I approach art and life from the same orientation; as two intrinsically linked and indistinguishable entities. Everyday experiences and encounters lend themselves as my material, in which I contemplate and attend to the components of life that make it life and not spectacle.

 

I aim, not to produce fictional illustrations or ideals, rather works that comment on, recreate, or exist as actions or qualities of life themselves. These manifest as live performances, playing tasks and everyday interventions, within which I experiment and utilise the public space and its communication systems, via the use of text, technology and print based interventions. Currently, I am working through a list of proposals - ‘I wills’ which I have crafted over recent months, and which exist as acts within the everyday. Examples include: shopping exactly another’s itemized food shop and subsequently living from it; numerous postering and stickering projects; and more recently hosting supper clubs with strangers from the public.

 

My interest in people stems from our relatability to one another, as we share knowledge of human experience and existence. Audience participation and engagement are requested in the co-authoring of works, provoking connection and conversation. Through collaboration I hand over agency to others, embracing the flux and chance qualities of life. Thus, works are open-ended and develop organically as external forces interplay. Whether I interact with others directly or alter my own engagement within the everyday, works aim to combat the passive bystander, operating beyond the field of art in both public and private space.