Sam Cottington is an artist and writer living between London and Frankfurt. Through interdisciplinary experiments in collage he often presents “reality” as contradictory and mutable; the product of specific historical and social economies
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-Gaunt Star
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-Play starring Skjold Rambow, Hassan Khan and Rolf Birkholz. Made in Collaboration with Antonio Lopez, Lulu Leika, Sarah Schneider, Chaeheun Park and Christina Vargas
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Gaunt Star unfolds the relationship between a young soldier and a car with the power of speech.
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Documented by Augustine Paredes @ Städelschule rundgang
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Cell 16
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TV monitor on artist’s plinth, 6 hours. Videos duration matches the opening hours of the space its shown in. 15 minutes after the gallery opens a 47 second clip plays. For the remaining duration the screen remains black
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Coffee @ Torbay
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-ROCK: THE AGONY IS OVER
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Sculpture made in collaboration with Nicholas Stewens. Doorbell, wood, metal.
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Plague
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Play performed over the phone. Performed by and developed in collaboration with Valerie McCann
(https://www.valeriemccann.com )
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The Factory (the hoist) 6
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Cardboard, paper, tape, spray paint, oil, acrylic, glue, card, wire, found images, found text, photographs, twigs, felt tip pen, paper plate, plastic mesh, toys, cement paper straws![]()
Sneckdown @ EACC
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The Writers Body
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The artists cousins name in quotation marks, printed in red vinyl on window
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Civil twilight @ Ginny on Frederick
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People Person
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Novella published by JOAN publishing
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https://joanpublishing.org/Sam-Cottington
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‘Sam Cottington’s prose is keen and conspiratorial, ‘the metropolitan equivalent of curtain twitching’, and his cast of characters elbow each other under it like flies banging on glass. ‘In the opening between lives and personalities there are no words’ he writes. Only there are words: they are in this savage, shimmering book, and its pages flare with how skilfully Cottington has caught them. Scintillatingly quick. I loved it.’
-Hannah Regel
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A helper
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Play starring Alison Harris and Chloe Orrock
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Two mothers meet in a living room to act out a conversation between a man they once knew and his anonymous interviewer
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Pennies from heaven @ London Performance Studios
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Artists text on T-shirts
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Photo made in collaboration with Valerie Kong and Chloe Maugile![]()
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Untitled (losing my temper)
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Card, paper, paint stick, tape, glue, postcard, found images, artists images, photograph, pencil
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The Fairness Doctrine
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Play & installation starring Jasmeen James
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A voice speaks from the letter slot behind a front door. She tells the story of a relationship between a man and his school bully, who contacts him years later online. The set includes a front door, a dustbin, a fan, an extension cord, postcards, chairs and sand filled childrens toys. The costume is a hoodie and a souvenir T-shirt from the London production of Les miserables
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The Factory (the hoist) 1
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Cardboard, paper, tape, spray paint, oil, acrylic, glue, card, wire, found images, found text, photographs, twigs, felt tip pen, paper plate, plastic mesh, toys, cement paper straws, plastic bag, artists plinth
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Sneckdown @ EACC
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Marguerite Ida & Helene Annabel
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Photo collage in frame.
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Engagement Officer
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(Bottom centre) Cardboard, spray paint, found images, artists images, card, glue, tape, laminate sheets, colouring book
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Deadhead Perfora @ Yaby
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I have always depended on the kindness of strangers I, II & III
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Cardboard, laminated found images, laminated artists images, artists text, metal rack, glue, tape, card, string, acryllic
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Deadhead Perfora @ Yaby
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Pirate
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Video
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Pirated copy of ‘Batman: The Dark Knight’ edited to end at the first on screen death
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Text on bottle on artists plinth
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For Mummy @ Zaza
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The Factory (the hoist) 5 & 6
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Cardboard, paper, card, corrugated card, paper straws, acryllic, oil, spray paint, pen, glue, tape, artists image, found image
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Sneckdown @ EACC
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19811882
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Oil and text on canvas
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For Mummy @ Zaza
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The Writer’s Body II
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Ruth Greenglass in quotaton marks printed in green vinyl text on gallery window.
(Below) Untitled I & II (scratch, death, car, girl), mdf, broken electric cable, tea-set, wheels, tape, mirrors, vinyl text, screws
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For Mummy @ Zaza
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Bowl and The Go-Between
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Video installation across 2 monitors, made in collaboration with Alejandro Villabona![]()
Bowl & The Go-Between @ London Performance Studios
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Air
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Oil & pencil on canvas![]()
Gossips @ Nir Altman
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Phone Plays
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Collection of plays published by Montez press.
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https://montezpress.com/catalogue/scores/phone-plays/
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-Gaunt Star
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-Play starring Skjold Rambow, Hassan Khan and Rolf Birkholz. Made in Collaboration with Antonio Lopez, Lulu Leika, Sarah Schneider, Chaeheun Park and Christina Vargas
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Gaunt Star unfolds the relationship between a young soldier and a car with the power of speech.
Documented by Augustine Paredes @ Städelschule rundgang-
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Cell 16
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TV monitor on artist’s plinth, 6 hours. Videos duration matches the opening hours of the space its shown in. 15 minutes after the gallery opens a 47 second clip plays. For the remaining duration the screen remains black
Coffee @ Torbay
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-ROCK: THE AGONY IS OVER
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Sculpture made in collaboration with Nicholas Stewens. Doorbell, wood, metal.
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Plague
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Play performed over the phone. Performed by and developed in collaboration with Valerie McCann
(https://www.valeriemccann.com )
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The Factory (the hoist) 6
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Cardboard, paper, tape, spray paint, oil, acrylic, glue, card, wire, found images, found text, photographs, twigs, felt tip pen, paper plate, plastic mesh, toys, cement paper straws
Sneckdown @ EACC
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The Writers Body
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The artists cousins name in quotation marks, printed in red vinyl on window
Civil twilight @ Ginny on Frederick
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People Person
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Novella published by JOAN publishing
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https://joanpublishing.org/Sam-Cottington
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‘Sam Cottington’s prose is keen and conspiratorial, ‘the metropolitan equivalent of curtain twitching’, and his cast of characters elbow each other under it like flies banging on glass. ‘In the opening between lives and personalities there are no words’ he writes. Only there are words: they are in this savage, shimmering book, and its pages flare with how skilfully Cottington has caught them. Scintillatingly quick. I loved it.’
-Hannah Regel
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A helper
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Play starring Alison Harris and Chloe Orrock
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Two mothers meet in a living room to act out a conversation between a man they once knew and his anonymous interviewer
Pennies from heaven @ London Performance Studios
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USED
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Artists text on T-shirts
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Photo made in collaboration with Valerie Kong and Chloe Maugile
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Untitled (losing my temper)
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Card, paper, paint stick, tape, glue, postcard, found images, artists images, photograph, pencil
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The Fairness Doctrine
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Play & installation starring Jasmeen James
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A voice speaks from the letter slot behind a front door. She tells the story of a relationship between a man and his school bully, who contacts him years later online. The set includes a front door, a dustbin, a fan, an extension cord, postcards, chairs and sand filled childrens toys. The costume is a hoodie and a souvenir T-shirt from the London production of Les miserables
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The Factory (the hoist) 1
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Cardboard, paper, tape, spray paint, oil, acrylic, glue, card, wire, found images, found text, photographs, twigs, felt tip pen, paper plate, plastic mesh, toys, cement paper straws, plastic bag, artists plinth
Sneckdown @ EACC
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Marguerite Ida & Helene Annabel
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Photo collage in frame.
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Engagement Officer
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(Bottom centre) Cardboard, spray paint, found images, artists images, card, glue, tape, laminate sheets, colouring book
Deadhead Perfora @ Yaby
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I have always depended on the kindness of strangers I, II & III
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Cardboard, laminated found images, laminated artists images, artists text, metal rack, glue, tape, card, string, acryllic
Deadhead Perfora @ Yaby
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Pirate
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Video
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Pirated copy of ‘Batman: The Dark Knight’ edited to end at the first on screen death
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16
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Text on bottle on artists plinth
For Mummy @ Zaza
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The Factory (the hoist) 5 & 6
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Cardboard, paper, card, corrugated card, paper straws, acryllic, oil, spray paint, pen, glue, tape, artists image, found image
Sneckdown @ EACC
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19811882
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Oil and text on canvas
For Mummy @ Zaza
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The Writer’s Body II
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Ruth Greenglass in quotaton marks printed in green vinyl text on gallery window.
(Below) Untitled I & II (scratch, death, car, girl), mdf, broken electric cable, tea-set, wheels, tape, mirrors, vinyl text, screws
For Mummy @ Zaza
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Bowl and The Go-Between
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Video installation across 2 monitors, made in collaboration with Alejandro Villabona
Bowl & The Go-Between @ London Performance Studios
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Air
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Oil & pencil on canvas
Gossips @ Nir Altman
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Phone Plays
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Collection of plays published by Montez press.
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https://montezpress.com/catalogue/scores/phone-plays/
