The work 'Blood on Silk: Farnham' was installed in the James Hockey Gallery at the University of Creative Arts UCA, Farnham , UK in October 2012. Monumental sheets of handmade silk paper were hung in a maze like/hospital bed/ICU bed bay configuration from the ceiling of the two story gallery. The perspective from the walkway [...]
The director/ curator of Kandos Projects, Anne Finnegan wrote of this installation that'This proved to be one of our more unpopular but highly successful shows in terms of the strong negative reactions the work produced. The comments of passers by were regularly peppered with expressions like “creeps me out” as people responded on a visceral [...]
This is part of the second wave of works in the Blood on Silk collaboration. Called 'Blood on Silk: Blood Types Bleeding Out' this body of works took the form of videos, projections, static images and an installation. This is a still from a video work where the blood type bleed out into a bed [...]
The Cover of the catalogue for the 2023 exhibition at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre called Tracing the Rupture.
What should be simple doesn’t always work that way (detail), 2023, aluminum gilding and found objects, 150cm(h) x 30 cm x 10cm What should be simple doesn’t always work that way is a work I produced for a show at Articulate Project Space in Sydney, Australia around the theme of connection. For the mechanical connecting [...]
On Saturday April 30 from 5 p.m. at the Rhomboid Studio in Mount Victoria, NSW Australia I'll be presenting a brand new performative work. Its very exciting to have this opportunity to be part of the Lumiere Festival of the Moving Image in Mount Victoria. Below is the link to where you can get tickets [...]
In an article published on the 15th December 2021 the writer Benjamin Plackett outlined the current position on the viability of producing synthetic blood or blood products ethically and successfully. Really interesting and reinforces my view that blood is amazing. http://www.insidescience.org/news/whats-stopping-scientists-making-viable-synthetic-blood The article states 'The pursuit of these lab-made blood products has branched into two [...]
New work in progress Blood on Silk: The Uniform of the Patient, focusing on the knot tied usually loosely at the back of the hospital gown in order to maintain the privacy of the patient. The fabrics chosen for this project range from translucent silk mesh, to thin white cotton and a more solid hospital [...]
Kit - cut it out, sew two pieces together, and fill. Size variable.
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