Bio
Overview
Scott is a visual artist, research candidate, and lecturer. He works regularly on cross-disciplinary projects and has a strong interest in ‘public space’ and communal practices.
Scott’s art practice focuses on the consumer modification of mass-produced goods. Commonly referred to as ‘modding’ or ‘hacking’ these modes of production are often marginalised within ‘consumer society’. Through projects such as the ‘iPod Social Outreach Program’ Scott uncovers the consumer agency at work within the act of consumption. These projects privilege amateur practices and participate within gift economies. By engaging with existing communities of users, Scott’s practice contributes to open information resources and seeks to remake consumer objects as public spaces.
Scott graduated from Fine Art (Hons) in 2000 and is currently completing a PhD in Industrial Design at RMIT. He teaches regularly within the RMIT School of Architecture and Design and the VCA Sculpture and Spatial Practice program.
Scott has exhibited widely as both an individual artist and as part of the collaborative group OSW (Open Spatial Workshop). As a member of OSW, he was awarded the 2005 Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture for the sculptural work ‘groundings’.
Research
2008 – Current
Open Source Urbanism – Research Project, Urban Liveability Program, Design Institute, RMIT University.
2004 – Current
Doctor of Philosophy (Industrial Design), RMIT University. For submission in 2009. Supervisor: Assoc Prof. Soumitri Varadaragan.
Qualifications
1995 – 2000
Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons), RMIT University. With exchanges to Leeds Metropolitan University, U.K. and Utrecht School of Art, the Netherlands.
1989 – 1992
Associate Diploma of Engineering (Civil), RMIT University.
Contact
Scott currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.
For more information email scott [at] openobject [dot] org