SCOTT HOCKING

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  -- SCULPTURAL INSTALLATIONS & PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS --
  Vicksburg-Voltri (2023)
  Floating Citadel (2022)
  Detroit Stories: Retrospective at Cranbrook Art Museum (2022-23)
  Hocking Retrograde (2022-23)
  Nike Of The Strait (2020-21)
  Kayaking Through The Quarantimes (2020-21)
  Arkansas Traveler (2020)
  Bone Black (2019)
  Seventeen Shitty Mountains, Vol 2 (2019)
  Seventeen Shitty Mountains, Vol 1 (2018)
  The Sleeper / Cowcatcher (2018)
  OLD (2018)
  Hanging Cairn (2017)
  Massa Confusa (2017)
  RCA (2016)
  Babel (2015-2016)
  Celestial Ship of the North (Emergency Ark) AKA the Barnboat (2015)
  SIGNS (2015-present)
  Narcissus Incorporated (2015)
  Lot Circles (2014-present)
  Rustic Sputnik (2016) / Rusty Sputnik (2013)
  Coronal Mass Ejection (2013)
  The Egg and Michigan Central Train Station (2007-2013)
  Mercury Retrograde (2012)
  The End of the World (2012)
  The Quarry / Steinbruch (2013)
  The Secrets of Nature (2012-2014)
  Garden of the Gods (2009-2011)
  Tartarus (2011)
  Triumph of Death (2010)
  Sisyphus and the Voice of Space (2010)
  New Mound City (2010)
  Ziggurat and Fisher Body 21 (2007-2009)
  Roosevelt Warehouse and the Cauldron (2007-2010)
  Cast Concrete in the Auto Age (2008-present)
  Fountain of Youth Vending Machine (2008-2010)
  Lao Zhu and the Flour Factory (2009)
  Detroit Midden Mound (2008)
  Tire Pyramid (2006)
  Animals (2006)
  Icelandic Saga (2006)
  RELICS (2001-2023)
  SISYPHEAN INFINITY (2000)
  2,222 (1998)
   
  -- VIDEOS AND FILM PROJECTS --
   
  -- ONGOING DETROIT-BASED PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES' --
  In The Strait Of The Crimson Nain (2007-present)
  Detroit Nights (2007-present)
  Shipwrecks (1999-present)
  Delrazed (2007-present)
  Mid Century Modern Playground Sculptures (2007-present)
  Kayaking The Rouge / Kayaking Detroit (2016-present)
  Bad Graffiti (2007-present)
  Buffed Detroit (2012-present)
  Scenes From The Railroad (1999-present)
  The Mound Project (2007-present)
  The Zone (1999-present)
  Service Stations (2007-present)
  Holes (2007-present)
  Memorials (2007-present)
  Wildlife (2007-present)
  Scrappers (2000-2004)
  Found Slides (2000-2004)
  Pictures of a City - Detroit (1997-2006)
   
  -- DRAWINGS, SCULPTURES & OLDER WORKS --
  Alchemical Works and Drawings (1997-present)
   
   
   

 

BABEL is site-specific two-part installation that crosses the threshold between the exhibition and abandoned spaces of the Gare Saint Sauveur: a former railway station in the northern French city of Lille. The work is based on the mythical Tower of Babel stories, the Salon de Paris, themes of mysticism and transformation, and the history of the site itself. Materials were found throughout the Gare grounds and adjacent buildings, as well as the Braderie de Lille - the 800 year-old, largest street market in Europe - and combined with materials sent from Detroit. Using artifacts from Detroit and Lille, I attempted to transform the spaces into a future-past wunderkammer, exploring ideas of time, language, mythology, alchemy, and perception. Created as part of the Detroit portion of the Lille 3000: Renaissance triennial festival, the work was displayed from Sept 2015 - 2017

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