Studio visits and mentor sessions with Darryl Georgiou formed another strand of my development this year. Darryl is familiar with my practice, and has supported the development of my work via opportunities to work with his MA students at Coventry University.
The studio is a relatively new place for me. I have inhabited my current zone for just over 12-months, prior to that I would work nomadically. Following a residency at The New Art Gallery Walsall, it became apparent that my work would advance well with a space to deposit and process material. Fortunately Darryl made a studio visit with me at Walsall, and so there was a pertinent link between conversations. Still very much an ‘in-progress’ site, my studio acts as a waiting room for working, and I am keen to develop a more productive and experimental space that can ‘house’ the development of new, self-directed work.
During a visit in the summer, Darryl interviewed me whilst we discussed recent works, and the conversation was recorded and documented with photographs. I have compiled a short precis of what we discussed, and have found this short cut-up approach a beneficial way of articulating my ideas. The piece can be viewed here:
