Bryan McCormack (born in

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, 15 September 1972), is a

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ist who specifically deals with social subject matters. In the last fifteen years, Bryan McCormack has had over 30 group and solo exhibitions. Currently he lives and works in

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Life

After his initial studies, Bryan McCormack left Ireland to travel. Today, based in Paris, he creates and exhibits, primarily, installations in situ and sculptures that are social in their concept.

Work

2003–2004

In 2003 and 2004, McCormack exhibited at Castagneto Po Arti al Castello Foundation in

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, Italy : Who Are The Heros (An Installation in situ, examining the devastating effects of military action) and : Unleashing The Design of Imponderable Immortality on the Misguided, Servile Burgeoise (An installation in situ, concerned with the economic divide between the different social classes).

2005

In 2005, Bryan McCormack exhibited at the Empire Gallery in London, an installation in-situ, titled : Intimate Whisperings While the Words Break Down (A work that investigated mental illness in today's society). The same year he also exhibited at the Galerie Colbert in Paris the installation insitu : The Diaries of John Doe (3), (Which looked at the causes of loneliness and solitude in contemporary society).

2006

In 2006, the Christian Colas Gallery in Paris hosted the installation insitu : See Nothing, Hear Nothing, No Nothing. (This work was concerned with people's apathy toward economic and social turmoil when not directly implicated).

2009

The installation insitu : EarSpiltting Timbre (a work that commented on the destruction and urban violence of car bombs and urban terrorism in today's world) at

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, Paris.

2010

The monumental public sculpture : When Joris Ivens meets Hraesvelgr (Which is both a reflection on ecological politics in developed society, as well as, a tribute to the film "Le Mistral" (1966) by the Dutch filmmaker

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) was permanently installed at the Park St. Cloud in Paris.

2011

The installation insitu : Preservation is Life The Sounds of my Life, (A work exploringboth the practices of "safesex" whilst also looking at the political ramifications of sexuality today) was installed over the six floors (escalators) of the

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in Paris.

2012

The installation/performance : Chromo Zone Y (A performance installation questioning poverty and its consequences in how we live today. Produced by RainDogs Theatre Company) at the Theatre of Menilmontant, Paris.

2014

The public installation homeless shelter : Van'Heart (An ephemeral installation day shelter for homeless people) accompanied the students of the College

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in Paris in creating a temporary refuge for the homeless.

2015

In collaboration with the City Hall of Paris, a continuing research and work on creating and producing a highlyconnected new form of urban installation : UPP Urban ProjectParis.

2016–2017

Currently working on '' Yesterday/Today/Tomorrow'' for the Venice Biennale 2017. This is a work visualises the European refugee crisis and gives voice to a people who don't have one. A singular voice for hundreds of thousands of people, from over 30 nationalities (speaking as many languages) in majority children, often illiterate. Each refugee creates 3 drawings, one of their life before ''(Yesterday)'', one of their current life ''(Today)'' and one of their imagined future ''(Tomorrow)''. Using these drawings as the conceptual base, this project is both an installation/performance and a social media voice. The South to the North, this work maps-out as a visual memory an exodus. From refugee boats at Hotspot camps on Greek islands to refugee centres in the UK. Hundreds and hundreds of refugees, in centres, camps, squats and shelters across Europe have participated in these drawings, creating their own contemporary culture and voice whilst simultaneously losing all traceability of their inherited culture. Traceability is credibility, without it, the existence of a people disappears. Each refugee drawing counts. Each refugee drawing is a voice. Every voice counts.

References

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