Michael Cousin

b. 1965, Basildon, Essex
Lives and works in Cardiff

The Cleaner & The Sign
The Cleaner & The Sign

Michael Cousin's film, performance and numerous collaborations display an absurd, comical and sometimes darkly sinister edge. Within his work there are urgent hints at a need to communicate some larger unspecified truth - something wordless.

Cousin’s work does not ask for a complete shift in philosophy, rather a bending of the rules. These social interventions, such as playing handball to decide the fate of the universe, searching for friends through small ads, or leading pigeons around a city centre are a small plea for a minor change in the viewers’ perspective.

A Creative Wales recipient, Cousin continues to exhibit internationally, and curates Outcasting, an online artists' video showcase.

The artist was in the following exhibitions:
Picsel+
Half a tick
blinc
Ffresh 3
Picsel+ 2003
anima
Flourish
Pistol
If You Build It They Will Come
Lost in Transit
This artist is featured in:
Anima

This artist is featured in:
Flourish

This artist is featured in:
It Was Never Going To Be Straightforward


Links :
http://michaelcousin.co.uk www.outcasting.org
  • Luminous Fluxus
  • Half a Tick
  • Brighton Rock
  • The Cleaner & The Sign
  • Intraviolence
  • Promenade