, Tokyo (1982)
- American Center for Artists : solo exhibition Fragments Cycles Sons, Mois de la Photo, Paris (1982)[34][35]
- Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery : solo exhibition Fragments, New York (1983)
- Marcuse Pfeiifer Gallery : group show, New York (1983)
- Gallery 1, University of Arkansas : solo exhibition, Little Rock (1983)[36]
- Maine Photographic Workshops, group exhibition, Rockport (1983)
- Turman Gallery : group exhibition Figurative Contexts, Indiana State University (1983)
- Galérie Créatis : group exhibition, Paris (1983)
- de:Münchner Stadtmuseum, group exhibition, Munich (1984)
- Mido Gallery : solo exhibition, Vancouver (1984)
- Gallery Ton Peek : solo exhibition, Utrecht, The Netherlands (1984)
- Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans : group exhibition A Unity of Visions, New Orleans, USA (1985)[37]
- French Cultural Center: group exhibition, New York, USA (1985)
- Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery : solo exhibition Primates 1s, 2s 3s, New York (1985)
- Amsterdam National Contemporary Art Fair : group exhibition, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1985)
- Frankfurter Kunstverein: group exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany (1985)
- Museum des 20 (since 2011, 21er Haus): group exhibition, Vienna, Austria (1985)
- Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe: group exhibition, Hambourg, Germany (1985)
- Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris: group exhibition Splendeurs et Misères du Corps, Paris (1988)[38]
- Le Parvis, solo exhibition, Tarbes (1988)
- Museum für Kunst und Geschiche in Freiburg : group exhibition Glanz und Elend des Körpers, Freiburg (1989)
- Fundação Cutural Badesc : solo exhibition Cores Corpos e Coros, Florianópolis (2011)[39]
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: group exhibition of Permanent Collection (2012)
- Museu de Arte de Santa Catarina: group exhibition Fotografia(s) Contemporânea Brasileira, Florianópolis (2013)
- Galeria Lindolf Bell, CIC : group exhibition Interferências: Scott MacLeay e Convidados, Florianópolis (2014)
Selected Musical Compositions / Sound Designs
- Musical creation for Solo Version d’un Ballet…, choreography : Robert Kovich. Soirée Solos, Centre Georges Pompidou, (1983) - compositional collaboration with François Raffinot[40]
- Musical creation for Long Distance, choreography : Ruth Barnes, Nadège MacLeay. American Center for Artists, Paris (1984) - compositional collaboration with François Raffinot[41]
- Musical creation for Cité 1 (Eveil & Transport en Commun), choreography : Jean-Marc Matos. Biennale de Danse du Val-de-Marne (1985) - compositional collaboration with François Raffinot[42]
- Musical creation for Josette Einstein (videodance), video artist : Jean-Bernard Pouchous / choreography : Jean-Marc Matos. Production : Centre Georges Pompidou, American Center, Daikiri, Blizz’Art, K-Danse. Paris (1986)[43]
- Musical creation for La Pièce Voisine, choreography: Jeanette Dumeix et Marc Vincent. Théâtre 14, Paris (1987) - compositional collaboration with François Raffinot[44]
- Musical theme for Video Création (générique Canal+), video artist : fr:Hervé Nisic. Production : Ex Nihilo, Paris (1988)
- Musical creation for 13 modules of Vidéopérette (live vidéo performance and vidéo art programme), video artist : fr:Michel Jaffrennou. Production : La Grande Halle-La Villette, Ex Nihilo, Canal+, Centre Georges Pompidou, Ex Machina, CDN productions, Duran, UMT, Mikros Image, Pandore, Pipa design, Ministry of Culture (France) (Direction du théâtre et Délégation aux arts plastiques), CNC nouvelles technologies. (1989)[45]
- Musical Creation for Tour de France en 360° (first European 360° special format film for the Futuroscope, Poitiers), Director: Marc Sator. Production: Bakelite, Paris (1990)
- Musical creation for Longueur(s) d’onde (Le Prologue/Navigation/Le Feu), choreography : Nadège MacLeay. l’Espace Jacques Prévert, d’Aulnay sous Bois / Théatre Chatillon (1990)[46]
- Music and lyrics for the CD Small Crowds (Les Petites Foules), contemporary cabaret opera interpreted by Private Circus. Label : Sordide Sentimental SSCD0004, Rouen (1990)[47]
- Musical creation and sound designing for Antirouille (pilot for a TV programme on contemporary architecture and design): Direction: fr:Michel Jaffrennou and Odile Fillion. Production : Ex Nihilo, Centre Georges Pompidou, UMT (1990)[48]
- Musical creation « Windy » for Futae, choreography : Nadège MacLeay. Dix-Huit Théâtre, Paris (1992)[49]
- Musical creation for Le Grand Manège de la Forêt (installation video), Video artist: fr:Michel Jaffrennou for the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie – La Villette. Production: Ex Nihilo. Paris (1992)[50]
- Musical creation for 2 Minutes d’Arret, choreography : Nadège MacLeay. Lantaren Venster Theater, Rotterdam (1992)
- Musical creation for White Water (Solo pour L / Tales of White Water), choreography : Nadège MacLeay. Le Regard du Cygne, Paris (1992/93)[51]
- Musical creation and sound design for Dissimulation (fiction), video artist : fr:Hervé Nisic. Production: INA - La Sept ARTE (1993) [52]
- CD Compilation of musical creations for contemporary dance La Moitié de l’Histore : creation pour la danse contemporaine, interpreted by Private Circus : Label : Sordide Sentimental SSFP99. Rouen (1994)[53]
- Musical creation for Passage Oublié (Portées Disparues /Procession-Suspension), choreography : Nadège MacLeay. Festival 13, Theatre Dunois, Paris (1994) [54]
- Musical creation for L’Europe en Multicoque (360° special format film for the Futuroscope, Poitiers) Director: Jean-Michel Destand. Production : Les Productions du Futuroscope. Paris/Poitiers (1995)
- Musical creation Siegfried for C’est Ça le Paradis ?, choreography : Nadège MacLeay. Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, Maison du théâtre et de la Danse, Épinay-sur-Seine (1996) [55]
- Musical creation Fenêtre(s) choreography : Nadège MacLeay., Vivat d’Armentières (1997) / Maison du Théâtre et de la Danse, Bruay la Buissière (1998) [56]
- Music and lyrics of a series of contemporary works Numb (including I am Blind, But I Can See Saigon / Flat (E) / Suite: Am, Was Not, Might Be,…). Florianópolis (2014-2015).
Selected Writings
- G.D. Truc : The Man, the Book, Robert Scott MacLeay (Florianópolis, Brazil 2011)
- 19 articles/ 2 interviews on the art of photography for the bi-monthly Photo Magazine. Editora Photos, Balneário Camboriú, Brazil (year 7, N° 40 - year 9, N° 59)[57]
- Pensar, Sentir, Ver : Percepção e Processo em Fotografia. Editora Photos, Balneário Camboriú, Brazil (2015)[58][59]
Audiovisual Consulting and Cultural Project Feasibility
Audiovisual Project Evaluation / Market Feasibility Studies for Regional Development Projects
- Project in Valmy for the SMPAC: Syndicat Mixte de l'Argonne Champenoise, (2000)
- Project in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises for the Conseil Régional Champagne Ardenne (2001/2002)
- Project in Chateauvillain for the Conseil Général de la Haute Marne (2002)
- Project in Aix en Othe for the SMPO (Syndicat Mixte du Pays d’Othe (2003)
Audiovisual Consulting on special format cinema and video installations
- Collaboration with Tao Ho (Tao Ho Design Architects, Hong Kong) and Patrick Besenval (XLargo France) for the concept plan for the Ocean Park Redevelopment Project (2000)
- Audiovisual consulting to Tao Ho Design Architects (Hong Kong) on project conception for tourist promotion installations for the cities of Hong Kong (Kowloon and North Point) (1999) and Guilin, China (2001).
References
- ↑ Degange, Stephen. « Cool Conceits, » Camera Arts, (March/April 1981) : cover, 72-81
- ↑ Editorial, « Color Comes of Age, » Today's Photographer, vol. 2 number 1 (Winter 1981) : 30 – 50.
- ↑ Fresson charcoal printing process - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Catalogue of the exhibition "Fresson photographs : a unity of visions", Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 1985 / curated by Sandra Russell Clark ; text by Evelyn Roth - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Editor. « In Pursuit of Excellence, » The Art of Photography, Time-Life Books (revised edition 1981): 216
- ↑ Editor, Time-Life Books , « Chapter « In Pursuit of Excellence, » The Art of Photography, 1981- retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Ellenzweig, Allen. « Scott MacLeay at Marcuse Pfeifer, » Art in America (October 1983) : 188-189.
- ↑ Haas, Steven. « Scott MacLeay, » Arts Magazine, (May 1985) : 4-5.
- ↑ Deschamps, Madeleine. "Primates: Scott MacLeay," Zoom 116 (Été 1985): 56-65.
- ↑ Kovaleff, Alex. "L’Effet MacLeay" Ciné Vidéo Photo Revue, (Décembre 1980): cover, P60-63
- ↑ Paris Audiovisuel. "Scott MacLeay : Fragments Cycles Sons / American Center," Mois de la Photo à Paris, Novembre 1982, Paris: Mairie de Paris (1982): 176-177.
- ↑ Paris Audiovisuel. "Spelndeurs et Misères du Corps," Mois de la Photo à Paris Novembre 1988, Catalogue Général, Paris: Mairie de Paris (1988) - retrieved May 28th, 2015
- ↑ , Brooklyn Museum, Collections: Scott MacLeay, 1994 - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ MFAH, Allen Chasanoff Photographic Collection, Museum of Fine Art Houston: 1991, retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Caujolle, Christian. "Scott MacLeay – Un Pont Sur l’Atlantique," Libération: rubrique Têtes d’Affiche, (22 octobre 1985)
- ↑ Delanoë, Nelcya. "Le Raspail Vert, L’American Center à Paris 1934-1994 – une histoire des avant-gardes franco-américaines," Editions Seghers, Paris (1994): 185, 188, 189, 221.
- ↑ Repères Historiques, Proposée par l’Encyclopédie nouveaux médias du Centre Georges Pompidou: 10 - retrieved May 28th, 2015
- ↑ Bibliothèque Nationale de France: group Private Circus (1990) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Bibliothèque Nationale de France: "Les Petites Foules (Small Crowds)". Composer: Scott MacLeay. Group: Private Circus. Label: Sordide Sentimental (1990) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ music for contemporary dance. Composer: Scott MacLeay. Group: Private Circus. Label: Sordide Sentimental (1994) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ retrospective Scott MacLeay "Cores Corpos e Coros," Festival Floripa na Foto (2011) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ interview online (June 2012) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Editora Photos summary of Scott MacLeay's work (2015) - retrieved May 28th, 2015
- ↑ interview Scott MacLeay TV Brasil (September 2014) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ exposições "Interferências" & "Perspectiva(s)". Curadoria: Scott MacLeay (April 2014) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ exposição "Hotel Esplêndido" de Laura Fonseca. Curadoria: Scott MacLeay (February/March 2015) - retrieved May 28th, 2015
- ↑ Scott MacLeay in Photo Magazine (2013) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ workshop Scott MacLeay Floripa na Foto (October 2011) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ workshop Scott MacLeay Festival de Foto de Tiradentes 2013 (March 2013) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ workshop Scott MacLeay Festival de Foto de Tiradentes 2015 (March 2015) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ workshop Scott MacLeay at the SESC Santana SP (November 2014) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Kovaleff, Alex. « L’Effet MacLeay » Ciné Vidéo Photo Revue, (Décembre 1980) : cover, P60-63.
- ↑ Mertens, Susan. «Photographer vs. Artist,», (Vancouver Sun, C6, March 6th, 1981).
- ↑ Deschamps, Madeleine. "Scott MacLeay: la photographie mise en scène," Art Press, Paris (Nov. 1982): 31.
- ↑ Ellenzweig, Allen. «Report from Paris – Photo Fever on the Seine», Art in America (April 1983) : 35-41.
- ↑ Kaufman, Charles. Scott MacLeay exhibition critique. Arkansas Gazette (November 25, 1983).
- ↑ Bookhardt, D. Eric. "Fresson Photographs," Art Papers, Atlanta (March / April 1985) : 31-32.
- ↑ Catalogue. "Spelndeurs et Misères du Corps," Paris –Musées et la Triennale Internationales de la Photographie , Fribourg. (1988): 190-191.
- ↑ Festival Summary, Floripa na Foto 2011 (2012): 17 - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ , Jeunes Chorégraphes en France, Centre Georges Pompidou (June 1983) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Archives Ruth Barnes: Centre National de Danse (1984) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Archives Jean-Marc Matos: Centre National de Danse (1984) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Global catalogue of library collections (1986) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Archives Jeanette Dumeix / Marc Vincent: Centre National de Danse (1987) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ DVD compilation of the work of Michel Jaffrennou "La Vidéo mise en scène," CNC / Art Malta (2005) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Archives Nadège MacLeay: Centre National de Danse (1990) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Léon, Myriam. "Private Circus, Cirque Spirituel", Best, Paris (April 1991) : 76-77.
- ↑ Catalogue Heure Exquise: Centre International pour les arts video (1990) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Archives Nadège MacLeay: Centre National de Danse (1992) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Bibliothèque Nationale de France: Michel Jaffrennou, Grand manège de la Forêt (Cité des Sciences de la Villette,1992) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Archives Nadège MacLeay: Centre National de Danse (1993) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Bookmaps: German online resource library: Dissimulation (1993) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Bibliothèque Nationale de France: Scott MacLeay, compositeur (1994) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Archives Nadège MacLeay: Centre National de Danse (1994) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Archives Nadège MacLeay: Centre National de Danse (1996) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Archives Nadège MacLeay: Centre National de Danse (1997) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ Teixeira, Bola. Fine Art na Essência, Photo Magazine, Balneário Camboriú (Year 7, N° 40) : 44 - 53
- ↑ TV interview of Scott MacLeay on the book Pensar, Sentir, Ver: Percepção e Processo em Fotografia (March 2015) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
- ↑ online interview of Scott MacLeay on the book Pensar, Sentir, Ver: Percepção e Processo em Fotografia (March 2015) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
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