About Me and My Work
My Work
I’m interested in how an individuals understanding of the physical world is shaped by the limitations of the body they inhabit. And how that understanding alters with the use of communication & recording technologies and transportation. I often use the land to experiment with our perceptions of distance, speed & time and explore ideas around mapping, human scale and memory. I like the oddities and contradictions that arise when we try to mediate, order and measure the world using tools, instruments & guides. The work explores the cultures, languages and rules that are synonymous with these tools of mediation in order to play with their conventions. The technology not only documents the enquiry but also becomes part of the work.
The work has so far manifested as recorded sound and video, performance, installations, sculptures and wall based works and has been displayed in galleries, performed in festivals, projected in cinemas and found in the landscape. It touches on the relationships between the scientific and artistic approaches to making sense of the world. Ultimately questioning ideas around representation and the notion of ‘truth’.
Me
Born in 1975 in Kinston Upon Thames, I studied Fine Art (BA Hons) at Hull School of Art and Design in from 95-98 and went onto to do an MSc in Electronic Imaging at Duncan of Jordansone in 2000.
In addition to my work as an artist I also co-founded and co-ran Hull Art Lab (2004 – 07) and Resound Community Partnerships (2005 – 08). I collaborate with Rob Gawthrop under the name Automated Noise Ensemble and I’ve also worked as an artist on a number of projects within the community including with the NHS and as a Creative Agent with Creative Partnerships.
I’m currently living and working in Sheffield and have a studio at S1
I also have a profile on Axis Arts if you wish to contact me.