Jane Prophet

  All works: Laser cut dictionaries and archival PVA. Images courtesy of Bill Jackson. The Withdrawing Room (2008) works were made to mark the Tercentenary of the birth of Samuel Johnson, and in response to the house where he compiled one of the first English Dictionaries. […]

Installed in Birmingham, UK. Milled aluminium, linear actuators, chain drive.15ft x 9ft x 9ft. (Trans)Plant (2008) is a mechanical kinetic art work,  a 20ft self-assembling sculpture based on the structure of cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris). This native British plant is familiar to people living in both […]

Electro-luminescent light cable. 49 metal picket posts. 45ft x 75ft. 1: a weight that balances another  2: a force or influence that offsets an opposing force Counterbalance (2007) was made for the inaugural international RMIT Creative Media Residency, Prophet was commissioned to work at the 1850s Swiss […]

Inflatable dome, fiberglass, apple tree, flocking. 15ft x 15ft x 15ft. Souvenir of England (2007)  is a memento to the English Orchard, which is fast becoming an endangered species. The heritage apple tree inside died in a commercial orchard, its contorted shape a result of pruning. […]

Timeslice was first installed as part of the Arnolfini exhibition, Wonderful Visions of the Near Future.

Mixed media shelf works: skeleton leaves, cut books, archival PVA, acrylic, wood, aluminium. LCD screen and live video camera feed. 24″ x 16″ x 12″. Edition of 5. Model Landscapes (2005) engages with our desire for the perfect landscape and our willingness to mold or model these through […]

Silver plate on copper over rapid prototyped polymer, 9″ x 8″ x 6″. Edition of 3. Image courtesy Wellcome Trust. Silver Heart (2004) was made as part of collaboration with cardio-thoracic surgeon Francis Wells at Papworth Hospital that investigated some of the social, technological and psychological aspects […]

See the video on Vimeo. The Swab Drawing videos (2003) document surgeon Francis Wells as he draws using a swab of patient’s blood, during open heart surgery. The drawings recall, diagrammatically, mitral valve repair procedures.  One appears fresco-like, projected directly onto the flaking wall in […]

Fujichrome Lightjet photograph, 80″ x 26.5″. Mounted on aluminium, front-mounted with acrylic. Edition of 10 The ‘Blot’ Series (2003) takes its name from the process of using a ‘blot’ or random instant mark as the source of inspiration. The Victoria and Albert Museum, London commissioned the first […]

Fiberglass, cut vinyl, epoxy, paint.

6 bespoke computer generated animations on DVD. Edition of 5 Decoy (2001) is a screen-based digital work reflecting on the politics of landscape, construction and ownership. Drawing on works by painters such as Gainsborough and Poussin as well as the creations of landscape designers Humphry Repton and […]

Each image is a Fujichrome Lightjet print, 30″ x 40″. Mounted on aluminium, framed and glazed. Edition of 5. The Landscape Room (2000) comprises six photographs, shot using a traditional large-format camera, which were combined with fractal landscapes based on the grounds at Holkham Hall, North Norfolk. […]

120 x 24ft electro-luminescent cables, 74 tonnes of water. Click to see larger images. Images of Conductor courtesy of John Spinks. Video courtesy of Women’s Playhouse Trust and The Wapping Project. Conductor (2000) was a site-specific installation made in response to Wapping Hydraulic Pumping Station, London, […]

40 white chairs by Vitra, 40 black buckets, 80 pulleys, fishing line and crimps. 40 Chairs (2003). Five visual artists were given a common task to make a new work, using forty white chairs, one day, two technicians and a lighting designer, all in response […]