Colin Coutts
disruptus
disruptus was made on location in the artist’s own, London garden from stills, video and audio. Using the trope of the urban fox, disruptus was created to explore our comfort in nurture, idealisation of nature and fear of the wild.
In England, the domestic garden could be considered a civilised representative of the natural world, within whose confines we strive to impose a semblance of order. From it, we anticipate physical and mental succour. Within it, we create a sanctuary from where we can safely define our dialogue with the outside world. Although the garden may appear to be full of only vegetation and prosaic detritus, it also offers other crops, ripe with liminal meaning. But despite our best attempts at control and containment, the notion of the garden remains porous, and its boundary, when breached, is a reminder of our own vulnerability.
Colin Coutts trained as an architect, but now works in photography, video and digital technology. He currently lives in London.
