James Chinneck

Although my work has various concerns, two main themes predominate: the constraints imposed on our lives by data and coded systems, and the randomness of nature and chance. The former, characterised by the structures of capitalism, ownership, mechanisation and automation, is usually in conflict with the latter. In a post-industrial world driven by multinationals and global economics, our sense of individuality is lost in an array of brands and co-ercive allegiance to corporate identity and bureaucratic control in the workplace. Liberty is subtly eroded and we are locked into a system that we have little affiliation or agreement with, leaving no room for us to think and behave in a manner of own choosing. The ecological effects of this – the maximization of corporate profit at the expense of environmental damage – are familiar to all, but the day-to-day effects are more pernicious. As writers such as Mark Fisher have contended, the cultural structure of capitalism is now viewed by many as a natural phenomenon to which there is no social alternative. Allied with our increasing disconnection from the ecosystem is the tendency for our experience of the world to be mediated through the screen, be it computer or television or the car window. We experience, or rather consume, nature through a secondary medium, forging a steady separation from our environmental. Our participation in global commerce – be it directly fiscal or through the more indirect self-commodifying arenas of social networks – distracts us from our physical detachment from nature, fostering a nonchalant attitude towards understanding our planet as a single organism.

Holiday Experience (Thailand)

Holiday Experience (North America)

Holiday Experience (Japan)

Holiday Experience (Ireland)

Isle of Rum Experience

Isle of Rum Experience

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Boots

Great Expectations

Suitcase Experience

Suitcases

Mud Bath

Mud Bath (detail)

State Certified Fact No. 952 Giant Redwoods

State Certified Fact No. 952 Giant Redwoods (detail)

State Certified Fact No. 848 William Crutchfield

State Certified Fact No. 848 William Crutchfield (detail)

State Certified Fact No. 937 Frank Faithfully

State Certified Fact No. 937 Frank Faithfully (detail)

Americanenglish (Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Americanenglish (Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Americanenglish (Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Americanenglish (Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Americanenglish (Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Americanenglish (Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Americanenglish - Mars Rock (Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Americanenglish - Captin Scott (Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Americanenglish - Roswell Balloon (Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Americanenglish - Walter Cronkite (Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Americanenglish - Moon Dust (Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Americanenglish - Gaze Counter(Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Americanenglish - Vortex (Joseph Gross Gallery,

Americanenglish - Vortex (detail)

Americanenglish - WWI Flying Helmet (Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona)

Rice Fall

Rice Fall (detail)

Rice Fall (Sculpture Space)

Drive Around (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Drive Around (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Drive Around (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Drive Around (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Drive Around (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Run A Round (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Run A Round (Irish Museum Modern Art)

Run A Round (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Run A Round

Culturally Active (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Culturally Active (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Culturally Active (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Culturally Active (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Culturally Active (Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Culturally Active (image detail, Irish Museum of Art)

Culturally Active (Image detail, Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Culturally Active (Image detail, Irish Museum of Modern Art)

Glass trunk (San José)

More Suitcases

More suitcases

Donkey Interrupted (National Glass Centre)

Djerassi Artist in Resident Program

Typhoon Experience (detail, Hachijō-jima, Japan)

Typhoon Experience (Hachijō-jima, Japan)

Volcanic Experience (capsual, sounds buried in dormant volcanio, Hokkaidō, Japan)

Volcanic Experience (recordings made at active volcanic site, Hokkaidō, Japan)

Volcanic Experience (recordings made at active volcanic site, Hokkaidō, Japan)

Trust Me I'm An Artist (LMU Gallery)

Trust Me I'm An Artist (LMU Gallery)

Trust Me I'm An Artist (LMU Gallery)

Trust Me I'm An Artist (LMU Gallery)

Trust Me I'm An Artist (LMU Gallery)

Trust Me I'm An Artist (LMU Gallery)

Trust Me I'm An Artist (LMU Gallery)

Trust Me I'm An Artist (LMU Gallery)

Trust Me I'm An Artist (LMU Gallery)

Trust Me I'm An Artist (LMU Gallery)

Woodland responses

Woodland responses

Woodland activity

Woodland activity

& Model Gallery (Leeds)

& Model Gallery (Leeds)

Train

Millionth sound work

Millionth Audio

Video Tueri Terram 24 sec

Short video showing hammer movment and sound. When someone likes the facebook page of Tueri Terram the hammer is activated hitting the stone head.

Tueri Terram is a rare Egyptian stone resembling a human head.
On its Facebook page the â??likeâ?? button has been turned into a trigger.
When somebody â??likesâ?? the page, a mechanical device holding a hammer above the head of Tueri Terram is activated.
Visit facebook.com/TueriTerram on your device/computer.
â??Likeâ?? the page to activate the display, or â??shareâ?? to see if anybody else in the world will trigger the gradual disintegration of the head.
When installed there is also Iive video broadcast of the head and hammer viewable 24/7 via the facebook page.
www.facebook.com/TueriTerram

Image Tueri Terram (installed)

Tueri Terram is a rare Egyptian stone resembling a human head.
On its Facebook page the â??likeâ?? button has been turned into a trigger.
When somebody â??likesâ?? the page, a mechanical device holding a hammer above the head of Tueri Terram is activated.
Visit facebook.com/TueriTerram on your device/computer.
â??Likeâ?? the page to activate the display, or â??shareâ?? to see if anybody else in the world will trigger the gradual disintegration of the head.
When installed there is also Iive video broadcast of the head and hammer viewable 24/7 via the facebook page.
www.facebook.com/TueriTerram

Image Tueri Terram (light and hammer)

Tueri Terram is a rare Egyptian stone resembling a human head.
On its Facebook page the â??likeâ?? button has been turned into a trigger.
When somebody â??likesâ?? the page, a mechanical device holding a hammer above the head of Tueri Terram is activated.
Visit facebook.com/TueriTerram on your device/computer.
â??Likeâ?? the page to activate the display, or â??shareâ?? to see if anybody else in the world will trigger the gradual disintegration of the head.
When installed there is also Iive video broadcast of the head and hammer viewable 24/7 via the facebook page.
www.facebook.com/TueriTerram

Image Tueri Terram (hammer action)

Tueri Terram is a rare Egyptian stone resembling a human head.
On its Facebook page the â??likeâ?? button has been turned into a trigger.
When somebody â??likesâ?? the page, a mechanical device holding a hammer above the head of Tueri Terram is activated.
Visit facebook.com/TueriTerram on your device/computer.
â??Likeâ?? the page to activate the display, or â??shareâ?? to see if anybody else in the world will trigger the gradual disintegration of the head.
When installed there is also Iive video broadcast of the head and hammer viewable 24/7 via the facebook page.
www.facebook.com/TueriTerram

Image Tueri Terram (close up)

Tueri Terram is a rare Egyptian stone resembling a human head.
On its Facebook page the â??likeâ?? button has been turned into a trigger.
When somebody â??likesâ?? the page, a mechanical device holding a hammer above the head of Tueri Terram is activated.
Visit facebook.com/TueriTerram on your device/computer.
â??Likeâ?? the page to activate the display, or â??shareâ?? to see if anybody else in the world will trigger the gradual disintegration of the head.
When installed there is also Iive video broadcast of the head and hammer viewable 24/7 via the facebook page.
www.facebook.com/TueriTerram

Image Tueri Terram (being viewed)

Tueri Terram is a rare Egyptian stone resembling a human head.
On its Facebook page the â??likeâ?? button has been turned into a trigger.
When somebody â??likesâ?? the page, a mechanical device holding a hammer above the head of Tueri Terram is activated.
Visit facebook.com/TueriTerram on your device/computer.
â??Likeâ?? the page to activate the display, or â??shareâ?? to see if anybody else in the world will trigger the gradual disintegration of the head.
When installed there is also Iive video broadcast of the head and hammer viewable 24/7 via the facebook page.
www.facebook.com/TueriTerram

Image Tueri Terram (being viewed 2)

Tueri Terram is a rare Egyptian stone resembling a human head.
On its Facebook page the â??likeâ?? button has been turned into a trigger.
When somebody â??likesâ?? the page, a mechanical device holding a hammer above the head of Tueri Terram is activated.
Visit facebook.com/TueriTerram on your device/computer.
â??Likeâ?? the page to activate the display, or â??shareâ?? to see if anybody else in the world will trigger the gradual disintegration of the head.
When installed there is also a Iive video broadcast of the head and hammer viewable 24/7 via the facebook page.
www.facebook.com/TueriTerram