Installation ‘The Missing Guest’
Last week I showed my latest work ‘The missing Guest’ in a group show, amongst artists; Bridie Lander, Rachel Darbourne and Drew Markou. At the. Gabi Green gallery in Munich. Our group show… Continue reading
Last week I showed my latest work ‘The missing Guest’ in a group show, amongst artists; Bridie Lander, Rachel Darbourne and Drew Markou. At the. Gabi Green gallery in Munich. Our group show… Continue reading
Derek Jarman – Chroma (1994) Extracts from the chapter’White Lies,’ Jarman explores the significance of white which also touches upon many of my own research interests; religious rituals, salt, pain, loss and purification … Continue reading
The absence of touch, a marker of loss. The grip of holding hands suggests human attachment, both parties are touchers and touched. Then the grip releases and a loss appears as an abyss.
“An indelible softness that lingers in the mouth for an indefinite duration, that survives swallowing.” (Merleau-Ponty ‘The world of perception’)
Inside and Outside of Emotional Pain
Looking at dining/place settings in history. I am particularly drawn to the use of salvers in 1670 and the fact that candles were only lit for the dessert course.
Thinking about how I often use the kitchen to make my work. But I don’t just make in the kitchen, but borrow many of it’s processes, objects and it’s materials…
My own state of consciousness altered by the psychologically charged, multimedia practice of Susan Hiller.
A little black book filled with memoirs of a mouth…..