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Bio:

My practice involves exploring issues and urgenices that are brought about by the conditions of change, loss and disappearance within the broader context of cultural, environmental, historical or ideological settings. The philosophical themes of Hauntology and Historicity have been a constant source of impetus for me and have informed my practice.

I use a variety of mediums that include sculpture, video, photography, drawing and also make small interventions and performances that can address these issues and urgencies.

By accessing found texts and objects, I create pastiche re-creations of places, objects and scenes
through film and corollary sculptural ‘props’ that can re-animate and re-contextualise issues and urgencies through a combined synthesis of forms and subject that appear to layer the past with the present.

Sources can include local narrative knowledge, state propaganda, folklore and local legends. Looking at these sources, it is possible to analyse and create new theories and meanings that can construct new visual forms. By creating these new readings, my work creates an awareness that pushes the conversation of loss and disappearance in new directions.

I am interested in testing the possibilities of situating these new works in an outdoor setting in unexpected and unusual locations. This allows for the art work to be closer to the public and to maximise it’s message.
 
 
 

Artists Statement:

My practice involves exploring issues and urgenices that are brought about by the conditions of change, loss and disappearance within the broader context of cultural, environmental, historical or ideological settings. The philosophical themes of Hauntology and Historicity have been a constant source of impetus for me and have informed my practice.

I use a variety of mediums that include sculpture, video, photography, drawing and also make small interventions and performances that can address these issues and urgencies.

By accessing found texts and objects, I create pastiche re-creations of places, objects and scenes
through film and corollary sculptural ‘props’ that can re-animate and re-contextualise issues and urgencies through a combined synthesis of forms and subject that appear to layer the past with the present.

Sources can include local narrative knowledge, state propaganda, folklore and local legends. Looking at these sources, it is possible to analyse and create new theories and meanings that can construct new visual forms. By creating these new readings, my work creates an awareness that pushes the conversation of loss and disappearance in new directions.

I am interested in testing the possibilities of situating these new works in an outdoor setting in unexpected and unusual locations. This allows for the art work to be closer to the public and to maximise it’s message. 
 
 
 

Materials used:

Some of the materials that I am particularly fond of using and exploring are listed below. This list is by no means exhaustive:
 
Bamboo, Burlap, Cable, Cardboard, Casting, Concrete, Concrete, Earth, Electronics, Found objects, Galvanized Wire, Light
Neon, Paint, Photography, Plywood, Rope, Stone, String, Video, Wood