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Cleaning Squares is a series of happenings, books and photographic documentation by street artist Amy Jackson. Taking place from 2005 - present. Obsession - unstoppable, unbendable, unbreakable. In the depths of every human psyche lurks a constant fear. These fears manifest themselves in variations of erratic and irrational behaviour. Often to control these fears, control is subsequently lost. “Over 15 years since Jackson cleaned and labelled her first square on top of a portaloo in Leeds, the work has become bizarrely prophetic as the world stands together shaken by the global pandemic – newly alive to the surfaces we touch, the world in which we live, and what constitutes as ‘clean’”. Between 2005 and 2008 over 1,000 different squares were cleaned all over the world. Daily, dice were rolled to determine time and location. Within these parametres perfect squares, the length of the artist's feet, were cleaned and labelled with the time and date of the job. Cleaning Squares comments upon the paradoxical human effort to implement rituals, routines and rules, the way in which these systems consume and engulf us, whilst their absence leads to anxiety. Disaster can and will often strike. It is The Strive for an impossible perfection. The project, like much of Jackson’s early work, explored mental health. In the depths of every human psyche lurks immutable fears. These uncertainties manifest themselves in variations of erratic and irrational behaviour. Often, in an attempt to control these fears control is subsequently lost. In 2020, the work has become bizarrely prophetic as the world stands together, shattered and confused about the next steps amidst this global pandemic. Jackson now asks us to reconsider this piece in the world we now find ourselves in. How do we cope with our lack of control? How do we address the psychological with the physiological? What footprint are we having on the planet and how can a gradual, yet repetitive and somewhat obsessive disruption restore us to equilibrium.
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Amy Jackson graduated from Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at The University of Oxford in 2008. An interdisciplinary conceptual artist with 15 years’ experience blending concept, philosophy, science and tools to create immersive experiences in traditional galleries and unconventional spaces. Jackson is also well known for her work in the Responsible Investment space, which she describes as ‘an important part of her activism’. She explores issues such as climate change, conflict, consumerism, social media, mental health and critically, how these themes are inextricably linked. Experience spans public speaking on the environment, responsible investment and group and solo exhibitions. Jackson has several solo and group exhibitions in 2020 including Cooltzine vol.3 Changes, 50 Shades of Grey and Navy, #IRL and the highly acclaimed Kensington + Chelsea Art Week.
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