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Exhibition / 22 September 2026
‘Underworlds of Visibility’, chapter three in the Voyager trilogy to launch in 2027
Follow the final chapter of the ‘Voyager’ trilogy, which explores the evolution of our digital lives; from learning about ourselves online, finding others offline and online, to the modern reality of being seen through visibility. What happens when digital self-image, public exposure, and creative identity collapse into one another?
The final chapter presents the experience where visibility and artistic self-image dissolves into real or presumed social connections, blurring the boundaries between creator, subject, and audience.
‘Underworlds of Visibility’ invites you on a psychological journey through the final evolution of this three-part artistic project.
Through a striking fusion of performance, investigation, masks, anonymous artistry, and recycled audience responses repurposed as artwork, this chapter maps the digital self bleeding into the responses of others in the physical world. What happens when the audience sees the person beneath the character and screen?
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Coming Soon
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Exhibition / 23 July 2026
‘Diary Of An Artworker’ visual essay launches online
Step into the world of ThirstLight - where every interface is a gallery for desire, and every profile becomes an exhibition.
‘Diary of an Artworker’ chronicles a semi-fictional summary following Edvardo as he invents himself as an artworker. What begins as a childhood of pattern recognition, creating digital avatars online to socialise, to forming profiles to be mentored, leads up to a museum traineeship at the museum ThirstLight inside the hyper-connected city of Hornchester.
Through this diary, follow Edvardo as he learns to enter the systems to capture the ultimate modern currency: visibility. Inspired by the strange rituals of contemporary culture, dating apps, and social media, this project explores a template world where everyone is looking, and everyone is desperate to be seen.
︎︎︎Read More
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Exhibition / 11 July 2026
🎨👀🍆📱 exhibition exploring how we find others offline and online opens at Firstsite
Firstsite, Colchester
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Exhibition / 11 June 2026
🎨👀🍆📱 exhibition exploring how we find others offline and online to open at Firstsite
Firstsite, Colchester
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Exhibition / 14 March 2026
‘Lossless’ by Rebecca Riess exploring technological waste and digital consumption opens at Firstsite
Rebecca Riess invites you to explore this question through a bold and immersive series of otherworldly large-scale sculptures and installations.
Rebecca’s work reflects our emotional responses to the world around us – from the overload of digital life and technological waste, the growing ecological crisis, abuse of power, and the physical and emotional ways we experience these pressures internally.
The artwork responds to the online world, commenting on unseen waste generated by cloud data, transmission signals, and the ever-present electrical systems supporting our digital lives.
The exhibition runs from 14 March 2026 - 17 June 2026.
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Firstsite, Colchester
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Exhibition / 19 July 2025
‘Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder?’ opens at Firstsite
Follow the story of an autistic person ‘growing up online’ from building a digital avatar and finding new friends.
Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder invites you on a sensory, emotional, and digital journey through art, technology, and the world we build online. It is shaped by the conversations and experiences of autistic and disabled people from SEN schools, support groups, video games, and other online spaces.
Through video art, animation, sculpture, paintings, drawings, photography, and more, this exhibition explores how art and technology, from TV to Tumblr, video games to dating apps, have shaped lives, intimacy, and imagination.
Unlike many stories about technology that focus on risk, harm, or surveillance, this exhibition highlights how art and digital tools can support imagination, connection, education, and new opportunities for employment.
The exhibition runs from 19 July 2025 - 05 October 2025.
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Firstsite, Colchester
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Exhibition / 30 May 2025
‘Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder?’ exploring autistics growing up under technology to open at Firstsite
Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder? to open this summer at Firstsite.
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Go on a powerful, biographical journey through the eyes of George, an autistic and disabled person “growing up online.” Through George's narration, explore how technology and creativity can empower life skills, identity, and connection.
ㅤ
Each gallery room reflects a different stage of life, from childhood to adulthood, with George’s voice and experiences woven throughout the artworks.
The exhibition runs from 19 July 2025 - 05 October 2025.
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Firstsite, Colchester
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Exhibition / 26 October 2024
‘Leonora Carrington: Avatars & Alliances’ opens at Firstsite
Marking 50 years since the English translation of ‘The Hearing Trumpet’, Leonora Carrington’s 1974 novel, was published, this exhibition offers a fresh exploration of her extraordinary life, career and travels.
Featuring over 50 artworks and objects by the British-Mexican artist, and by the artistic friends she made through her travels, as well as artefacts from museums, explore an exciting blend of rare paintings, drawings and prints depicting dream-like and nightmarish images where enchanting characters and creatures come alive in a magical and symbolic dreamscape.
The exhibition runs from 26 October 2024 - 09 March 2025.
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Firstsite, Colchester
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Exhibition / 12 August 2024
To celebrate 50 years of the novel ‘The Hearing Trumpet’, Morl curates the first solo show of Leonora Carrington in East of England
This autumn, the first exhibition of Leonora Carrington’s artwork in the East of England will take place at Firstsite in Colchester.
Leonora Carrington: Avatars & Alliances delves deep into the extraordinary artistic and personal worlds of the British-Mexican artist and the artistic friends she made through her travels. The show also marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Hearing Trumpet, Carrington’s 1974 surrealist novel.
The exhibition will run from 26 October 2024 - 09 March 2025.
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Firstsite, Colchester
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Exhibition / 08 June 2024
Lunar Lullabies exploring art and science opens at Firstsite
Embark on a cosmic odyssey as we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Essex writer’s passing and trace the fascinating legacy of the beloved nursery rhyme and its influence on modern-day comics and video games. Discover how science, art and imagination have intertwined over the centuries to shape our culture and fuel our dreams of distant galaxies.
Lunar Lullabies showcases stunning artworks which explore space and science, alongside historical artefacts and contemporary pop culture nods. Explore objects ranging from meteorites and asteroid rocks to Lego Star Wars sets up close, discover all about humanity’s ‘giant leap’ to the moon and get lost in Peter Elson’s fantastical visions of space.
The exhibition will run from 08 June 2024 - 06 October 2024.
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Firstsite, Colchester
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Exhibition / 20 April 2024
Exhibition exploring 75th anniversary designating Basildon a New Town opens at Firstsite
Presented 75 years after Basildon in Essex was designated a New Town, ‘Concrete Dreams: Just Can’t Get Enough’ reflects on the influence of the Britain’s post-war new town movement on cultural identity, and the impact of policy decisions on individual lives. Established after the Second World War to alleviate the nation’s housing shortage, 22 New Towns were developed across the UK during the late 1940s – 1950s.
Explore the experiences of those who moved to New Towns and the communities who were affected by these developments as busting city life of East London collided with quiet suburbia – creating a melting pot of ideas and cultures.
Featuring paintings, photography, poetry and drawing, embark on a unique journey that takes you through stories around place and memory, migration, and belonging, to reveal the complexities of our relationships to class and housing planning.
The exhibition will run from 20 April 2024 - 10 November 2024.
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Firstsite, Colchester
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Exhibition / 23 March 2024
David Lock’s first institutional solo exhibition exploring masculinity online, opens at Firstsite in Colchester
‘In-between Us’ seeks to examine identity and masculinities, challenging social constructs and stereotypes through art by weaving connections between the past and present. Cutting photographs from fashion magazines, London-based artist David Lock creates collages upon which to base his paintings.
Using this approach he created his signature Misfit series of paintings, which combine advertisements and imagery from mainstream media. The collages and subsequent paintings, which are featured in the show, have a performative quality, revealing masculinities as a multifaceted, and ever-changing process.
Featuring over 18 works, including oil paintings, watercolours and large-scale vinyl collage, the exhibition reflects on Roman artefacts and classical statues, which Lock compares with contemporary images and representations of the male body, creating a contrasting effect.
The exhibition will run from 23 March 2024 - 23 June 2024.
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Firstsite, Colchester
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Exhibition / 20. February 2024
Morl to curate David Lock’s first institutional solo exhibition at Firstsite in Colchester
‘In-between Us’ seeks to examine identity and masculinities, challenging social constructs and stereotypes through art by weaving connections between the past and present. Cutting photographs from fashion magazines, London-based artist David Lock creates collages upon which to base his paintings.
The exhibition will run from 23 March 2024 - 23 June 2024.
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Firstsite, Colchester
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Exhibition / 18 August 2023
On View in Chelmsford Museum - George Morl: Electrum Spektrum
Chelmsford Museum opens ‘Electrum Spektrum’, a new installation by Basildon-born artist George Morl, this summer.
The exhibition traces the evolution of social and technological networks, from the discovery of electricity in Colchester to the development of wireless radio in Chelmsford, GPS and gaming interfaces.
Drawing on ongoing conversations with students, the installation brings together paintings and digitally produced portraits by Morl and students. Together, the works explore the power dynamics of the online world through fantasy and artifice.
The exhibition will run from 19 August 2023 - 14 January 2024.
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Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
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Exhibition / 10 July 2023
Electrum Spektrum to open at Chelmsford Museum
‘Electrum Spektrum’ is a new installation of works by Basildon-born artist George Morl. It explores the development of social and technological networks, from the discovery of electricity in Colchester to wireless radio in Chelmsford, GPS and gaming interfaces.
Drawing on ongoing conversations with students, the installation brings together paintings and digitally produced portraits by Morl and students. Together, the works explore power, technology and the online world through fantasy and artifice.
The exhibition will run from 19 August 2023 - 14 January 2024.
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Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
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Aquisition / 09 May 2023
Chelmsford Museum acquires avatar works from Morl’s Essex @way from keyboard?, 2022
Works from George Morl’s ‘Essex @way from keyboard?’ have been acquired by Chelmsford Museum to mark 100 years of radio. The acquired avatar works were originally featured in, and created through, the public artwork.
Commissioned by Focal Point Gallery in 2022, ‘Essex @way from keyboard?’ was made in collaboration with students across Essex and Cornwall. The project explored the evolution and impact of radio network technology and video game culture today.
Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
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Aquisition / 30 April 2023
Chelmsford Museum acquires design works from Morl’s Essex @way from keyboard?, 2022
Designs made as part of George Morl’s ‘Essex @way from keyboard?’ have been acquired by Chelmsford Museum. To mark 100 years of radio, the museum has acquired unique design works created for and through the public artwork.
Originally commissioned by Focal Point Gallery in 2022, ‘Essex @way from keyboard?’ was developed in collaboration with students across Essex and Cornwall. The project explored the evolution and impact of radio network technology and video game culture today.
Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
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Award / 23 March 2023
Morl’s AN international research award begins
Research for George Morl’s international project ‘Essex @way from keyboard II’ begins.
The second iteration of ‘Essex @way from keyboard’ expands Morl’s research across Europe, exploring how network technology and imagination have shaped modern and contemporary artistic practices connected to Essex.
Awarded by Arts Council England in 2023, the research will inform a residency across museums, stores and collections in Essex later this year. The residency will investigate parallels between the ways people have used technology to connect, communicate and share ideas.
George Morl Studio, Basildon
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Award / 16 January 2023
Morl receives AN Bursary Award for 2023
Morl is awarded an AN Bursary Award in 2023.
The award supports an international research exchange exploring the role of networks and imagination in modern and contemporary artistic practices. The research will also inform a residency across museum stores and collections in Essex, investigating how people have used technology to connect, communicate and share ideas.
George Morl Studio, Basildon
Screening / 01 September 2022
‘Profiles From Essex’ Morl’s first film, screened on Focal Point Gallery’s Big Screen Programme
‘Profiles From Essex’ is Morl’s first artist film, screened on Focal Point Gallery’s Big Screen as part of the New Histories 2022 commission.
Referencing Steve McLean’s ‘Postcards From London’, the film follows a young man who leaves the Essex suburbs for London in search of fame and an idealised queer life in the city. Morl’s film reimagines this journey through the evolution of networks in Essex, exploring how individuals and communities have used technology to connect, imagine alternative futures and navigate new possibilities.
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend
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Award & Commission / 22 August 2022
Morl commissioned for New Histories 2022 by Focal Point Gallery in partnership with Wysing Arts Centre
George Morl is commissioned for New Histories 2022, a project by Focal Point Gallery in partnership with Wysing Arts Centre.
Challenging an alternative ‘Essex Way’, Electrum Spektrum explores the network technologies that have emerged from Essex and how they have shaped connection, communication and imagination.
The project considers how disabled and queer individuals have used virtual networks to build communities, access resources and imagine alternative futures. Research from the project will be presented online and on Big Screen Southend later this year.
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend
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Commission / 16 July 2022
Morl’s Railway Bridge commission launches in Southend
Morl’s first public art commission, created in collaboration with Nancealverne School in Penzance, is launched in Southend.
Marking 100 years of radio broadcasting across Essex and Cornwall, the artist worked with Elm Class to create a digital graphic printed on vinyl. The work explores the importance of communication technologies and the role of online communities in connecting people.
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend
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Commission / 01 July 2022
Morl announced as Focal Point Gallery’s Railway Bridge commission
George Morl has been announced as Focal Point Gallery’s Railway Bridge commission artist, presenting two new site-specific works.
Reflecting on 100 years of radio broadcasting in the county and Southend’s status as a ‘Gigabit City’, Morl has created a digital collage in collaboration with Elm Class at Nancealverne School. The work explores the importance of communication technologies and online communities for disabled people.
The commission launches on 16 July and remains on view until 23 October.
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend
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Exhibition / 27 June 2022
’Disposition of Digital Youth’ (2018) to feature in exhibition ‘Southend’s Twilight Worlds’
‘Southend’s Twilight Worlds’ is a new exhibition exploring the complex and often overlooked histories of marginalised communities in Southend-on-Sea.
The exhibition brings together new and existing artworks, previously unseen archival material and objects from Southend Museums to uncover the city’s queer and alternative histories.
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Collection Acquisition / 01 April 2022
‘HippoCAMP-us-nd-them Deity’ (2021) print acquired by Colchester Museums
Morl is delighted to announce that a unique print of HippoCAMP-us-nd-them Deity (2021), from their ATM Avatar (2020–2021) print series, has been acquired by Colchester Museums for its permanent collection.
The print was developed following a research and collection intervention at Southend Museum in 2021. HippoCAMP-us-nd-them draws on Colchester-born writer Margaret Cavendish’s novel The Blazing World, often recognised as an early work of science fiction.
Using avatars and online spaces, Morl’s work reflects on Cavendish’s hybrid creatures and their resistance to categorisation, exploring how identities can exist beyond fixed boundaries.
Colchester & Ipswich Museums, Colchester
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Collection Acquisition / 09 March 2022
ATM Avatar series is acquired by Southend Museum
Morl is delighted to announce that their ATM Avatar (2020–2021) print series has been acquired by Southend Museum for its permanent collection.
The series explores how avatars can create identities and help people navigate virtual spaces. Drawing on Essex’s technological history, the works consider how queer and disabled communities have used digital networks as spaces for connection, communication and self-expression.
Southend Museum, Southend-on-Sea
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Collection Acquisition / 28 February 2022
ATM Avatar series is acquired by Saffron Walden Museum
Morl is delighted to announce that their ATM Avatar (2020–2021) print series has been acquired by Saffron Walden Museum for its permanent collection.
The series explores how avatars can create identities and help people navigate virtual spaces. Drawing on Essex’s technological history, the works consider how queer and disabled communities have used digital networks as spaces for connection, communication and self-expression.
Saffron Walden Museum, Saffron Walden
Exhibition / 22 September 2026
‘Underworlds of Visibility’, chapter three in the Voyager trilogy to launch in 2027
Follow the final chapter of the ‘Voyager’ trilogy, which explores the evolution of our digital lives; from learning about ourselves online, finding others offline and online, to the modern reality of being seen through visibility. What happens when digital self-image, public exposure, and creative identity collapse into one another?
The final chapter presents the experience where visibility and artistic self-image dissolves into real or presumed social connections, blurring the boundaries between creator, subject, and audience.
‘Underworlds of Visibility’ invites you on a psychological journey through the final evolution of this three-part artistic project. Through a striking fusion of performance, investigation, masks, anonymous artistry, and recycled audience responses repurposed as artwork, this chapter maps the digital self bleeding into the responses of others in the physical world. What happens when the audience sees the person beneath the character and screen?
︎︎︎Read More
Coming Soon
‘Underworlds of Visibility’, chapter three in the Voyager trilogy to launch in 2027
Follow the final chapter of the ‘Voyager’ trilogy, which explores the evolution of our digital lives; from learning about ourselves online, finding others offline and online, to the modern reality of being seen through visibility. What happens when digital self-image, public exposure, and creative identity collapse into one another?
The final chapter presents the experience where visibility and artistic self-image dissolves into real or presumed social connections, blurring the boundaries between creator, subject, and audience.
‘Underworlds of Visibility’ invites you on a psychological journey through the final evolution of this three-part artistic project. Through a striking fusion of performance, investigation, masks, anonymous artistry, and recycled audience responses repurposed as artwork, this chapter maps the digital self bleeding into the responses of others in the physical world. What happens when the audience sees the person beneath the character and screen?
︎︎︎Read More
Coming Soon
Exhibition / 23 July 2026
‘Diary Of An Artworker’ visual essay launches online
Step into the world of ThirstLight - where every interface is a gallery for desire, and every profile becomes an exhibition.
‘Diary of an Artworker’ chronicles a semi-fictional summary following Edvardo as he invents himself as an artworker. What begins as a childhood of pattern recognition, creating digital avatars online to socialise, to forming profiles to be mentored, leads up to a museum traineeship at the museum ThirstLight inside the hyper-connected city of Hornchester.
Through this diary, follow Edvardo as he learns to enter the systems to capture the ultimate modern currency: visibility. Inspired by the strange rituals of contemporary culture, dating apps, and social media, this project explores a template world where everyone is looking, and everyone is desperate to be seen.
︎︎︎Read More
Online
‘Diary Of An Artworker’ visual essay launches online
Step into the world of ThirstLight - where every interface is a gallery for desire, and every profile becomes an exhibition.
‘Diary of an Artworker’ chronicles a semi-fictional summary following Edvardo as he invents himself as an artworker. What begins as a childhood of pattern recognition, creating digital avatars online to socialise, to forming profiles to be mentored, leads up to a museum traineeship at the museum ThirstLight inside the hyper-connected city of Hornchester.
Through this diary, follow Edvardo as he learns to enter the systems to capture the ultimate modern currency: visibility. Inspired by the strange rituals of contemporary culture, dating apps, and social media, this project explores a template world where everyone is looking, and everyone is desperate to be seen.
︎︎︎Read More
Online
Exhibition / 11 July 2026
🎨👀🍆📱 exhibition exploring how we find others offline and online opens at Firstsite
Firstsite, Colchester
🎨👀🍆📱 exhibition exploring how we find others offline and online opens at Firstsite
Firstsite, Colchester
Exhibition / 11 June 2026
🎨👀🍆📱 exhibition exploring how we find others offline and online to open at Firstsite
Firstsite, Colchester
🎨👀🍆📱 exhibition exploring how we find others offline and online to open at Firstsite
Firstsite, Colchester
Exhibition / 14 March 2026
‘Lossless’ by Rebecca Riess exploring technological waste and digital consumption opens at Firstsite
Rebecca Riess invites you to explore this question through a bold and immersive series of otherworldly large-scale sculptures and installations.
Rebecca’s work reflects our emotional responses to the world around us – from the overload of digital life and technological waste, the growing ecological crisis, abuse of power, and the physical and emotional ways we experience these pressures internally.
The artwork responds to the online world, commenting on unseen waste generated by cloud data, transmission signals, and the ever-present electrical systems supporting our digital lives.
The exhibition runs from 14 March 2026 - 17 June 2026.
︎︎︎Read More
Firstsite, Colchester
‘Lossless’ by Rebecca Riess exploring technological waste and digital consumption opens at Firstsite
Rebecca Riess invites you to explore this question through a bold and immersive series of otherworldly large-scale sculptures and installations.
Rebecca’s work reflects our emotional responses to the world around us – from the overload of digital life and technological waste, the growing ecological crisis, abuse of power, and the physical and emotional ways we experience these pressures internally.
The artwork responds to the online world, commenting on unseen waste generated by cloud data, transmission signals, and the ever-present electrical systems supporting our digital lives.
The exhibition runs from 14 March 2026 - 17 June 2026.
︎︎︎Read More
Firstsite, Colchester
Exhibition / 19 July 2025
‘Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder?’ opens at Firstsite
Follow the story of an autistic person ‘growing up online’ from building a digital avatar and finding new friends.
Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder invites you on a sensory, emotional, and digital journey through art, technology, and the world we build online. It is shaped by the conversations and experiences of autistic and disabled people from SEN schools, support groups, video games, and other online spaces.
Through video art, animation, sculpture, paintings, drawings, photography, and more, this exhibition explores how art and technology, from TV to Tumblr, video games to dating apps, have shaped lives, intimacy, and imagination.
Unlike many stories about technology that focus on risk, harm, or surveillance, this exhibition highlights how art and digital tools can support imagination, connection, education, and new opportunities for employment.
The exhibition runs from 19 July 2025 - 05 October 2025.
︎︎︎Read More
Firstsite, Colchester
‘Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder?’ opens at Firstsite
Follow the story of an autistic person ‘growing up online’ from building a digital avatar and finding new friends.
Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder invites you on a sensory, emotional, and digital journey through art, technology, and the world we build online. It is shaped by the conversations and experiences of autistic and disabled people from SEN schools, support groups, video games, and other online spaces.
Through video art, animation, sculpture, paintings, drawings, photography, and more, this exhibition explores how art and technology, from TV to Tumblr, video games to dating apps, have shaped lives, intimacy, and imagination.
Unlike many stories about technology that focus on risk, harm, or surveillance, this exhibition highlights how art and digital tools can support imagination, connection, education, and new opportunities for employment.
The exhibition runs from 19 July 2025 - 05 October 2025.
︎︎︎Read More
Firstsite, Colchester
Exhibition / 30 May 2025
‘Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder?’ exploring autistics growing up under technology to open at Firstsite
Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder? to open this summer at Firstsite.
ㅤ
Go on a powerful, biographical journey through the eyes of George, an autistic and disabled person “growing up online.” Through George's narration, explore how technology and creativity can empower life skills, identity, and connection.
ㅤ
Each gallery room reflects a different stage of life, from childhood to adulthood, with George’s voice and experiences woven throughout the artworks.
The exhibition runs from 19 July 2025 - 05 October 2025.
︎︎︎Read More
Firstsite, Colchester
‘Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder?’ exploring autistics growing up under technology to open at Firstsite
Voyager 2000: Worldbeing & Wonder? to open this summer at Firstsite.
ㅤ
Go on a powerful, biographical journey through the eyes of George, an autistic and disabled person “growing up online.” Through George's narration, explore how technology and creativity can empower life skills, identity, and connection.
ㅤ
Each gallery room reflects a different stage of life, from childhood to adulthood, with George’s voice and experiences woven throughout the artworks.
The exhibition runs from 19 July 2025 - 05 October 2025.
︎︎︎Read More
Firstsite, Colchester
Exhibition / 26 October 2024
‘Leonora Carrington: Avatars & Alliances’ opens at Firstsite
Marking 50 years since the English translation of ‘The Hearing Trumpet’, Leonora Carrington’s 1974 novel, was published, this exhibition offers a fresh exploration of her extraordinary life, career and travels.
Featuring over 50 artworks and objects by the British-Mexican artist, and by the artistic friends she made through her travels, as well as artefacts from museums, explore an exciting blend of rare paintings, drawings and prints depicting dream-like and nightmarish images where enchanting characters and creatures come alive in a magical and symbolic dreamscape.
The exhibition runs from 26 October 2024 - 09 March 2025.
︎︎︎Read More
Firstsite, Colchester
‘Leonora Carrington: Avatars & Alliances’ opens at Firstsite
Marking 50 years since the English translation of ‘The Hearing Trumpet’, Leonora Carrington’s 1974 novel, was published, this exhibition offers a fresh exploration of her extraordinary life, career and travels.
Featuring over 50 artworks and objects by the British-Mexican artist, and by the artistic friends she made through her travels, as well as artefacts from museums, explore an exciting blend of rare paintings, drawings and prints depicting dream-like and nightmarish images where enchanting characters and creatures come alive in a magical and symbolic dreamscape.
The exhibition runs from 26 October 2024 - 09 March 2025.
︎︎︎Read More
Firstsite, Colchester
Exhibition / 12 August 2024
To celebrate 50 years of the novel ‘The Hearing Trumpet’, Morl curates the first solo show of Leonora Carrington in East of England
This autumn, the first exhibition of Leonora Carrington’s artwork in the East of England will take place at Firstsite in Colchester.
Leonora Carrington: Avatars & Alliances delves deep into the extraordinary artistic and personal worlds of the British-Mexican artist and the artistic friends she made through her travels. The show also marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Hearing Trumpet, Carrington’s 1974 surrealist novel.
The exhibition will run from 26 October 2024 - 09 March 2025.
︎︎︎Read More
Firstsite, Colchester
To celebrate 50 years of the novel ‘The Hearing Trumpet’, Morl curates the first solo show of Leonora Carrington in East of England
This autumn, the first exhibition of Leonora Carrington’s artwork in the East of England will take place at Firstsite in Colchester.
Leonora Carrington: Avatars & Alliances delves deep into the extraordinary artistic and personal worlds of the British-Mexican artist and the artistic friends she made through her travels. The show also marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Hearing Trumpet, Carrington’s 1974 surrealist novel.
The exhibition will run from 26 October 2024 - 09 March 2025.
︎︎︎Read More
Firstsite, Colchester
Exhibition / 08 June 2024
Lunar Lullabies exploring art and science opens at Firstsite
Embark on a cosmic odyssey as we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Essex writer’s passing and trace the fascinating legacy of the beloved nursery rhyme and its influence on modern-day comics and video games. Discover how science, art and imagination have intertwined over the centuries to shape our culture and fuel our dreams of distant galaxies.
Lunar Lullabies showcases stunning artworks which explore space and science, alongside historical artefacts and contemporary pop culture nods. Explore objects ranging from meteorites and asteroid rocks to Lego Star Wars sets up close, discover all about humanity’s ‘giant leap’ to the moon and get lost in Peter Elson’s fantastical visions of space.
The exhibition will run from 08 June 2024 - 06 October 2024.
︎︎︎Read More
Firstsite, Colchester
Lunar Lullabies exploring art and science opens at Firstsite
Embark on a cosmic odyssey as we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Essex writer’s passing and trace the fascinating legacy of the beloved nursery rhyme and its influence on modern-day comics and video games. Discover how science, art and imagination have intertwined over the centuries to shape our culture and fuel our dreams of distant galaxies.
Lunar Lullabies showcases stunning artworks which explore space and science, alongside historical artefacts and contemporary pop culture nods. Explore objects ranging from meteorites and asteroid rocks to Lego Star Wars sets up close, discover all about humanity’s ‘giant leap’ to the moon and get lost in Peter Elson’s fantastical visions of space.
The exhibition will run from 08 June 2024 - 06 October 2024.
︎︎︎Read More
Firstsite, Colchester
Exhibition / 20 April 2024
Exhibition exploring 75th anniversary designating Basildon a New Town opens at Firstsite
Presented 75 years after Basildon in Essex was designated a New Town, ‘Concrete Dreams: Just Can’t Get Enough’ reflects on the influence of the Britain’s post-war new town movement on cultural identity, and the impact of policy decisions on individual lives. Established after the Second World War to alleviate the nation’s housing shortage, 22 New Towns were developed across the UK during the late 1940s – 1950s.
Explore the experiences of those who moved to New Towns and the communities who were affected by these developments as busting city life of East London collided with quiet suburbia – creating a melting pot of ideas and cultures.
Featuring paintings, photography, poetry and drawing, embark on a unique journey that takes you through stories around place and memory, migration, and belonging, to reveal the complexities of our relationships to class and housing planning.
The exhibition will run from 20 April 2024 - 10 November 2024.
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Firstsite, Colchester
Exhibition exploring 75th anniversary designating Basildon a New Town opens at Firstsite
Presented 75 years after Basildon in Essex was designated a New Town, ‘Concrete Dreams: Just Can’t Get Enough’ reflects on the influence of the Britain’s post-war new town movement on cultural identity, and the impact of policy decisions on individual lives. Established after the Second World War to alleviate the nation’s housing shortage, 22 New Towns were developed across the UK during the late 1940s – 1950s.
Explore the experiences of those who moved to New Towns and the communities who were affected by these developments as busting city life of East London collided with quiet suburbia – creating a melting pot of ideas and cultures.
Featuring paintings, photography, poetry and drawing, embark on a unique journey that takes you through stories around place and memory, migration, and belonging, to reveal the complexities of our relationships to class and housing planning.
The exhibition will run from 20 April 2024 - 10 November 2024.
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Firstsite, Colchester
Exhibition / 23 March 2024
David Lock’s first institutional solo exhibition exploring masculinity online, opens at Firstsite in Colchester
‘In-between Us’ seeks to examine identity and masculinities, challenging social constructs and stereotypes through art by weaving connections between the past and present. Cutting photographs from fashion magazines, London-based artist David Lock creates collages upon which to base his paintings.
Using this approach he created his signature Misfit series of paintings, which combine advertisements and imagery from mainstream media. The collages and subsequent paintings, which are featured in the show, have a performative quality, revealing masculinities as a multifaceted, and ever-changing process.
Featuring over 18 works, including oil paintings, watercolours and large-scale vinyl collage, the exhibition reflects on Roman artefacts and classical statues, which Lock compares with contemporary images and representations of the male body, creating a contrasting effect.
The exhibition will run from 23 March 2024 - 23 June 2024.
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Firstsite, Colchester
David Lock’s first institutional solo exhibition exploring masculinity online, opens at Firstsite in Colchester
‘In-between Us’ seeks to examine identity and masculinities, challenging social constructs and stereotypes through art by weaving connections between the past and present. Cutting photographs from fashion magazines, London-based artist David Lock creates collages upon which to base his paintings.
Using this approach he created his signature Misfit series of paintings, which combine advertisements and imagery from mainstream media. The collages and subsequent paintings, which are featured in the show, have a performative quality, revealing masculinities as a multifaceted, and ever-changing process.
Featuring over 18 works, including oil paintings, watercolours and large-scale vinyl collage, the exhibition reflects on Roman artefacts and classical statues, which Lock compares with contemporary images and representations of the male body, creating a contrasting effect.
The exhibition will run from 23 March 2024 - 23 June 2024.
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Firstsite, Colchester
Exhibition / 20. February 2024
Morl to curate David Lock’s first institutional solo exhibition at Firstsite in Colchester
‘In-between Us’ seeks to examine identity and masculinities, challenging social constructs and stereotypes through art by weaving connections between the past and present. Cutting photographs from fashion magazines, London-based artist David Lock creates collages upon which to base his paintings.
The exhibition will run from 23 March 2024 - 23 June 2024.
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Firstsite, Colchester
Morl to curate David Lock’s first institutional solo exhibition at Firstsite in Colchester
‘In-between Us’ seeks to examine identity and masculinities, challenging social constructs and stereotypes through art by weaving connections between the past and present. Cutting photographs from fashion magazines, London-based artist David Lock creates collages upon which to base his paintings.
The exhibition will run from 23 March 2024 - 23 June 2024.
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Firstsite, Colchester
Exhibition / 18 August 2023
On View in Chelmsford Museum - George Morl: Electrum Spektrum
Chelmsford Museum opens ‘Electrum Spektrum’, a new installation by Basildon-born artist George Morl, this summer.
The exhibition traces the evolution of social and technological networks, from the discovery of electricity in Colchester to the development of wireless radio in Chelmsford, GPS and gaming interfaces.
Drawing on ongoing conversations with students, the installation brings together paintings and digitally produced portraits by Morl and students. Together, the works explore the power dynamics of the online world through fantasy and artifice.
The exhibition will run from 19 August 2023 - 14 January 2024.
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Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
On View in Chelmsford Museum - George Morl: Electrum Spektrum
Chelmsford Museum opens ‘Electrum Spektrum’, a new installation by Basildon-born artist George Morl, this summer.
The exhibition traces the evolution of social and technological networks, from the discovery of electricity in Colchester to the development of wireless radio in Chelmsford, GPS and gaming interfaces.
Drawing on ongoing conversations with students, the installation brings together paintings and digitally produced portraits by Morl and students. Together, the works explore the power dynamics of the online world through fantasy and artifice.
The exhibition will run from 19 August 2023 - 14 January 2024.
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Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
Exhibition / 10 July 2023
Electrum Spektrum to open at Chelmsford Museum
‘Electrum Spektrum’ is a new installation of works by Basildon-born artist George Morl. It explores the development of social and technological networks, from the discovery of electricity in Colchester to wireless radio in Chelmsford, GPS and gaming interfaces.
Drawing on ongoing conversations with students, the installation brings together paintings and digitally produced portraits by Morl and students. Together, the works explore power, technology and the online world through fantasy and artifice.
The exhibition will run from 19 August 2023 - 14 January 2024.
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Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
Electrum Spektrum to open at Chelmsford Museum
‘Electrum Spektrum’ is a new installation of works by Basildon-born artist George Morl. It explores the development of social and technological networks, from the discovery of electricity in Colchester to wireless radio in Chelmsford, GPS and gaming interfaces.
Drawing on ongoing conversations with students, the installation brings together paintings and digitally produced portraits by Morl and students. Together, the works explore power, technology and the online world through fantasy and artifice.
The exhibition will run from 19 August 2023 - 14 January 2024.
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Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
Aquisition / 09 May 2023
Chelmsford Museum acquires avatar works from Morl’s Essex @way from keyboard?, 2022
Works from George Morl’s ‘Essex @way from keyboard?’ have been acquired by Chelmsford Museum to mark 100 years of radio. The acquired avatar works were originally featured in, and created through, the public artwork.
Commissioned by Focal Point Gallery in 2022, ‘Essex @way from keyboard?’ was made in collaboration with students across Essex and Cornwall. The project explored the evolution and impact of radio network technology and video game culture today.
Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
Chelmsford Museum acquires avatar works from Morl’s Essex @way from keyboard?, 2022
Works from George Morl’s ‘Essex @way from keyboard?’ have been acquired by Chelmsford Museum to mark 100 years of radio. The acquired avatar works were originally featured in, and created through, the public artwork.
Commissioned by Focal Point Gallery in 2022, ‘Essex @way from keyboard?’ was made in collaboration with students across Essex and Cornwall. The project explored the evolution and impact of radio network technology and video game culture today.
Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
Aquisition / 30 April 2023
Chelmsford Museum acquires design works from Morl’s Essex @way from keyboard?, 2022
Designs made as part of George Morl’s ‘Essex @way from keyboard?’ have been acquired by Chelmsford Museum. To mark 100 years of radio, the museum has acquired unique design works created for and through the public artwork.
Originally commissioned by Focal Point Gallery in 2022, ‘Essex @way from keyboard?’ was developed in collaboration with students across Essex and Cornwall. The project explored the evolution and impact of radio network technology and video game culture today.
Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
Chelmsford Museum acquires design works from Morl’s Essex @way from keyboard?, 2022
Designs made as part of George Morl’s ‘Essex @way from keyboard?’ have been acquired by Chelmsford Museum. To mark 100 years of radio, the museum has acquired unique design works created for and through the public artwork.
Originally commissioned by Focal Point Gallery in 2022, ‘Essex @way from keyboard?’ was developed in collaboration with students across Essex and Cornwall. The project explored the evolution and impact of radio network technology and video game culture today.
Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford
Award / 23 March 2023
Morl’s AN international research award begins
Research for George Morl’s international project ‘Essex @way from keyboard II’ begins.
The second iteration of ‘Essex @way from keyboard’ expands Morl’s research across Europe, exploring how network technology and imagination have shaped modern and contemporary artistic practices connected to Essex.
Awarded by Arts Council England in 2023, the research will inform a residency across museums, stores and collections in Essex later this year. The residency will investigate parallels between the ways people have used technology to connect, communicate and share ideas.
George Morl Studio, Basildon
Morl’s AN international research award begins
Research for George Morl’s international project ‘Essex @way from keyboard II’ begins.
The second iteration of ‘Essex @way from keyboard’ expands Morl’s research across Europe, exploring how network technology and imagination have shaped modern and contemporary artistic practices connected to Essex.
Awarded by Arts Council England in 2023, the research will inform a residency across museums, stores and collections in Essex later this year. The residency will investigate parallels between the ways people have used technology to connect, communicate and share ideas.
George Morl Studio, Basildon
Award / 16 January 2023
Morl receives AN Bursary Award for 2023
Morl is awarded an AN Bursary Award in 2023.
The award supports an international research exchange exploring the role of networks and imagination in modern and contemporary artistic practices. The research will also inform a residency across museum stores and collections in Essex, investigating how people have used technology to connect, communicate and share ideas.
George Morl Studio, Basildon
Morl receives AN Bursary Award for 2023
Morl is awarded an AN Bursary Award in 2023.
The award supports an international research exchange exploring the role of networks and imagination in modern and contemporary artistic practices. The research will also inform a residency across museum stores and collections in Essex, investigating how people have used technology to connect, communicate and share ideas.
George Morl Studio, Basildon
Screening / 01 September 2022
‘Profiles From Essex’ Morl’s first film, screened on Focal Point Gallery’s Big Screen Programme
‘Profiles From Essex’ is Morl’s first artist film, screened on Focal Point Gallery’s Big Screen as part of the New Histories 2022 commission.
Referencing Steve McLean’s ‘Postcards From London’, the film follows a young man who leaves the Essex suburbs for London in search of fame and an idealised queer life in the city. Morl’s film reimagines this journey through the evolution of networks in Essex, exploring how individuals and communities have used technology to connect, imagine alternative futures and navigate new possibilities.
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend
‘Profiles From Essex’ Morl’s first film, screened on Focal Point Gallery’s Big Screen Programme
‘Profiles From Essex’ is Morl’s first artist film, screened on Focal Point Gallery’s Big Screen as part of the New Histories 2022 commission.
Referencing Steve McLean’s ‘Postcards From London’, the film follows a young man who leaves the Essex suburbs for London in search of fame and an idealised queer life in the city. Morl’s film reimagines this journey through the evolution of networks in Essex, exploring how individuals and communities have used technology to connect, imagine alternative futures and navigate new possibilities.
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend
Award & Commission / 22 August 2022
Morl commissioned for New Histories 2022 by Focal Point Gallery in partnership with Wysing Arts Centre
George Morl is commissioned for New Histories 2022, a project by Focal Point Gallery in partnership with Wysing Arts Centre.
Challenging an alternative ‘Essex Way’, Electrum Spektrum explores the network technologies that have emerged from Essex and how they have shaped connection, communication and imagination.
The project considers how disabled and queer individuals have used virtual networks to build communities, access resources and imagine alternative futures. Research from the project will be presented online and on Big Screen Southend later this year.
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend
Morl commissioned for New Histories 2022 by Focal Point Gallery in partnership with Wysing Arts Centre
George Morl is commissioned for New Histories 2022, a project by Focal Point Gallery in partnership with Wysing Arts Centre.
Challenging an alternative ‘Essex Way’, Electrum Spektrum explores the network technologies that have emerged from Essex and how they have shaped connection, communication and imagination.
The project considers how disabled and queer individuals have used virtual networks to build communities, access resources and imagine alternative futures. Research from the project will be presented online and on Big Screen Southend later this year.
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend
Commission / 16 July 2022
Morl’s Railway Bridge commission launches in Southend
Morl’s first public art commission, created in collaboration with Nancealverne School in Penzance, is launched in Southend.
Marking 100 years of radio broadcasting across Essex and Cornwall, the artist worked with Elm Class to create a digital graphic printed on vinyl. The work explores the importance of communication technologies and the role of online communities in connecting people.
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend
Morl’s Railway Bridge commission launches in Southend
Morl’s first public art commission, created in collaboration with Nancealverne School in Penzance, is launched in Southend.
Marking 100 years of radio broadcasting across Essex and Cornwall, the artist worked with Elm Class to create a digital graphic printed on vinyl. The work explores the importance of communication technologies and the role of online communities in connecting people.
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend
Commission / 01 July 2022
Morl announced as Focal Point Gallery’s Railway Bridge commission
George Morl has been announced as Focal Point Gallery’s Railway Bridge commission artist, presenting two new site-specific works.
Reflecting on 100 years of radio broadcasting in the county and Southend’s status as a ‘Gigabit City’, Morl has created a digital collage in collaboration with Elm Class at Nancealverne School. The work explores the importance of communication technologies and online communities for disabled people.
The commission launches on 16 July and remains on view until 23 October.
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend
Morl announced as Focal Point Gallery’s Railway Bridge commission
George Morl has been announced as Focal Point Gallery’s Railway Bridge commission artist, presenting two new site-specific works.
Reflecting on 100 years of radio broadcasting in the county and Southend’s status as a ‘Gigabit City’, Morl has created a digital collage in collaboration with Elm Class at Nancealverne School. The work explores the importance of communication technologies and online communities for disabled people.
The commission launches on 16 July and remains on view until 23 October.
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend
Exhibition / 27 June 2022
’Disposition of Digital Youth’ (2018) to feature in exhibition ‘Southend’s Twilight Worlds’
‘Southend’s Twilight Worlds’ is a new exhibition exploring the complex and often overlooked histories of marginalised communities in Southend-on-Sea.
The exhibition brings together new and existing artworks, previously unseen archival material and objects from Southend Museums to uncover the city’s queer and alternative histories.
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’Disposition of Digital Youth’ (2018) to feature in exhibition ‘Southend’s Twilight Worlds’
‘Southend’s Twilight Worlds’ is a new exhibition exploring the complex and often overlooked histories of marginalised communities in Southend-on-Sea.
The exhibition brings together new and existing artworks, previously unseen archival material and objects from Southend Museums to uncover the city’s queer and alternative histories.
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Collection Acquisition / 01 April 2022
‘HippoCAMP-us-nd-them Deity’ (2021) print acquired by Colchester Museums
Morl is delighted to announce that a unique print of HippoCAMP-us-nd-them Deity (2021), from their ATM Avatar (2020–2021) print series, has been acquired by Colchester Museums for its permanent collection.
The print was developed following a research and collection intervention at Southend Museum in 2021. HippoCAMP-us-nd-them draws on Colchester-born writer Margaret Cavendish’s novel The Blazing World, often recognised as an early work of science fiction.
Using avatars and online spaces, Morl’s work reflects on Cavendish’s hybrid creatures and their resistance to categorisation, exploring how identities can exist beyond fixed boundaries.
Colchester & Ipswich Museums, Colchester
‘HippoCAMP-us-nd-them Deity’ (2021) print acquired by Colchester Museums
Morl is delighted to announce that a unique print of HippoCAMP-us-nd-them Deity (2021), from their ATM Avatar (2020–2021) print series, has been acquired by Colchester Museums for its permanent collection.
The print was developed following a research and collection intervention at Southend Museum in 2021. HippoCAMP-us-nd-them draws on Colchester-born writer Margaret Cavendish’s novel The Blazing World, often recognised as an early work of science fiction.
Using avatars and online spaces, Morl’s work reflects on Cavendish’s hybrid creatures and their resistance to categorisation, exploring how identities can exist beyond fixed boundaries.
Colchester & Ipswich Museums, Colchester
Collection Acquisition / 09 March 2022
ATM Avatar series is acquired by Southend Museum
Morl is delighted to announce that their ATM Avatar (2020–2021) print series has been acquired by Southend Museum for its permanent collection.
The series explores how avatars can create identities and help people navigate virtual spaces. Drawing on Essex’s technological history, the works consider how queer and disabled communities have used digital networks as spaces for connection, communication and self-expression.
Southend Museum, Southend-on-Sea
ATM Avatar series is acquired by Southend Museum
Morl is delighted to announce that their ATM Avatar (2020–2021) print series has been acquired by Southend Museum for its permanent collection.
The series explores how avatars can create identities and help people navigate virtual spaces. Drawing on Essex’s technological history, the works consider how queer and disabled communities have used digital networks as spaces for connection, communication and self-expression.
Southend Museum, Southend-on-Sea
Collection Acquisition / 28 February 2022
ATM Avatar series is acquired by Saffron Walden Museum
Morl is delighted to announce that their ATM Avatar (2020–2021) print series has been acquired by Saffron Walden Museum for its permanent collection.
The series explores how avatars can create identities and help people navigate virtual spaces. Drawing on Essex’s technological history, the works consider how queer and disabled communities have used digital networks as spaces for connection, communication and self-expression.
Saffron Walden Museum, Saffron Walden
ATM Avatar series is acquired by Saffron Walden Museum
Morl is delighted to announce that their ATM Avatar (2020–2021) print series has been acquired by Saffron Walden Museum for its permanent collection.
The series explores how avatars can create identities and help people navigate virtual spaces. Drawing on Essex’s technological history, the works consider how queer and disabled communities have used digital networks as spaces for connection, communication and self-expression.
Saffron Walden Museum, Saffron Walden
Talk / 01 November 2021
As part of the Jerwood Newlyn Residency, George Morl explored the cultural evolution of networks between Cornwall and their birthplace in Essex, considering how communities have used them to connect and communicate.
To coincide with Morl’s first public performance, Communal Cherub A Capellas, presented as part of SEEN at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, celebrating LGBTQIA+ culture, Morl took part in a conversation exploring the relationship between Cornwall’s Neolithic history and communication technologies. The discussion considered how these histories might inspire new forms of connection for online communities.
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Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Penzance
In conversation with Morl at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange as part of SEEN exhibition announced
As part of the Jerwood Newlyn Residency, George Morl explored the cultural evolution of networks between Cornwall and their birthplace in Essex, considering how communities have used them to connect and communicate.
To coincide with Morl’s first public performance, Communal Cherub A Capellas, presented as part of SEEN at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, celebrating LGBTQIA+ culture, Morl took part in a conversation exploring the relationship between Cornwall’s Neolithic history and communication technologies. The discussion considered how these histories might inspire new forms of connection for online communities.
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Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Penzance
Performance / 30 October 2021
As part of the Jerwood Newlyn Residency, George Morl explored the evolution of virtual worlds and networks, connecting Cornwall with their birthplace in Essex.
Their first public performance, Communal Cherub A Capellas, brought together Cornish Neolithic history, folklore, radio and satellite communication to consider virtual spaces as places of connection for communities.
The work developed through experimental performances and conversations with queer and autistic people online.
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Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Penzance
‘Communal Cherub A Capellas’ Morl’s first public performance at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange
As part of the Jerwood Newlyn Residency, George Morl explored the evolution of virtual worlds and networks, connecting Cornwall with their birthplace in Essex.
Their first public performance, Communal Cherub A Capellas, brought together Cornish Neolithic history, folklore, radio and satellite communication to consider virtual spaces as places of connection for communities.
The work developed through experimental performances and conversations with queer and autistic people online.
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Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Penzance
Screening / 11 October 2021
As part of their Jerwood Newlyn Residency, George Morl has been exploring the cultural evolution of virtual worlds and networks between Cornwall and their birthplace in Essex. Their research considers how communities have used these spaces to connect beyond language and physical barriers.
To coincide with SEEN at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, celebrating LGBTQIA+ culture, Morl’s first experimental short film, Infinite Beings (2020), will be screened. The film was created in collaboration with other autistic people, exploring how virtual spaces can offer alternative forms of communication, connection and community.
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Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Penzance
‘Infinite Beings’ to be screened at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange as part of SEEN exhibition programme.
As part of their Jerwood Newlyn Residency, George Morl has been exploring the cultural evolution of virtual worlds and networks between Cornwall and their birthplace in Essex. Their research considers how communities have used these spaces to connect beyond language and physical barriers.
To coincide with SEEN at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, celebrating LGBTQIA+ culture, Morl’s first experimental short film, Infinite Beings (2020), will be screened. The film was created in collaboration with other autistic people, exploring how virtual spaces can offer alternative forms of communication, connection and community.
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Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Penzance
Award / 31 July 2021
Morl is excited to announce they have been appointed the 2021 Jerwood Newlyn Residency, a Jerwood arts funded residency at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, which aims to support early career artists with research based studio and professional development. Morl begins their residency when the gallery is one of the Arts Council Collection National Partner Programme for 2019-2021.
“Building on our history as an artist-centred organisation, supporting creative experimentation has been key to our programme, offering the time and space for artists to explore conceptual and practical issues in the gallery. We are expanding this idea to invite practitioners in all media to work across the whole organisation for extended periods. They will be able to explore and develop their own practice in response to the activities and wider mission of the Gallery”
The Jerwood Newlyn Residency is supported by Jerwood Arts. Jerwood Arts is the leading independent funder dedicated to supporting UK artists, curators and producers to develop and thrive. They enable transformative opportunities for individuals across art forms, supporting imaginative awards, bursaries, fellowships, projects, programmes and commissions. They present new work and bring people from across the arts together through exhibitions and events in London, as well as across the UK.
Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Newlyn
Morl awarded Jerwood Newlyn Residency 2021
Morl is excited to announce they have been appointed the 2021 Jerwood Newlyn Residency, a Jerwood arts funded residency at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, which aims to support early career artists with research based studio and professional development. Morl begins their residency when the gallery is one of the Arts Council Collection National Partner Programme for 2019-2021.
“Building on our history as an artist-centred organisation, supporting creative experimentation has been key to our programme, offering the time and space for artists to explore conceptual and practical issues in the gallery. We are expanding this idea to invite practitioners in all media to work across the whole organisation for extended periods. They will be able to explore and develop their own practice in response to the activities and wider mission of the Gallery”
The Jerwood Newlyn Residency is supported by Jerwood Arts. Jerwood Arts is the leading independent funder dedicated to supporting UK artists, curators and producers to develop and thrive. They enable transformative opportunities for individuals across art forms, supporting imaginative awards, bursaries, fellowships, projects, programmes and commissions. They present new work and bring people from across the arts together through exhibitions and events in London, as well as across the UK.
Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Newlyn
Exhibition / 19 May 2021
Morl’s Symptomology of a Basildon Boy (2018), which explores the relationship between body image, performance, and masculinity, is featured in Southend Museums’ Beecroft Art Gallery exhibition Colour II.
George Morl’s ‘Symptomology of a Basildon Boy’ features in ‘Colour’ at Southend Museums: Beecroft Art Gallery
Morl’s Symptomology of a Basildon Boy (2018), which explores the relationship between body image, performance, and masculinity, is featured in Southend Museums’ Beecroft Art Gallery exhibition Colour II.
The exhibition brings together works from the University of Essex’s Essex Collection of Art from Latin America and the Foundation for Essex Arts: Basildon Arts Trust collection, exploring the role and use of colour in contemporary art practices.
Southend Museum, Southend
Collection Acquisition / 19 March 2021
George Morl’s experimental video Infinite Beings (2020), produced during a residency with The Old Waterworks, has been acquired by Southend Museums.
‘Infinite Beings’ Morl’s experimental video is acquired by Southend Museums
George Morl’s experimental video Infinite Beings (2020), produced during a residency with The Old Waterworks, has been acquired by Southend Museums.
The film traces the origins and evolution of networks in Essex, from Anglo-Saxon burial practices and the use of objects to communicate status, through the development of electricity and radio, to flags and emojis in online blogs.
Southend Museum, Southend
Residency / 17 February 2021
George Morl undertakes research residency across Southend Museums
George Morl undertakes research residency across Southend Museums
Morl is excited to announce a research intervention across Southend Museums’ digital platforms, exploring lesser-known queer histories within the collection and the wider history of Essex, alongside their current artistic practice.
The intervention will also revisit research developed for Morl’s first solo exhibition, Precious Boys (2018), at Southend Museums. The exhibition examined relationships between masculinity, body image, sexuality and performance in South Essex.
Southend Museum, Southend
Appointment / 14 November 2020
Morl joins Firstsite as part of their Arts Council National Partners Programme 2019-22 Award
Morl joins Firstsite as part of their Arts Council National Partners Programme 2019-22 Award
George Morl is excited to announce that they have joined Firstsite, Colchester, UK on their programming team as part of their Arts Council National Partners Programme 2019-2022 Awards.
Firstsite, Colchester
News / 30 June 2020
To celebreate Pride and Autistic Pride, Morl writes an account and manifesto for Gay Times discussing the ways in which sexuality and neurodivegrence may be experientially related. George talks about the paralells in queer codes and autistic communication online.
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Morl’s work features in Gay Times magazine, and writes article on neurodivergent sex and communication
To celebreate Pride and Autistic Pride, Morl writes an account and manifesto for Gay Times discussing the ways in which sexuality and neurodivegrence may be experientially related. George talks about the paralells in queer codes and autistic communication online.
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George Morl, Gay Times
News / 12 June 2020
Morl wrote a visual article for the National Autistic Society exploring autism and queerness, examining how cultural spaces shape visibility and the limitations of representation.
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George Morl, NAS
Morl writes visual article exploring autism, gender, and sexuality for National Autistic Society
Morl wrote a visual article for the National Autistic Society exploring autism and queerness, examining how cultural spaces shape visibility and the limitations of representation.
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George Morl, NAS
Award / 18 February 2020
Morl has been awarded the Jerwood Newlyn Residency funded by Jerwood Arts, which aims to support emerging artists with professional development and continuing studio practice. As part of their Jerwood Newlyn Residency, George will explore the commuication technology in Cornwall and supporting coproduction for neurodivergent people.
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Newlyn Gallery & Exchange, Penzance
Morl awarded Jerwood Newlyn Residency 2020
Morl has been awarded the Jerwood Newlyn Residency funded by Jerwood Arts, which aims to support emerging artists with professional development and continuing studio practice. As part of their Jerwood Newlyn Residency, George will explore the commuication technology in Cornwall and supporting coproduction for neurodivergent people.
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Newlyn Gallery & Exchange, Penzance
Research / 07 February 2020
Following being awarded a Firstsite Bursary Award (2020), which aims to support artists with their professional development, Morl will launch the project ‘Synapses, Sonnets & Self’ in spring 2020.
Firstsite, Colchester
‘Synapses, Sonnets & Self’ 2020 Project Launched
Following being awarded a Firstsite Bursary Award (2020), which aims to support artists with their professional development, Morl will launch the project ‘Synapses, Sonnets & Self’ in spring 2020.
Firstsite, Colchester
Award / 24 December 2019
Following his solo work at Southend Museum: Beecroft Art Gallery exploring relationship between performance and masculinity in contemporary digital culture in South Essex, Morl has been awarded the Firstsite Bursary Award (2019), which aims to support artists with their professional career development.
Firstsite, Colchester
Morl awarded Firstsite Collectors Group Bursary Award
Following his solo work at Southend Museum: Beecroft Art Gallery exploring relationship between performance and masculinity in contemporary digital culture in South Essex, Morl has been awarded the Firstsite Bursary Award (2019), which aims to support artists with their professional career development.
Firstsite, Colchester
Talk / 03 February 2019
The Graduate Mobility Symposium brings together early-career artists, the Platform Alumni Network and CVAN South East to explore questions of location, mobility and sustainability for artists working in the South East of England.
The discussion considers how artists position themselves within the wider visual arts landscape and London’s cultural infrastructure, as well as what conditions are needed to support artists to live and work outside the capital.
Artists who have exhibited through the Platform Graduate Award in recent years are invited to share their experiences, journeys and perspectives on developing a sustainable practice in the region.
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Tate Modern, London
Morl to appear as guest speaker at Tate Modern for Mobility symposium
The Graduate Mobility Symposium brings together early-career artists, the Platform Alumni Network and CVAN South East to explore questions of location, mobility and sustainability for artists working in the South East of England.
The discussion considers how artists position themselves within the wider visual arts landscape and London’s cultural infrastructure, as well as what conditions are needed to support artists to live and work outside the capital.
Artists who have exhibited through the Platform Graduate Award in recent years are invited to share their experiences, journeys and perspectives on developing a sustainable practice in the region.
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Tate Modern, London
Collection Acquisition / 29 September 2018
George Morl’s Symptomology of a Basildon Boy (2018) has been acquired by Southend Museums for their collection.
The painting was originally presented as part of Morl’s first solo exhibition, Precious Boys, held at Southend Museum from 14 July to 8 September 2018. The work formed part of an exhibition exploring masculinity, body image, sexuality and performance, drawing on Morl’s experiences of growing up in Basildon and the wider cultural landscape of South Essex.
The acquisition preserves an early work from Morl’s practice and its exploration of self-image, online culture, and masculinity within Essex.
Southend Museum, Southend
‘Symptomology of a Basildon Boy’ acquired by Southend Museums for their permanent collection
George Morl’s Symptomology of a Basildon Boy (2018) has been acquired by Southend Museums for their collection.
The painting was originally presented as part of Morl’s first solo exhibition, Precious Boys, held at Southend Museum from 14 July to 8 September 2018. The work formed part of an exhibition exploring masculinity, body image, sexuality and performance, drawing on Morl’s experiences of growing up in Basildon and the wider cultural landscape of South Essex.
The acquisition preserves an early work from Morl’s practice and its exploration of self-image, online culture, and masculinity within Essex.
Southend Museum, Southend
Exhibition / 24 August 2018
Group show at University for the Creative Arts displaying the final MA Degree Show work, featuring George Morl’s collection In Search of Validation 2018 exploring male body images across digital media and mobile devices.
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UCA, Canterbury
‘In Search of Validation’ features in UCA MA Degree Show
Group show at University for the Creative Arts displaying the final MA Degree Show work, featuring George Morl’s collection In Search of Validation 2018 exploring male body images across digital media and mobile devices.
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UCA, Canterbury
Exhibition / 14 July 2019
George Morl’s first solo exhibition, Precious Boys, opens at Southend Museum from 14 July to 8 September 2018.
The exhibition explores how body image, sexuality and masculinity are intertwined with the performance of identity, focusing particularly on experiences and representations of masculinity in South Essex.
Morl’s work is presented alongside works from Southend Museums’ art collection, creating a dialogue between contemporary practice and historical representations of masculinity. Together, the works consider how ideas of the male body, self-image and sexuality have been constructed and represented through art.
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Southend Museums, Southend
Precious Boys opens at Southend Museums
George Morl’s first solo exhibition, Precious Boys, opens at Southend Museum from 14 July to 8 September 2018.
The exhibition explores how body image, sexuality and masculinity are intertwined with the performance of identity, focusing particularly on experiences and representations of masculinity in South Essex.
Morl’s work is presented alongside works from Southend Museums’ art collection, creating a dialogue between contemporary practice and historical representations of masculinity. Together, the works consider how ideas of the male body, self-image and sexuality have been constructed and represented through art.
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Southend Museums, Southend
Exhibition / 14 May 2018
George Morl’s first solo exhibition, Precious Boys, opens at Southend Museum from 14 July to 8 September 2018.
The exhibition explores how body image, sexuality and masculinity inform the performance of self-image, drawing particularly on experiences and representations of masculinity in Southend and Basildon.
Morl’s work is presented alongside works from Southend Museums’ Fine Art collection, bringing contemporary perspectives into conversation with historical representations of the male body.
Through this dialogue, Precious Boys examines how ideas of masculinity are constructed, performed and represented, while reflecting on the social and cultural landscape of South Essex in the media and real life.
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Southend Museums, Southend
George Morl’s first solo exhibition ‘Precious Boys‘ to open at Southend Museums
George Morl’s first solo exhibition, Precious Boys, opens at Southend Museum from 14 July to 8 September 2018.
The exhibition explores how body image, sexuality and masculinity inform the performance of self-image, drawing particularly on experiences and representations of masculinity in Southend and Basildon.
Morl’s work is presented alongside works from Southend Museums’ Fine Art collection, bringing contemporary perspectives into conversation with historical representations of the male body.
Through this dialogue, Precious Boys examines how ideas of masculinity are constructed, performed and represented, while reflecting on the social and cultural landscape of South Essex in the media and real life.
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Southend Museums, Southend
Exhibition / 31 August 2016
Following its preview at the Herbert Read Gallery in Canterbury and its nomination for the CVAN Platform Award 2016, Precious Boys#2 will continue its tour to Turner Contemporary from 4 August to 25 September 2016, before travelling to Essex in 2018.
The exhibition continues Morl’s exploration of masculinity, body image, sexuality and performance, bringing the work to new audiences across the South East and Essex.
Further details about the Essex presentation will be announced in due course.
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Turner Contemporary, Margate
Precious Boys#2 to tour the South East region 2016-2018
Following its preview at the Herbert Read Gallery in Canterbury and its nomination for the CVAN Platform Award 2016, Precious Boys#2 will continue its tour to Turner Contemporary from 4 August to 25 September 2016, before travelling to Essex in 2018.
The exhibition continues Morl’s exploration of masculinity, body image, sexuality and performance, bringing the work to new audiences across the South East and Essex.
Further details about the Essex presentation will be announced in due course.
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Turner Contemporary, Margate
Award / 29 August 2016
Following Morl’s inclusion in the Platform 2016 exhibition at Turner Contemporary, from 4 August to 25 September 2016, Morl has been awarded the Darren Henley Scholarship 2016.
The scholarship will support research and the development of new work exploring the relationship between masculinity and body image within the South Essex landscape, alongside the influence of online representations, constructed media and digital images of the body.
The research will contribute to the ongoing development of Morl’s artistic practice, informing future work and projects.
UCA, Canterbury
Morl recepient of Darren Henley Scholarship 2016
Following Morl’s inclusion in the Platform 2016 exhibition at Turner Contemporary, from 4 August to 25 September 2016, Morl has been awarded the Darren Henley Scholarship 2016.
The scholarship will support research and the development of new work exploring the relationship between masculinity and body image within the South Essex landscape, alongside the influence of online representations, constructed media and digital images of the body.
The research will contribute to the ongoing development of Morl’s artistic practice, informing future work and projects.
UCA, Canterbury
Exhibition / 04 August 2018
Following nomination for the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN) Platform Award 2016, George Morl’s Precious Boys#2 will be presented as part of the Platform 2016 exhibition at Turner Contemporary from 4 August to 25 September 2016.
The work follows Morl’s earlier Precious Boys installation, presented at the Herbert Read Gallery in Canterbury, continuing his exploration of masculinity, body image, sexuality and performance.
The presentation at Turner Contemporary marks the next stage in the development of the project, bringing Precious Boys#2 to a wider audience as part of the Platform 2016 programme.
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Turner Contemporary, Margate
Precious Boys#2 exhibited in Turner Contemporary’s ‘Platform 2016’
Following nomination for the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN) Platform Award 2016, George Morl’s Precious Boys#2 will be presented as part of the Platform 2016 exhibition at Turner Contemporary from 4 August to 25 September 2016.
The work follows Morl’s earlier Precious Boys installation, presented at the Herbert Read Gallery in Canterbury, continuing his exploration of masculinity, body image, sexuality and performance.
The presentation at Turner Contemporary marks the next stage in the development of the project, bringing Precious Boys#2 to a wider audience as part of the Platform 2016 programme.
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Turner Contemporary, Margate
Award / 25 June 2016
George Morl has been nominated for the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN) Platform Award 2016 for their installation Precious Boys (2016), presented as part of the UCA BA Degree Show.
As part of the Platform 2016 programme, Morl’s work will be exhibited at Turner Contemporary in Margate, bringing the project to a wider audience and marking an early development in their practice.
Precious Boys explores masculinity, body image, sexuality and performance, themes that would continue to inform Morl’s artistic research and subsequent work.
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Turner Contemporary, Margate
George Morl nominated for Platform Award 2016
George Morl has been nominated for the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN) Platform Award 2016 for their installation Precious Boys (2016), presented as part of the UCA BA Degree Show.
As part of the Platform 2016 programme, Morl’s work will be exhibited at Turner Contemporary in Margate, bringing the project to a wider audience and marking an early development in their practice.
Precious Boys explores masculinity, body image, sexuality and performance, themes that would continue to inform Morl’s artistic research and subsequent work.
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Turner Contemporary, Margate
Award / 25 June 2016
George Morl is awarded the UCA Vice-Chancellor’s Award 2016 for Precious Boys (2016), an installation exploring masculinity, body image and loneliness within the post-industrial towns of South Essex.
The work was presented as part of the UCA BA Degree Show, marking an early development in Morl’s ongoing exploration of self-image.
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UCA, Canterbury
George Morl awarded UCA Vice Chancellor Award 2016
George Morl is awarded the UCA Vice-Chancellor’s Award 2016 for Precious Boys (2016), an installation exploring masculinity, body image and loneliness within the post-industrial towns of South Essex.
The work was presented as part of the UCA BA Degree Show, marking an early development in Morl’s ongoing exploration of self-image.
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UCA, Canterbury