Current Practice
Artist Statement 2020
Currently exploring notions of reality, I pose ontological questions of the tension between our dual occupation of real-world space and virtual space.
In current times we are increasingly questioning reality and what constitutes this. As we filter humanity into cyberspace, it is deconstructed, ‘techno-blended’. Any earthly indications of actuality and the embodied experience turn to simulated happenings interrupted into code, that flows though the data fields and into modem pools. As all things, beings and happenings are being Techno-blended, in tandem so do our ideas about our nature of being, Deconstructing the way in which we think about ourselves and an embodied sense of identity. The data pools are overflowing, and the code now runs through everything we know, the way we operate, new political, social and cultural discourses flow out of cyberspace. The birth of this space has opened a metaphysical evolution in our consciousness. It has changed the functionality of persona and identity; we hang in limbo, between platforms of reality and virtual reality, carrying infinite simulated versions of ourselves around in our pockets. Currently techno-blending reality my work asks, what it means to be human in a simulated space. Exploring themes of censorship, Loci-disconnection, anonymity, consent, identity authenticity, the hidden, tabooed and simultaneously omnipresent virtual practices. |
Currently techno-blending reality my work asks, what it means to be human in a simulated space." |
NYAMO_
This fantasy documentary film plays between the lines of fact and fiction, featuring 'Nyamo' a fictional character that is part of a largely unknown cyber subculture 'Kigurumi.
Within the documentary, Nyamo_ and her creator share a story of their experience of grooming within virtual space. The artist produced this work using a method of collaboration, with the intention to create an ethical documentary in which the participant has control and ownership over their own representation. This piece asks the viewer to consider the tension between our occupation of virtual and real world space.
Within the documentary, Nyamo_ and her creator share a story of their experience of grooming within virtual space. The artist produced this work using a method of collaboration, with the intention to create an ethical documentary in which the participant has control and ownership over their own representation. This piece asks the viewer to consider the tension between our occupation of virtual and real world space.
Nyamo is alone, trapped in the space between reality and virtual reality. A story of isolation and displacement, the film follows 3 characters. Nyamo encounters a potential friend ‘Lhan Rivers’ a gamer girl. But Nyamo, incompatible with both environments is helpless, as she tries to interact and save her potential friend. The third character, an adult male gamer - ‘Virusaur’. This character uses deception to groom and destroy both Nyamo and Lhan.
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MOMO / 2019
The Artist titled this work in response to a virtual thread which swept the internet. In which a masked female privately messaged young people encouraging them to harm their selves and others. It then became apparent that this was fake news, there was no ‘Momo’. This performance piece, explores feminine positions, cultures and practices in virtual space. The Artist Dons a latex mask with full lips and a flawless complexion, as she attempts to take the perfect selfie from the most flattering angle. The voices of powerful female speakers begin but become quickly inaudible as they struggle to be heard. Behind the artists performance, obscured, a series moving images, a bellydancer gyrates, a Daddy long legs and a house spider battle for their lives, and the last film clip, the still practiced tradition of female genital mutilation. |
Corona Virus performance
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A performance piece exploring the fluidity of identity in virtual space, following themes of censorship, Loci-disconnection, anonymity, consent and identity authenticity.
This work was produced within lockdown, using basic resources, to create a green screen studio set up, and 3d software. This piece has been created in response to the shift in our time spent between reality and virtual realtiy in the corona virus pandemic, where our lives and daily interactions became based in virtual reality. |
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2021 Video Sketch: Tosh_itscool *Unfinished
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