Kevin McCourt is an interdisciplinary artist

Artist

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. He lives and works in Madrid

Madrid

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McCourt explores relations between differentiated approaches to understanding and visualising social complexity

Complexity

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 as a creative phenomenon. His collaborative practice research empirically and theoretically explores links between creative process, scientific research, contemporary art

Contemporary art

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 debates and the wider social context. Outcomes include installations

Installation art

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, interventions, social events, web pages, video and film works and theoretical texts.

McCourt's internationally exhibited works include:
Barrio Mestizo / Barrio Castizo, which focuses on the recent phenomenon of mass immigration to Madrid;
Padres Maridos Hijos / Fathers Husbands Sons (in collaboration with graphic designer

Graphic designer

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 Gabriel Martínez), a documentary

Documentary film

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 portrait

Portrait

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 of abused women, combining image, manipulated sound (recorded from interviews) and typography; Deadwood (War), a visual poem (video) which plays with the possible multiple meanings of the word "deadwood" in English and Conversation (between friends), a series of works in a wide variety of media, including drawing, soundworks, installation and performance, which address themes related to communication

Communication

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 within and across cultures.

He has taught in university

University

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 faculties

Faculty (university)

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 / art schools  and given conferences in Britain

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, Spain

Spain

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, Japan

Japan

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, Mexico

Mexico

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 and Germany

Germany

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External links

• www.kmccourt.org
• Padres Maridos Hijos / Fathers Husbands Sons formed part of Cárcel de Amor (Prison of Love) curated by Berta Sichel for the Reina Sofia
  Reina Sofia
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  Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid. It was shown there before travelling to various other prominent venues across Spain and Latin America.
• Virtual Residency Exhibition, UNESCO