TOM SCOTT CARTOON reWORKS





AN EXHIBITION SHOWCASING RE-IMAGINED WORKS OF EDITORIAL CARTOONIST TOM SCOTT AS DIGITAL PAINTINGS BY MARDO EL-NOOR, WITH A FOCUS ON THE EFFECT OF HUMANS ON THE PLANET.


1ST EXHIBITION - 30 UPSTAIRS GALLERY (WELLINGTON), APRIL, 2016.

2ND EXHIBITION - NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT BUILDING (WELLINGTON), AUGUST, 2016.

3RD EXHIBITION - THE WAIKATO MUSEUM (HAMILTON), AUGUST, 2018






“MY ORIGINAL CARTOONS WERE A3 SIZE DRAWINGS IN BLACK INK SMUDGED WITH GLOBS OF CORRECTING FLUID SLOWLY GOING YELLOW IN A MAP DRAWER IN MY OFFICE. NOW THEY ARE TRILLIONS OF ZEROS & ONES SPRAYED IN VIBRANT COLOUR ON LARGE SHEETS OF POLYMER. I WASN’T AT ALL KEEN WHEN MARDO FIRST APPROACHED ME WITH THE IDEA OF WORKING TOGETHER & I HESITATED FOR ABOUT AS LONG AS IT TOOK HIM TO FLIP OPEN HIS IPAD AND DISPLAY HIS AMAZING, PHOTO-REALISTIC DIGITAL PAINTINGS. CARTOONS HAVE A SHORT SHELF LIFE BECAUSE THAT’S ALL THEY NEED. ON GOOD DAYS YOU MAY CREATE SOMETHING DESERVING OF A LIFE SPAN SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN THAT OF A FRUIT FLY. ON BAD DAYS YOU REGRET THE FACT THAT YOU LACK THE SKILLS TO DO JUSTICE TO THE IDEAS IN YOUR HEAD. MARDO’S FERTILE IMAGINATION & TECHNICAL WIZARDRY HAS GIVEN MY WORK A SECOND ACT.”





TOM SCOTT, ON HIS COLLABORATION WITH MARDO EL-NOOR, 2016.



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TOM SCOTT (ONZM) BEGAN CARTOONING FOR STUDENT NEWSPAPERS IN THE LATE 60’S BEFORE BECOMING CARTOONIST & PARLIAMENTARY COLUMNIST FOR THE LISTENER. HE BEGAN CARTOONING DAILY FOR THE DOMINION POST IN 1988. LATE LAST YEAR HE JOINED FORCES WITH MARDO TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT NEITHER OF THEM COULD HAVE ACHIEVED ON THEIR OWN.



MARDO EL-NOOR





BORN IN GERMANY OF MIXED MIDDLE EASTERN ANCESTRY, MARDO IS A FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER, MOTION GFX ARTIST & PHOTOGRAPHER. HE HAS CALLED NEW ZEALAND HOME SINCE 2003, & HAS EARNED A MASTERS IN ART & DESIGN IN 2009. HIS INTEREST IN TELLING STORIES IN HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK WAS THE CATALYST BEHIND APPROACHING TOM SCOTT FOR THIS PROJECT.



TV3NZ - AN INTERVIEW WITH TOM & MARDO




TV3NZ PROGRAMME 'STORY' WAS AIRED ON 4TH, APRIL, 2016.



THE COLLECTION





TOM SCOTT CARTOON reWORKS WAS AN EXHIBITION WHICH TOOK PLACE IN APRIL, 2016. IT FEATURED EIGHT ALREADY PUBLISHED EDITORIAL CARTOONS BY TOM SCOTT RE-IMAGINED AS ELABORATE, LARGE FORMAT, PHOTO-REALISTIC DIGITAL PAINTINGS. THE COLLECTION IS INTENDED TO EXPAND FOR SUBSEQUENT EXHIBITIONS, FURTHER EXPLORING THE THEME IN HAND, OR OTHER THEMES.



THE CARTOONS





THE COLLECTION FEATURED IN THE EXHIBITION WAS BASED ON EIGHT PUBLISHED EDITORIAL CARTOONS BY TOM SCOTT, SPANNING ALMOST 30 YEARS. THE CARTOONS WERE SELECTED TO COVER VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE THEME IN HAND: THE EFFECT OF HUMANS ON THE PLANET.



THE FIRST EXHIBITION





TOM SCOTT CARTOON reWORKS WAS EXHIBITED AT 30UPSTAIRS GALLERY IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND IN 6th OF APRIL, 2016 FOR A MONTH, & CURATED BY MAL BROW. THE EXHIBITION WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY.



THE SECOND EXHIBITION





TOM SCOTT CARTOON reWORKS WAS EXHIBITED AT THE NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT FOYER (WELLINGTON) FROM AUGUST TO OCTOBER, 2016. THE EXHIBITION WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, DAVID CARTER.



MEDIA





THE EXHIBITION WAS PROMOTED ONLINE & OFFLINE.