Adam Lewis Jacob
Residency at Triangle-Astérides, as part of a cross-residency program with Glasgow Sculpture Studios (GB-SCT).
Adam Lewis Jacob lives and works in Glasgow (GB).
Adam Lewis Jacob develops shared creative situations, where he envisions cinema as a space for relinquishing total control, incorporating traces of the creative process and performances amidst an excess of objects, images, and information. He is currently exploring the intersections between spiritualism and anarchism, blending different cinematic registers to create dreams conceived as portals to psychedelic experiences. While most of his works take the form of moving images, the artist also creates installations that incorporate the objects and materials from his films, including objects, sound, animation, and altered light.
Adam Lewis Jacob graduated in 2015 from the Glasgow School of Art. During his studies, he participated in an exchange program at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam and the Mountain School of Arts in Los Angeles. He has recently exhibited in Emotional Need at Collective, Edinburgh; ANTIPHON at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, India; Double Parrhesia at Catalyst, Belfast; and FFWD at the Duolun Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai. Actively engaged in Glasgow’s art scene, he is a co-founder of Celine, an exhibition space, and was a board member of Transmission Gallery until May 2017.
In 2022, Glasgow Sculpture Studios (GSS) and Triangle-Astérides celebrated the 10th anniversary of their Residency Exchange programme.
Established in 2012, the residency exchange is designed for artists at a pivotal point in their career who have not had major institutional support or the opportunity to develop work abroad. The programme enables Glasgow-based artists and creative practitioners to work, share practice, and learn new skills in France, while facilitating the reciprocal experience for artists based in Marseille to travel to Glasgow and experience the cultural landscape of Scotland.
The partnership between GSS and Triangle-Astérides developed from Glasgow and Marseille’s designation as twin cities in 2006. Both organisations have a history of making culture a centrepiece of life within their cities. Based in former industrial hubs, GSS and Triangle-Astérides share similar objectives, challenges, and working contexts. Both organisations underpin the creative communities of their respective cities through nurturing a supportive and diverse artistic community and providing access to access to artist studios, high-quality production facilities, and cultural networks.
As we continue into another decade of the Residency Exchange Programme, we have formalised the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) as partners in the project. The CCA team have long been supporters of this programme in a variety of ways; through studio visits, in-kind support, and working with the incoming artists from Marseille to present public outcomes from their residency as part of CCA’s Open Source Programme, we are excited to continue to acknowledge and embed this support in our exchange programme.
As organisations, GSS and CCA complement each other well; with GSS able to offer the space and resources to make work, and CCA offering the space and means to share work in addition to offering their Artist Flat as accommodation. Through working in partnership and combining our skills, resources, and expertise as organisations we’re able to provide an enhanced offer to artists from Marseille that will ensure they are well positioned to make the most of creative ecology of Glasgow.
