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Creative Destabilisation – Part 7: Morbid Thoughts and Prayers
While in the US, I had the chance to feed my fascination with all things morbid by visiting some extraordinary sites and exhibitions. In New York, I spent a day visiting the glorious Morbid Anatomy Museum. Founded in 2014 by […]
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Creative Destabilisation – Part 6: I’m Afraid of You
The Fellowship came at a frightening time, politically. In the UK, the Brexit debacle had just happened, and in the US we were in the final months of the US Presidential election, which would deliver a victory for Donald Trump. […]
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Creative Destabilisation – Part 5: Gross Domestic Product
While on the Fellowship I spent a lot of time in the various thrift/charity shops in the area. The sheer waste of consumer culture was on full display in these sprawling stores, which were themselves outnumbered exponentially by the retail […]
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Creative Destabilisation – Part 4: Mobile Memento Mori
While working with the laser, I began to consider the most commonly touched item in most people’s lives – the screen of their mobile phone. I took a deep breath and stuck my old mobile into the laser and discovered […]
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Creative Destabilisation – Part 3: 21st Century Memento Mori
I used the residency to develop new work exploring death in the digital age. The root for this work lies in a simple act: I Googled my first lover, and he wasn’t there. John died of AIDS in 1995, part […]
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Creative Destabilisation – Part 2: The Museum of American Glass
One of our first experiences was a tour of the collections of the Museum of American Glass with curator Kristin Qualls. This collection and its library focuses on the history of industrial glass production in the United States, with special […]