Nicholas Watson (born July 9, 1977) is a social entrepreneur based in Pennsylvania, USA. He was previously a producer and writer in film and television. He co-founded the

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Stuckist art group.

Social Enterprise career

Nicholas Watson has worked in social enterprise development in the United States since 2009. He previously held the position of Vice President for Social Enterprise at

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. He was also the founding Director of Social Enterprise at Project H.O.M.E. in

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Life and Art

Nicholas Watson has worked on films with

Jesse Richards Jesse Richards (born July 17, 1975) is a painter, filmmaker and photographer from New Haven, Connecticut and was affiliated with the international movement Stuckism. He has been described as "one of the most provocative names in American underg ...

since 1997."Home"
, New Haven Stuckists Film Group. Retrieved August 27, 2009. In 2001, Watson co-founded the

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chapter of the

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and

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in 1999. Watson said, "We create art in order to create an emotional connection. There's such a rampant element of falseness in onceptualartwork. I'm very comfortable saying most of it is not for real."Bass, Jordan
"Stuckists scoff at 'crap,' war"
, ''

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'', March 28, 2002. Retrieved November 10, 2008. He was part of the group that founded and ran the Stuckism International Centre USA, an art gallery in New Haven. He said the organization attracted popular support, but had been unable to gain official backing. His film with Richards, ''Blackout'', was premiered at the event ''Stuck Films'' at the New Haven Stuckism International Center in 2002.Dauphinais, Jennifer
"Maya your days be merry"

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, December 19, 2002. Retrieved August 27, 2009 from the

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store of June 13, 2003."Archive: Diary"
stuckism.com. Retrieved on August 20, 2009. In 2003, he co-organized the ''Stuckism International Protest Show'' against the Iraq War, though the theme concentrated not so much on anti-war images as international artistic co-operation with works from the

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and England. One work showed a bust of President

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with a

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behind it. On March 21, 2003, the Stuckists held a "clown trial of President Bush" on the steps of the U.S. District courthouse, Church Street, New Haven.Donar, Erin
"'Stuckists' protest war with art"
, ''

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'', March 27, 2003. Retrieved November 10, 2008. Watson issued a press release for the event, stating that the event was because the double talk of leaders had made clowns out of people, and that a dummy of the President in chains wearing an orange Camp X jumpsuit would be tried by a clown prosecutor, a clown defense and a clown judge. Watson said, "Charges include planning crimes against humanity outside the sanction of international law. Our leader has reduced himself to the same level as those whose terrorist actions he condemns." Shooting at the Moon remodernist

He was associated with the

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group. His film Shooting at the Moon, co-directed with Stuckist and Remodernist photographer and filmmaker

is one of the first works of Remodernist film. ''Shooting at the Moon'' premiered at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in November 2003. On March 8, 2008 the film made its London premiere at

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during their Flixation Underground Cinema event. Watson lives and works in

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. He is the bassist for South Brooklyn Art Rock band Battle of the Camel and a Member of the Glue Stick Collective, a group of artists associated with Clean and Humble Recordings.

Filmography

*'' Shooting at the Moon'' 1998 -re-edit- 2003 *"

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" 1999 *" At the Last Minute" 2000

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Nicholas 1977 births Living people American experimental filmmakers Stuckism Writers from New Haven, Connecticut

Social Enterprise career

Life and Art

Filmography

See also

Notes and references