My Kid Could've Done That, Edge Arts, Bath, 2021
Collaborations between artist parents and their children, curated by Will Cooper and his 5-year-old daughter Astrid,
Kenneth Alme, Sara Barker, Harriet Bowman, Jesse Darling, Dickon Drury, Sean Edwards, Lilah Fowler, Ryan Gander, Jasleen Kaur, Tessa Lynch, Natasha MacVoy, Joanne Masding, France-Lise MuGurn, Kate Owens, Emily Speed, Laure Prouvost, Yu Chen & Andro Semeiko
Collaborations between artist parents and their children, curated by Will Cooper and his 5-year-old daughter Astrid,
Kenneth Alme, Sara Barker, Harriet Bowman, Jesse Darling, Dickon Drury, Sean Edwards, Lilah Fowler, Ryan Gander, Jasleen Kaur, Tessa Lynch, Natasha MacVoy, Joanne Masding, France-Lise MuGurn, Kate Owens, Emily Speed, Laure Prouvost, Yu Chen & Andro Semeiko
Some Times being viewed by visitors to My Kid Could've Done That, Edge Arts, Bath, 2021
Some Times, a collaboration with my 11-year-old twins who prefer not to be named, for My Kid Could've Done That, 2021
Some Times comprises of two films playing across the corner of a gallery. We sit like this when we're tackling difficult situations or conversations - direct eye contact can be challenging but I need my face to be seen listening, supporting and believing.
One screen shows a Minecraft build with a castle turret emerging over the 48min loop. Via headphones a child explains their intentions, progress, materials and inspiration. All of their skills are self-taught, aquired via you tube tutorials. This piece is a studio visit, public presentation and concept.
The second screen shows a loop of blue sky with white clouds passing (34mins) over which a text (8mins approx) repeats. This work is slow and silent, responding to the blue theme used in the Minecraft film, and has been laid out so that it can be joined at any point. It reveals what it’s like to be in the studio working together and how the house can be a studio - since 2019 one of my twins is at school and the other is not.
One screen shows a Minecraft build with a castle turret emerging over the 48min loop. Via headphones a child explains their intentions, progress, materials and inspiration. All of their skills are self-taught, aquired via you tube tutorials. This piece is a studio visit, public presentation and concept.
The second screen shows a loop of blue sky with white clouds passing (34mins) over which a text (8mins approx) repeats. This work is slow and silent, responding to the blue theme used in the Minecraft film, and has been laid out so that it can be joined at any point. It reveals what it’s like to be in the studio working together and how the house can be a studio - since 2019 one of my twins is at school and the other is not.
Some Times (detail), short extract of the films playing side by side, 2021
My Kid Could've Done That, Edge Arts, Bath, 2021
OUTPOST Members Show Group show selected by Catalyst Arts, OUTPOST Gallery, Norwich, 2021
Groping in the dark, Installation detail from previous solo show, Test Space, Spike Island, Bristol, Dimensions variable, 2019
Groping in the dark (detail), casts of body parts are installed as climbing holds, resin and Himalayan salt, dimensions vary
Groping in the dark (detaill), My seat repeatedly sitting, painted polyester netting and wood, installed in response to the architecture
The salt is flesh ...
An artist talk woven together from streams of consciousness, research, images and personal experience, which both informs and is informed by Groping in the dark, my work selected by Catalyst Arts for the OUTPOST Members Show 2021.
Inspired by the blind, pioneering climber Erik Weihenmayer and his use of The Brainport, a device that allows the wearer to see using their tongue. The talk refelcts on my preocuupation with site and sight, thinking about where sight is situated in our bodies.
An artist talk woven together from streams of consciousness, research, images and personal experience, which both informs and is informed by Groping in the dark, my work selected by Catalyst Arts for the OUTPOST Members Show 2021.
Inspired by the blind, pioneering climber Erik Weihenmayer and his use of The Brainport, a device that allows the wearer to see using their tongue. The talk refelcts on my preocuupation with site and sight, thinking about where sight is situated in our bodies.