Scott MacLeay

Scott MacLeay

Scott MacLeay (photo: Eliana C. de Melo MacLeay)
Born (1950-03-25) March 25, 1950
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Known for Photography, musical composition and new media art
Website www.scottmacleay.com

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

Selected Photography Exhibitions

Selected Musical Compositions / Sound Designs

Selected Writings

Audiovisual Consulting and Cultural Project Feasibility

Audiovisual Project Evaluation / Market Feasibility Studies for Regional Development Projects

Audiovisual Consulting on special format cinema and video installations

References

  1. ↑ Degange, Stephen. « Cool Conceits, » Camera Arts, (March/April 1981) : cover, 72-81
  2. ↑ Editorial, « Color Comes of Age, » Today's Photographer, vol. 2 number 1 (Winter 1981) : 30 – 50.
  3. ↑ Fresson charcoal printing process - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Editor. « In Pursuit of Excellence, » The Art of Photography, Time-Life Books (revised edition 1981): 216
  6. ↑ Editor, Time-Life Books , « Chapter « In Pursuit of Excellence, » The Art of Photography, 1981- retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  7. ↑ Ellenzweig, Allen. « Scott MacLeay at Marcuse Pfeifer, » Art in America (October 1983) : 188-189.
  8. ↑ Haas, Steven. « Scott MacLeay, » Arts Magazine, (May 1985) : 4-5.
  9. ↑ Deschamps, Madeleine. "Primates: Scott MacLeay," Zoom 116 (Été 1985): 56-65.
  10. ↑ Kovaleff, Alex. "L’Effet MacLeay" Ciné Vidéo Photo Revue, (Décembre 1980): cover, P60-63
  11. ↑ Paris Audiovisuel. "Scott MacLeay : Fragments Cycles Sons / American Center," Mois de la Photo à Paris, Novembre 1982, Paris: Mairie de Paris (1982): 176-177.
  12. ↑ 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
  13. ↑ , Brooklyn Museum, Collections: Scott MacLeay, 1994 - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  14. ↑ MFAH, Allen Chasanoff Photographic Collection, Museum of Fine Art Houston: 1991, retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  15. ↑ Caujolle, Christian. "Scott MacLeay – Un Pont Sur l’Atlantique," Libération: rubrique Têtes d’Affiche, (22 octobre 1985)
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ Repères Historiques, Proposée par l’Encyclopédie nouveaux médias du Centre Georges Pompidou: 10 - retrieved May 28th, 2015
  18. ↑ Bibliothèque Nationale de France: group Private Circus (1990) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  19. ↑ Bibliothèque Nationale de France: "Les Petites Foules (Small Crowds)". Composer: Scott MacLeay. Group: Private Circus. Label: Sordide Sentimental (1990) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  20. ↑ music for contemporary dance. Composer: Scott MacLeay. Group: Private Circus. Label: Sordide Sentimental (1994) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  21. ↑ retrospective Scott MacLeay "Cores Corpos e Coros," Festival Floripa na Foto (2011) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  22. ↑ interview online (June 2012) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  23. ↑ Editora Photos summary of Scott MacLeay's work (2015) - retrieved May 28th, 2015
  24. ↑ interview Scott MacLeay TV Brasil (September 2014) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  25. ↑ exposições "Interferências" & "Perspectiva(s)". Curadoria: Scott MacLeay (April 2014) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  26. ↑ exposição "Hotel Esplêndido" de Laura Fonseca. Curadoria: Scott MacLeay (February/March 2015) - retrieved May 28th, 2015
  27. ↑ Scott MacLeay in Photo Magazine (2013) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  28. ↑ workshop Scott MacLeay Floripa na Foto (October 2011) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  29. ↑ workshop Scott MacLeay Festival de Foto de Tiradentes 2013 (March 2013) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  30. ↑ workshop Scott MacLeay Festival de Foto de Tiradentes 2015 (March 2015) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  31. ↑ workshop Scott MacLeay at the SESC Santana SP (November 2014) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  32. ↑ Kovaleff, Alex. « L’Effet MacLeay » Ciné Vidéo Photo Revue, (Décembre 1980) : cover, P60-63.
  33. ↑ Mertens, Susan. «Photographer vs. Artist,», (Vancouver Sun, C6, March 6th, 1981).
  34. ↑ Deschamps, Madeleine. "Scott MacLeay: la photographie mise en scène," Art Press, Paris (Nov. 1982): 31.
  35. ↑ Ellenzweig, Allen. «Report from Paris – Photo Fever on the Seine», Art in America (April 1983) : 35-41.
  36. ↑ Kaufman, Charles. Scott MacLeay exhibition critique. Arkansas Gazette (November 25, 1983).
  37. ↑ Bookhardt, D. Eric. "Fresson Photographs," Art Papers, Atlanta (March / April 1985) : 31-32.
  38. ↑ Catalogue. "Spelndeurs et Misères du Corps," Paris –Musées et la Triennale Internationales de la Photographie , Fribourg. (1988): 190-191.
  39. ↑ Festival Summary, Floripa na Foto 2011 (2012): 17 - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  40. ↑ , Jeunes Chorégraphes en France, Centre Georges Pompidou (June 1983) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  41. ↑ Archives Ruth Barnes: Centre National de Danse (1984) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  42. ↑ Archives Jean-Marc Matos: Centre National de Danse (1984) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  43. ↑ Global catalogue of library collections (1986) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  44. ↑ Archives Jeanette Dumeix / Marc Vincent: Centre National de Danse (1987) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  45. ↑ DVD compilation of the work of Michel Jaffrennou "La Vidéo mise en scène," CNC / Art Malta (2005) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  46. ↑ Archives Nadège MacLeay: Centre National de Danse (1990) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  47. ↑ Léon, Myriam. "Private Circus, Cirque Spirituel", Best, Paris (April 1991) : 76-77.
  48. ↑ Catalogue Heure Exquise: Centre International pour les arts video (1990) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  49. ↑ Archives Nadège MacLeay: Centre National de Danse (1992) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  50. ↑ Bibliothèque Nationale de France: Michel Jaffrennou, Grand manège de la Forêt (Cité des Sciences de la Villette,1992) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  51. ↑ Archives Nadège MacLeay: Centre National de Danse (1993) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  52. ↑ Bookmaps: German online resource library: Dissimulation (1993) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  53. ↑ Bibliothèque Nationale de France: Scott MacLeay, compositeur (1994) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  54. ↑ Archives Nadège MacLeay: Centre National de Danse (1994) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  55. ↑ Archives Nadège MacLeay: Centre National de Danse (1996) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  56. ↑ Archives Nadège MacLeay: Centre National de Danse (1997) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  57. ↑ Teixeira, Bola. Fine Art na Essência, Photo Magazine, Balneário Camboriú (Year 7, N° 40) : 44 - 53
  58. ↑ TV interview of Scott MacLeay on the book Pensar, Sentir, Ver: Percepção e Processo em Fotografia (March 2015) - retrieved May 28th, 2015.
  59. ↑ 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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