Jaime collaborates with climate and ecology crisis scientists, including sociology, human and environmental geography, marine science, ethnobotany and eco-psychology. He develops collaborative art practices to communicate and interpret climate change science through the lens of biophilia (love of nature).
‘Our attitude is the key to discovering the world. Obviously, we have a certain attitude toward ourselves, a certain attitude in relating to others, and a certain attitude in dealing with our world at large. If we haven’t developed the right kind of attitude, it is impossible to connect with the world properly. Art involves relating with oneself and one’s phenomenal world gracefully. In this case, the word gracefully has the sense of nonaggression, gentleness, and upliftedness: that is, a basic attitude of cheerfulness. It is important in becoming artists to make sure that we do not pollute this world’ Trungpa Rinpoche True Perceptions 2008
Jaime Jackson is a collaborative biophilic (love of nature) studio based and relational socially engaged artist and producer. His practice explores the idea that we are nature, he uses drawing and painting as well as digital technologies including Machine Learning AI, Motion Capture and moving image (film). ‘My work responds to the climate and ecology crisis by exploring the child’s view that we are nature. A feeling of separation form the rest of nature has created the earth crisis and when we develop ways and tools of understanding our inter-connective selves we can become happier and more environmentally responsible.’
‘If cooperation, not competition, is the key to survival, how could I test this?’
‘I re-analyzed the data over and over again to make sure I hadn’t made a mistake. But there is was, telling me the same thing, no mater how I looked. Birch and Fir were trading carbon. They were communicating… As though reciprocity was part of their everyday relationship. ‘ Suzanne Simard ‘Finding the Mother Tree
Born in Oxford Jaime has a degree in Fine Art Painting from Coventry University and trained in Arts Management at Sussex University. Jaime is a co-director for Culture Declares Emergency CIC, director of the visual art organization Salt Road, associate artist for Climate Museum UK, director of the sustainability charity New Leaf, member of the biophilic city network, and co-chair of Leominster Cultural Consortium. His passion and understanding of nature comes from his experiences as a child presenter for BBC Radio Oxford’s Nature Trail, a weekly program recorded with nature experts on locations across the South Midlands and South of England.
Jaime was the lease holder and founder of Phoenix Gallery and Studios in Brighton in 1991. originally named Eye Level, which now provides studio spaces and workshops for over 100 artists and runs a visual art exhibition program. He was a public art officer and consultant for over 10 years across the public and private sectors.