Nicola Ellis

I am interested in systems of value, function and circulation within places of industry, manufacturing and fabrication. My practice weaves in and out of existing workplace ecosystems, disrupting the traditions of production techniques. The parameters for my sculpture, site responsive installation, drawings and videos are informed by relationships between people, materials and processes. Recent works respond intuitively to the architecture of a site and echo the initial production process of the work itself. Therefore each work is rooted in existing infrastructure, but remains outside of it, as an additional outcome or expanded way of operating. My work often features detritus loaned/exchanged from places of industry, and become a kind of currency. This temporary appropriation creates an additional micro-cycle within the materials timeline, referencing its inherent recyclability and fluctuating states within its functional lifespan. Mostly Manchester but sometimes anywhere.