STATEMENT ABOUT YOUR CURRENT WORK
My work is concerned with the myths and Meta narratives that inform our society; whether these are ancient beliefs such as faith systems or fairytales; or modern day understandings about how things ‘are’ or ‘should be’. I am most interested in seeing how reality and actual experience measure up to these, or how each interweaves the other. For example, in Mend, I look at the ‘myth’ of romantic love and document the experiences of 12 couples in long term relationships. In Mirror I took the fairytale of The Little Mermaid as a starting point to examine issues around self image and self esteem and in Colourblind I use the format of the Ishikawa colour blindness test to confront the viewer with his/her beliefs about racism. In Sleeping Partner the myth is that we can all sleep if we really wanted to and that sleeplessness is fairly harmless. Current project Wayside Shrine questions the pace of contemporary life and asks whether we are neglecting more important agendas.
In the last three years I have moved from a traditional printmaking and painting practice to a more installation and site specific approach, incorporating textiles, ceramics, found objects, and video.