PSEUDOPODIUM (Pl. PSEUDOPODIA)
Biol. (in amoeboid cells) a temporary protrusion of the cell surface for movement, feeding, reproduction, etc.
A Reflection of current unease with the application of scientific advances in the fields of agriculture, medicine and communication.
The work inhabits an overlap zone between the nature-evolved and human designed environments, combining the technological and biological, the geometric and organic.
James Lovelock’s Gaia Theory proposed that by means of biofeedback loops, Planet Earth is a self-regulating organism. An extension of this theory to include a capability for novel response when its equilibrium is threatened, might form a premise for some of the work; in particular the black and white photographic records of site-specific interventions or installations.
The other body of work is gallery based and consists of three-dimensional fabrications (static and kinetic). Industrial components selected for both their formal qualities and sign functions are combined in geometric relationships, alluding to biological structures on a microscopic and macroscopic scale.
Jez Heeler 13.06.2004
FRUITING BODIES
2004
Bot. Temporary structures protruding from mycellium network to facilitate reproduction by the release of spores.
Approx. 225cm high x 50cm diameter, 3 no.
Plywood disc
Hanging basket frame
Scaffold pole & end bracket
Broom handle & pipe insulation tube
Plant pots
Black plastic
Balloons
Rubber bands
Merryfield Farm
Nr. Chesterblade
Somerset
SAC
2004
Biot. & Zool. a baglike cavity, enclosed by a membrane, in an animal or plant. Med. the distended membrane surrounding a hernia, cyst, tumour, etc.
Approx. 120cm x 200cm
Tyre inner tubes, 11 no.
Silage bag, black plastic
Silage bag repair tape
Footballs, 2 no.
Elastic rope
Lower Chately Farm
Nr. Wolverton
Somerset
VESICLE
2004
Anat. & Zool. a small fluid-filled bladder, sac, or vacuole
Bot. an air-filled swelling in a seaweed etc.
Geol. a small cavity in volcanic rock produced by gas bubbles.
Med. a blister
200cm diameter x 100cm high
Scrap tyres, 66cm diameter, 10no.
Scrap tyres, 52cm diameter. 6no.
M10 nuts, bolts and washers
Silage bag, black plastic
PEDICEL
2004
Bot. a small stalk, esp. each of those that bear the individual flowers in an inflorescence.
Zool. a small stalk-like structure in an animal.
Hanging basket frames
Hanging basket lining moss
Broomhandle
Garden twine
Hummock Landscape
Cley Hill
Corsley
Whiltshire
SPORE
2004
Biol. a rounded resistant form adopted by a bacterial cell in adverse conditions.
Approx. 1m diameter
Balloons 225mm diameter, 12 no.
Balloons 50mm diameter x 1m long, 18 no.
Balloons 100mm diameter, 20 no.
Rubber bands
Merryfield Farm
Nr. Chesterblade
Somerset
RADIOLARIAN
2004
Zool. a marine protozoan of the superclass Actinopoda, having a siliceous skeleton with projecting spines and rod-like pseudopodia.
100cm diameter
Ballcocks
Funnels
Balls
ALPHABET OF FORM FOR GROWTH AND MOTION
2004
100cm x 7.5 diameter
Cast jesmonite
Glass tube
Cork plugs
Brackets
SPORE 2
2005
Approx. 1m diameter
Balloons 225mm diameter 12 no.
Balloons 50mm diameter x 1m long 18 no.
Balloons 100mm diameter 20 no.
Rubber bands
Oilseed Rape Field
Nr. Devises
Wiltshire
CONTACT
jezheeler@btinternet.com
MA Fine Art, Bath Spa University 2003-2005.
Finalist of Whittingham Riddell, Shrewsbury Open Art Competition, Sept. 2005 (Vesicle)
Presque Vu Group Show @ Paintworks Bristol, Nov. 2005 (Orbit)
New Eyes Commission, Blackdown Hills, May 2006-2007
Prize Winner Thelma Hulbert Gallery Open, Honiton, July 2015 (Water-Bourne)
RADIOLARIAN
(reassembled 2025)