Curatorial Residency
I was very pleased to be selected as the first DASH curatorial resident at MAC Birmingham. You can hear a bit about how it’s going so far in this interview. I will be curating a show there opening in January so stay tuned!
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Breathing Room to Premiere at IF 2020!
Great news! With the support of an Unlimited Commission, Breathing Room is being developed for touring to summer festivals, urban light festivals, and gallery spaces in 2020, and will premier at co-commissioning festival IF 2020. I am lucky enough to be working with producer Kate McStraw and Production Manager Tom Richmond. We also welcome on board…
Speaking at Sheffield Doc|Fest!
Was very honoured to be asked to participate in a panel talk at Sheffield Doc|Fest this year with artist Nwando Ebizie, senior producer Jo Verrent, and Neuroscientist Peter Kok. Here’s a transcript of my short talk before the panel discussion ensued, about outsiderness and social change in the context of my work.
Portrait of Humanity
My portrait of Lissy has been shortlisted in this year’s Portrait of Humanity awards.
Brexit Selfie
So – I made a piece about Brexit. I was pleased to be invited to participate in Thomas Gray’s Borderzones exhibition. I felt like it was worth braving the controversy to make the piece, which you can see here. In the end I got about equal flack from both sides, so I consider that to be a…
Interrogating Invisibility
I was honoured to be asked by the wonderful Aidan Moseby to speak on a panel at an event at MAC Birmingham about representation of disabled artists. I wrote a follow-up article summarising the sorts of things I said.
EOI accepted – Keep Everthing Crossed For Me Please!
Very proud to have had our Expression of Interested accepted for an Unlimited Main Award to make a large touring version of Breathing Room. I’ve been working again with the wonderful Clive Doherty at Festive Road, and we are incredibly lucky to have the fabulous Kate McStraw producing, with the amazing 101 on board to help with…
Listen to my Interview with Nancy Stevens
All the glamour of local radio!
The Constantly Moving Happiness Machine – Artist and Academic on Youtube
If you missed the event in the summer – catch up here: See the piece here:
Sept 20th: Event with Dr. Jason Hickel
Please do come hear me speak with the lovely Dr. Jason Hickel, in association with my piece The Constantly Moving Happiness Machine. I’ll be talking about consumer capitalism, and Jason will be talking about degrowth. We will be chaired by Prof. Kevin McConway. 8pm, Milton Keynes Central Library, £5, book here. (Poster)