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Describe your practice.

 

My practice is about gaining a more conscious understanding of all the aspects that make up my practice. I do this by exploring and unpicking  the inevitable elements of researching, making and reflecting. I have investigated these key themes mostly through text, installation and performance. I aim to progressively explore the fundamental aspects of being an artist, and how my practice is interlinked with me as a person. 

 

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What other artists and contexts inform your work?

 

Marina Abramović, Bruce Nauman, Yoko Ono,  John Baldessari, for their innovative ways of creating, and their courage and dedication to their practices. I'm constantly inspired by researching artists, I often find and make reactively to the concepts and contexts they have created. However the biggest function that informs my work is the act of reflecting back on the conventions of my own practice. 

 

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What inspires you?

 

I am constantly inspired by the community and peers I am surrounded by. The diversity of practices and their individuality constantly offer me new perspectives and make me question the happenings within my own work. Working reactively has also been helpful in fuelling my work as responding to circumstances is always helpful and something to consider. 

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How has being in isolation impacted your artmaking?

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Luckily, being stuck at home hasn’t meant I need to change my working process too much. I typically make all my work in and around the home, and I’m lucky enough to own most of the equipment I need. Having other good artist friends that are eager to help critique works through online platforms has been wonderful too, but it’s sad not being able to install and share works in person. I do miss being able to go to exhibitions, and being able to talk face to face about art. 
 

I usually take a more performative approach to my work, however self isolation gave me more reason to explore an element of my work that was already present within my practice, mind mapping. Mind mapping is a form of written reflection and planning. Bringing this aspect of my practice forward and turning it into work created some new insights that I'm sure are going to be helpful going into the future. 

 

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How did you translate your practice to the digital sphere?

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Using a digital space became a site specific exploration for me, as I tried to understand and make part of my work the process of adapting to this new space. It was tricky due to the circumstances, but I opted to make work with pen and paper and used a scanner to digitise the work. I thought this would fit well within the contexts of both the digital space and Zines.