Shane’s Ear is a collaborative exhibition by Jacob Dwyer and Mike Pratt. In 2017 the artists produced a duo exhibition at Baltic 39 (UK), in which Pratt responded to Dwyer’s 30 minute single channel film, Dat Likwid Land and produced a series of sculptures. These sculptures operated as water fountains, turning ‘on’ and ‘off' in relation to the duration of the film. As their status transformed through time, questions of activation and illustration arose. At puntWG the artists hope to explore these questions further, making Pratt’s contribution the only visual component of the show, to which Dwyer will respond with sound.
Jacob Dwyer (1988 London) is based in Amsterdam. He has completed a Master’s in Experimental Film at Kingston University and a residency at De Ateliers. His work has been shown in art spaces and film festivals, including IFFR (Rotterdam), IDFA (Amsterdam), Good Children (New Orleans) and Galerie Juliette Jongma (Amsterdam).
Mike Pratt (b. 1987) Newcastle, UK. Selected shows: ‘I Sat by the Pond, Feeling Glad’, Baltic 39 (Newcastle, UK). ‘A Deeper Pond’ Juliette Jongma gallery (Amsterdam NL). ‘Love Songs Dedicated to the Back of Someone’s Head’, Workplace gallery (Gateshead UK). ‘The Meeting of Two Eyebrows’, Workplace gallery (London UK). ‘Offspring’, De Ateliers (Amsterdam NL). ‘Cumberland Sausage’, Extraspatzio Gallery (Rome IT).