Wandering to my studio at the bottom of the garden early on a Sunday morning, I anticipate a hot cup of green tea as I write on one of the coolest mornings we’ve had in months. My mind is on the subject at hand: What does it mean to undertake an artist residency? I open …
Brick walls and frozen thoughts
Iceland has captivated me since I read Hannah Kent's Burial Rites in 2013... I've long believed if you voice an intention, you own it and have a responsibility to make it happen. Sometimes I'm pushed to my very limits doing this - outside and within my practice. It's how, two years ago, I committed to spending …
Like bees to a honeypot
Bee Box Sounds is a gentle work requiring attentiveness and on the weekend of its installment as part of #bringtolightproject17, the public is too busy, too distracted, too disinterested to engage...except the children. Like bees to a honeypot. Children running. Children escaping their parents' attention for a short moment. Children scolded and told to hurry up …
Crossing territories
It's been a busy few months on the arts front as I work on concepts and logistics for a new solo work in 2019, prepare to start applying for an overseas residency for the same year, get the 3rd annual #bringtolightproject event underway and start an exciting, international collaboration via correspondence through the Arts Territory …
Challenging the teacher student model
I was recently given an opportunity to spend a day with senior art students on a camp in Dubbo. With my practice and interest in digital media and installation, I was asked to give an introduction to my work and before spending several hours in the field with the students to capture sound, video, and …