James Harcourt Pseudo-artefacts
...creates genre-fluid (sic) artwork having a broad range of disciplines that reinforce values of reciprocity in our alliance with the planet.
Currently we dwell in the 'Age-of-Answers' and rely heavily on technology. We demand instant knowledge apparently abandoning our arguably more relaxed 'World-of-Wonder' beneath a haze of satellites and labyrinth of cabling.
Hey Siri what's the weather?
Hey Alexa what's the minimum amount of blue I add to red and get purple?
When is a Lightbulb really an Elephant?
How many people does it take to change the Elephant in the room...?
We've conditioned ourselves to believe knowledge is power, yet our ability to question is where true power lies.
People have carved, painted, scratched, woven, sculpted, searched for far longer than memory reaches.
Without question we've been moved by what we've seen, directed by what we've heard. Taking in all manner of sights and sounds throughout millennia across the globe.
We've employed our observations to build communities formed within resilient culture and we've developed vibrant communications that link our experiences meaningfully, visually, musically.
These outward expressions guide us and simultaneously infuse us with vigorous adaptability.
Art became our irrepressible navigational tool.
Sometimes a pocket-compass of morality or joy-finding, other times our 'North Star' when things are tough.
In my website you'll find messages of conservation, reflections in philosophy, some humour and most of all I hope to have provided a space that has a quiet glow of hope. A breadcrumb toward our future.
James
Currently we dwell in the 'Age-of-Answers' and rely heavily on technology. We demand instant knowledge apparently abandoning our arguably more relaxed 'World-of-Wonder' beneath a haze of satellites and labyrinth of cabling.
Hey Siri what's the weather?
Hey Alexa what's the minimum amount of blue I add to red and get purple?
When is a Lightbulb really an Elephant?
How many people does it take to change the Elephant in the room...?
We've conditioned ourselves to believe knowledge is power, yet our ability to question is where true power lies.
People have carved, painted, scratched, woven, sculpted, searched for far longer than memory reaches.
Without question we've been moved by what we've seen, directed by what we've heard. Taking in all manner of sights and sounds throughout millennia across the globe.
We've employed our observations to build communities formed within resilient culture and we've developed vibrant communications that link our experiences meaningfully, visually, musically.
These outward expressions guide us and simultaneously infuse us with vigorous adaptability.
Art became our irrepressible navigational tool.
Sometimes a pocket-compass of morality or joy-finding, other times our 'North Star' when things are tough.
In my website you'll find messages of conservation, reflections in philosophy, some humour and most of all I hope to have provided a space that has a quiet glow of hope. A breadcrumb toward our future.
James
Jester - NZ butter, duct tape
[29 July 2025, 10:11am Wellington NZ]
Above Jester - NZ Butter, green duct tape NZD$500,000.oo €246,000.oo
Below Freedom - Embodying Albatross Kapiti
Below Freedom - Embodying Albatross Kapiti
'I like to spend time in nature' paradoxically implies we are able to leave.
Nature isn't simply outside; it comprises us.
Nature isn't simply outside; it comprises us.
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Halo
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www.jamesharcourt.co.nz
