Bones Jackson: Guardian of the Seas
Behold. Bones Jackson, the world-renowned guardian of the seas, has blessed us with his presence! For he has emerged from the shores of Folkestone with an urgent message after watching this glorious ocean turn brown with one too many poos. Join him in this protest dance against the water companies filling our seas with sewage. Protector of nature, lover of rhythm; we shall unite!
Bones Jackson is an ecological folklore character and puppet created during an artist residency in Mexico, later brought to life in a projection-mapped public art performance on Folkestone Town Hall with Screen South. Constructed from waste and inspired by coastal contamination, Bones Jackson is a self-appointed “guardian of the sea”, emerging from the shoreline to call attention to sewage pollution and the degradation of coastal waters.
The work combined projection mapping, puppetry, and a newly composed electro-acoustic score built from recordings of polluted water, turning a civic building into a stage for environmental protest, humour and future folklore.
My role:
Concept & Character Creation
Puppet Construction (from waste materials during Mexico residency)
Visual Design & Projection Mapping
Original Score & Sound Composition
Field Recording (polluted water sources)
Performance Direction
Format: Projection Mapping / Ecological Folklore / Public Art
Role: Creative Direction, Visual Design, Puppet Construction, Composer & Sound Artist
Partners: Screen South
Location: Folkestone Town Hall
Materials: Marine waste (puppet construction), polluted water field recordings, projection mapping, electro-acoustic composition
Themes: Water Pollution, Coastal Ecology, Satire, Public Protest, Future Folklore, Environmental Listening
Year: 2025
Outputs: Public projection mapping performance featuring Bones Jackson (puppet/character)
